Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! I hope you have a designated driver on hand tonight.

I'm just sitting here enjoying a Pale Ale reflecting on the past year's happenings.

Well here are some of the year's homebrew related highlights that I was involved in or at or....well you know..LOL! :

Last Jan 25th saw the official 1st ever meeting of the Volusia County Home Brewers Guild which was a great success!

I did a lot of work with others getting organized and recruiting new members. We attended 3 beer festivals during the year and had a great club group brew of which we made 25 gallons of Saison! It came out great and I did enjoy the last bottle of it last weekend! This Jan we turn 1 yr old! Happy B-Day VCHBG!

I managed to brew 36 times last year (3 times the past week alone)! Here's the list of brews I brewed and (how many times) I brewed it:

Alaskan Smoked Porter Clone - (1)
Apricot Wheat - (3)
Aventinus Wheat Doppelbock Clone - (2)
HL American Special Bitter (ASB) (1)
HL Dry Stout - (2)
HL Dusseldorf ALT - (2)
HL Middle of the Road Porter - (2)
HL Pale Ale - (4)
HL Winter Holiday Ale - (1)
Indian Summer Pale Ale - (1)
Irish Red - (3)
King and Barnes Sussex Bitter Clone - (2)
Magic Hat #9 Clone - (2)
Ruination IPA Clone - (1)
Saison Du Mont - (2)
Strawberry Wedding White Sparkling Ale - (1)
T Fosters Special Bitters - (2)
T Fosters Best Bitters - (1)
HL Vienna Lager - (1)
White Flag Pale Ale - (2)

Whewww!!  What a year!  :D

To start the new year off right, I'll be brewing first thing in the morning too! I'll be brewing up my first Kentucky Common, and I'll be posting some more information on this almost lost American Beer style.

Also, coming up for 2010 and following tomorrow's session, we have planned a
Christoffel Blonde Clone
Dream Bitter (1880)
The Czar RIS Clone
Graf/Vienna Lager

and a host of other great styles too numerous to list here. I promise to post as I go this year and this is actually my new year's resolution too! Keep this blog thing updated and post often!

I've met a lot of great homebrewers this year and have learned a lot from them. That's what I love about this hobby...you will always learn of new techniques and ideas, and of new gadgets and books that help us become a well rounded brewer!

I'd like to thank everyone that I have encountered during the past year, and I wish all of you a very healthy, prosperous and happy New Year!

Now get outta here and enjoy the New Year Celebration and drink Better Beer!

Talk to ya soon!

Keep Brewing!

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