So week ago I and my friends brew beer, had BBQ and ecologicaly liquidated my beer/cider stockpile.
Let’s just say that all of us has some murky memory of it.
I just know that everything got according to plan and the beer is good.
So do you drink when you are brewing?
I’ll have one after I’ve dropped in the bittering hops, and one between pitching the yeast and cleanup. Too many little whoopsies if I have more.
Step one of brewing is to drink brew while I brew! But I write everything down in my log to refer to later - measurements, observations, things that go well and things to improve on.
It’s great to check that one beer I had hiding in the closet that aged amazingly well. Now I have a hope of repeating it.
100% of the time, even if it’s a weekend morning brew. It just doesn’t feel right to make beer and not have one.
As arrogant as it is, I’ve brewed enough beer in my life that I feel it’s too easy without the added handicap of being drunk…
I am at this point, but then you brew amazing beer and don’t know how you brew it.
That’s part of the fun
