Every other week, on Sunday afternoons usually. I have a very understanding wife, who also likes beer so I make sure and get her favorites on occasion. I try and plan a month out, if I was better I'd plan even further. All my gear is on the garage so without having to unpack and drag all over the place it streamlines brewing and saves time so I can keep the brewing time as short as possible. I also try and rack, keg, clean etc during the process so again, makes time for other stuff.

Benvarine said:

Every other week, on Sunday afternoons usually. I have a very understanding wife, who also likes beer so I make sure and get her favorites on occasion. I try and plan a month out, if I was better I'd plan even further. All my gear is on the garage so without having to unpack and drag all over the place it streamlines brewing and saves time so I can keep the brewing time as short as possible. I also try and rack, keg, clean etc during the process so again, makes time for other stuff.

completely ignore this guy. he's crazy.

i brew when i can squeeze it into my schedule. between work and family time, it's hard to find the time, but i try to take full advantage when i have 6 hrs or so free. sometimes i have to stay up an hour or two later on a weekday to squeeze a brew in, but that's life.

I've brewed every weekend except 2 starting on November 3rd. I usually do about 2 times per month...but have been on a tare lately. Also made 4 meads in that time and have 3 wine kits that need to be made still....

mors said:

I've brewed every weekend except 2 starting on November 3rd. I usually do about 2 times per month...but have been on a tare lately. Also made 4 meads in that time and have 3 wine kits that need to be made still....

i need some of that motivation. i've been way too lazy lately.

Since adopting our son,I have brewed once I think, he is now 19 months old.

My wife's new job has her working loads of hours so my old routine of brewing after work is shot to heck since I'm usually watching my son all eve.

Weekends are now spent doing the side jobs I used to do midweek, running air tools and a 220v compressor all night is tough when the garage shares a wall with my boys room.

My plan is to brew big when I get the time, like 20 gallons at a time big.

Before our son was born I prepped by brewing double batches every weekend, when he was born i had 15 full kegs of beer, it lasted almost a half year, he was really colicky so between the wife and I self medicating on our "nights off" from getting up to tend to him we burned through the beer really fast.

Dr_Jerryrigger said:

I'm on a twice a year thing (it's sad really)... don't have a kid yet, but I will soon... When she is old enough to drink I might get back to every other week... maybe.

so, like 2-3 years?

C_dubbs said:

I'm somewhere less than FZ but more than lake, scoob and jerry. I brew outside and work about 80 hours a week. So lining up good weather and time off is a bit of a challenge. But my wife is super supportive, so that really helps.

If my wife drank beer I might brew more. She only likes wine on ocassion, and I've never tried to make wine.

And my wife hates beer. Not really a drinker by any measure, but she is still really supportive of me brewing.

Lakewood said:

C_dubbs said:

Lakewood said:

C_dubbs said:

I'm somewhere less than FZ but more than lake, scoob and jerry. I brew outside and work about 80 hours a week. So lining up good weather and time off is a bit of a challenge. But my wife is super supportive, so that really helps.

If my wife drank beer I might brew more. She only likes wine on ocassion, and I've never tried to make wine.

Does she like sweet thin strawberry wine? I can include a bottle or two of that if she's into it.

actually she only likes dry, dry, dry, dry, dry wines. but despite my big manly persona, i like sweet stuff and strawberries are tops in my book.

Ha. Good enough.