2025 New Year Brewing Resolutions

[aero-spaced-out]

1. Sort my bottle cleaning regime.

Feel this big time.
As much as I enjoy kegging. I have a lot of beer bottles that I have just rinsed out and kept as well as the original swing tops that I bought a couple of years back that I don't utilise enough.
I could buy more kegs but that seems awfully inefficient for my space problem and also since I want to start gifting my brews out to people or just making it easy to bring some to a get together rather than lugging a keg with me. (Camping for example)

 

[Brew_DD2]

Brew more frequently. Get through the mountains of hops in my freezers without brewing more Hazy IPA. Definitely finding myself a bit jaded with hop bombs at the moment.

 

[Graz]

Mainly just to try to hit critical mass again. I got lazy late last year and ran out of kegged beer. I've got 6 cornies so ideally have them all filled with something.

As I only brew kits this should be easy enough to do. I have two brew fridges as well so really no excuse.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Can't believe nobody as written - get rid of my plastic bottles

Hopefully by filling them with beer and sending them off to forum members?

 

[Kman]

definitely to brew more beer, finding time has been a major issue and has caused a loss of motivation, think i need to look at splitting brew days up and mash 1 day and boil the next.

 

[samale]

Brew more frequently. Get through the mountains of hops in my freezers without brewing more Hazy IPA. Definitely finding myself a bit jaded with hop bombs at the moment.

I can relate to this, I have started to cut back on the amount of hops used. Last American amber was 150g in total, American pale also the same. I have an English pale with challenger and first gold around 80g in total.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

I'd like to enter a few more competitions this year.

I would like to brew a few weird and wonderful beers, historic, a braggot, something with Juniper and blood of a virgin, that sort of thing.

 

[Kentish Mike]

I was planning a juniper brew for Christmas actually, but I couldn't find a juniper bush anywhere!

 

[Caramel Ox]

I was planning a juniper brew for Christmas actually, but I couldn't find a juniper bush anywhere!

I had that problem, considered buying one from the woodland trust to grow in the garden but haven’t yet. I suppose I’m a bit cold on the piney flavour anyway.

 

[MashBag]

definitely to brew more beer, finding time has been a major issue and has caused a loss of motivation, think i need to look at splitting brew days up and mash 1 day and boil the next.

Works like a charm. Consider overnight & no chill too.

 

[MashBag]

Can't believe nobody as written - get rid of my plastic bottles

They do have there place

 

[Leon103]

They do have there place

In the bin......

 

[Clint]

Get rid of plastic bottles because...
they are plastic?
beer keeps better in glass?

 

[Leon103]

Get rid of plastic bottles because...
they are plastic?
beer keeps better in glass?

Correct

 

[emmever]

Just a simple one for my 2025: brew my first weizen.
Or maybe I will end up brewing a blanche, who knows...

 

[MashBag]

Correct

But there are times when plastic is better.

 

[Madhouse]

1. Main aim is to brew more - sounds simple but probably the hardest of the lot
2. Get a bigger mash tun which will facilitate no.3
3. Perfect my brewery, get the second pump up and running and tidy up pipes & electrics

 

[Leon103]

But there are times when plastic is better.

I am interested.....

 

[Rodcx500z]

You need at least 1 plastic bottle to avoid bombs

 

[Agentgonzo]

I use at least 1 plastic each brew. You can check on carbonation and know when to drink/put in the garage.

Also much safer to post