Just curious cause it seems alot of people here always have something new either on tap or on deck.
Are you guys brewing weekly? Monthly? more that once a week?
I started brewing mainly because it looked fun and as an added bonus, cheaper in the long run. I am finding that my inventory is dwindling faster than my next batch is ready.
I’m in the 2-4 batches a month category. I brew 2.5 or 4 gallon batches also, so I’m brewing less quantity. But January, I brewed 5 times, so that’s a record for me.
It goes in waves depending on what life has in store. I like to try and get 1-2 brews in a month. Sometimes I can squeeze in a 3rd, but usually its the other way and a month goes by where I can’t find a day to brew. 1 to 2x a month keeps me happy and supplied with beer.
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It depends for me, May through September I might brew 3 or 4 batches, I’m golfing and camping on the weekends. In October I start ramping up and by the end of November I’m brewing 3 to 4 times a month until about mid March.
I’ve always wished I could brew about twice a month. Occasionally it happens. But I think the overall average for me is one batch about every 2 months. I am going to try to brew every 5 or 6 weeks all year this year.
2 to 4 batches per month, but I have brewed a batch a week for about the last 8 weeks. Partly because I am getting busier at work and I expect I will need to take a break and partly because I am going to Europe for a couple weeks in March and I know I will not be able to brew. But it just occurred to me that I won’t be able to consume either, so stock piling will not be necessary.
I generally keep 6-8 on tap.
I do need to do a couple lagers soon, including an Octoberfest for a true Octoberfest party in my community this year. My first real commission (they are paying for ingredients) so I thought I would brew in March to allow maximum lagering time to be as authentic as possible. Planning to brew 5 gallons of Octoberfest and 5 gallons of a Helles?
I try to brew 2-3 times a month. But with that schedule I tend to run out of bottles and kegs. So sometimes I have to take a short break to let the supply level out a bit.