Yea I think you're right about needing a break. I just hate buying beer now and I'm certainly not going to stop drinking it so it's gotta come from somewhere
What's your next brew
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You do it when you can. You don't have to do it all the time. I don't have the time to brew frequently, so I make the 5-gallon batches for myself. I also frequent the local breweries though.Well after nearly 6 years of brewing, I finally hit a rut. Just seems like too much work for 4-5 hours on weekends getting stuff out and putting it away again. My spouse and I finally have the same days off, and I think that probably has a lot to do with it as well (not being forbidden from brewing, I would rather spend time together than alone for 4 hours brewing). I've got ingredients for my Irish Stout still, so I'll make some time soon hopefully to get that put together (with or without oysters). After that I may go back to extract/steeping and partial mash batches. It feels weird to lose my motivation to brew, but I'm sure it's temporary
Meeting someone, trying to spend time with her, having to work 6 days a week right now, and trying to get to a yard that got destroyed by a hard freeze is a bit of a challenge.
Y'all are still newlyweds, you need quality time.
When I get time, I think I might make my first Hefe. I bugged y'all enough in the meetings about making one, so I might as well do it.
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Hard choices.....you'll figure it out. Don't stress!Yea I think you're right about needing a break. I just hate buying beer now and I'm certainly not going to stop drinking it so it's gotta come from somewhere
It’s one of my favorites, and I don’t have to drink all 5gallons in a month,lol. Let me know if there are any concerns with this being my first all grain beer.I like delirium....
I even have a delirium tremens elephant hat
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That's ok. Sounds more like you need a vacation from brewing and not a retirement. The urge will come back sooner or later. I've gone through periods where I back off for a bit. Usually, once my beer runs out and I tire of buying beer (great beers but $$$) the urge to brew comes back.Well after nearly 6 years of brewing, I finally hit a rut. Just seems like too much work for 4-5 hours on weekends getting stuff out and putting it away again. My spouse and I finally have the same days off, and I think that probably has a lot to do with it as well (not being forbidden from brewing, I would rather spend time together than alone for 4 hours brewing). I've got ingredients for my Irish Stout still, so I'll make some time soon hopefully to get that put together (with or without oysters). After that I may go back to extract/steeping and partial mash batches. It feels weird to lose my motivation to brew, but I'm sure it's temporary
They sell beer in cans and bottles now. Go buy some and explore some styles you’ve never brewed. After a month or three the feeling will return.Well after nearly 6 years of brewing, I finally hit a rut. Just seems like too much work for 4-5 hours on weekends getting stuff out and putting it away again. My spouse and I finally have the same days off, and I think that probably has a lot to do with it as well (not being forbidden from brewing, I would rather spend time together than alone for 4 hours brewing). I've got ingredients for my Irish Stout still, so I'll make some time soon hopefully to get that put together (with or without oysters). After that I may go back to extract/steeping and partial mash batches. It feels weird to lose my motivation to brew, but I'm sure it's temporary
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It is a lot of work, it sounds like your priorities are in the right place though.Well after nearly 6 years of brewing, I finally hit a rut. Just seems like too much work for 4-5 hours on weekends getting stuff out and putting it away again. My spouse and I finally have the same days off, and I think that probably has a lot to do with it as well (not being forbidden from brewing, I would rather spend time together than alone for 4 hours brewing). I've got ingredients for my Irish Stout still, so I'll make some time soon hopefully to get that put together (with or without oysters). After that I may go back to extract/steeping and partial mash batches. It feels weird to lose my motivation to brew, but I'm sure it's temporary
With the Helles in the fermenter I should be good for a while. Depends on how much beer is left after my party next Saturday. I will probably brew something dark though. Dunkel or Schwarzbier
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Did you post your recipe somewhere?
I was planning on going with the Gary F recipe on Brewers Friend. The mashing looks complicated. The system I got is supposed to handle multiple mash settings. So we’ll see how it goes. I’m also planning on using bottled spring water. Would that work for this beer?
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What yeast?
The one I found at the local brew shop was white labs wlp545
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Sounds good.
I may copy this but as a 1 step mash
And one of the Belgian yeasts I got in stock
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if you really get depressed not brewing take a mental health sick day to do a brewWell after nearly 6 years of brewing, I finally hit a rut. Just seems like too much work for 4-5 hours on weekends getting stuff out and putting it away again. My spouse and I finally have the same days off, and I think that probably has a lot to do with it as well (not being forbidden from brewing, I would rather spend time together than alone for 4 hours brewing). I've got ingredients for my Irish Stout still, so I'll make some time soon hopefully to get that put together (with or without oysters). After that I may go back to extract/steeping and partial mash batches. It feels weird to lose my motivation to brew, but I'm sure it's temporary
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I have a bunch measured out but the next will be something new for me
a Schops
its another ancestry inspired brew
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1618833/breslau-style-pale-schps-
a Schops
its another ancestry inspired brew
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1618833/breslau-style-pale-schps-
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I have not tried that yeast. The description it gives online might be better for a dubbel or a quad though. It mentions raisin and fig which is something you want in a darker beer. I am curious as hell how that comes out. Please post updates.
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If you can get a decent final gravity, life might be good. That was always my problem with extract. They always came out at 1.020 and had a weird mouthfeel.
