Last year a friend did a year-end wrap up on his blog and I decided I liked it and would shamelessly steal his idea. Keep in mind, I have a wife, three children and a full-time job, so this list will be rather humble compared to the folks that brew every week or aspire to go pro.
Number of batches made: 8
Number of gallons made: 47
First brew day: 4/30/11
Last brew day: 11/17/11
BJCP competition medals won: 1 gold (NHC), 1 silver (Dominion Cup)
Batch with highest alcohol: 7.74% (B16 - Redneck Saison)
Batch with lowest alcohol: 2.10% (B15C – A Little Less Than Ordinary Bitter)
Weighted average ABV of all batches: 5.36%
Favorite batch to brew: Redneck Sour Berliner Weisse
Favorite batch to drink: Redneck in Prague (Bohemian Pilsner-ale)
Worst brew session: B15 Amarillo Sky/Belgian Sky split batch – stuck mash, burner that wouldn’t stay lit, broken hydrometer, an overall bad night
Least favorite batch to drink: B17A – Redneck Wheat – I had dialed down the hops from the previous year and then my efficiency came out so high I had to water it down
Favorite name: “The Blacker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juuuuuce” blackberry wheat
Pounds of grain used: 97.20 lbs
Ounces of hops used: 29.65 oz
Biggest equipment upgrade: chest freezer (to be converted into keezer in 2012)
Biggest trend: Sour beers (or more accurately, fermenting with bacteria and non-traditional yeast)
Firsts in 2011: brewed my first two sours, brewed my first 10 gallon batch, won my first NHC medal,
I hope to brew more in 2012.
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