The year is about done. How much beer did everyone make this year? I haven't had a chance to brew since the end of August (hunting season got in the way). I made 140 gallons up to that point (I am at work now and don't know how many batchs it was). Shooting for a little more in 2007. How about you guys?

Almost 100 Gallons. This year I moved from extract to all grain and from 5 gallon batches to 7.5 gallon batches. Also I upped my fermenting capacity signifigantly over the year, so next year will see more high gravity in a hopefully more solid rotation of more nailed down session beers.

I will be 25 batches for us by the end of the year. This is the most I have ever done in a year. Being under-employed for 6 months helped with that. Now work is getting in the way of brewing

100 Gallons for my first year brewing. So far.....so good!

I think i have brewed about 150 to 200 gals imperial in 2006.


Bopper

I'll close out the year at 198G. I'm at 187 right now.

Zane

Long time lurker etc. etc.
I have finished for the year with 33 5 gallon batches (165 gal), the most ever for me. Will be starting the New Year with a batch 1/4.

Don

5.5 gal Ommegang clone (a fraternity favorite)
5.0 gal AnchorSteam clone
5.5 gal Ommegang clone
6.0 gal Cream Ale
5.5 gal Ommegang clone
5.5 gal Scotch Ale
5.5 gal Bock
6.5 gal Cyser
6.0 gal IIPA
8.0 gal Pale Ale
10. gal Red Imperial


17. gal Belgian Golden and planned for Thursday and 16.5 gal Ommegang clone planned for Friday!

Do they count if I squeeze them in by December 31st?

Haha.

I guess I really am a newbie to the hobby. I only made 35 gallons. HOwever there was a great increase after the purchase of my keg system.

I wish this was not one of those situations where the size really does matter. I hope to be bigger next year.

BTW, I added the pi_beer so as to not confuse with all of the other Dave's.

Pi

Two batches this week make the bakers dozen here which is around 65 gal, plus a couple odd small 2 gallon batches. Started all-grain in July, so about 6-7 batches under my belt to this point.

Not too bad with a 4 and 1 year old (and SWMBO, of course)..

Happy New Year!

--FB

A lot......

Well over 200 gallons. Is that against the law?

I slacked and made about 45 gallons. No good excuses, just didnt devote enough time time to beer. I hear a new years resolution coming on...

I don't have a clue. You guys obviously keep better records than I do.

21 brews this year; 110 gallons. Definitely the most I have ever done, and I imagine I will hit about 25 in 2007. Having the kegerator helps; fear of bottling would have affected my output otherwise.

About 65 gallons... But I've just been getting reacclimated with the hobby this year, plus I got married, switched jobs etc etc. Currently working on expanding/organizing the brewery, with the plan to start doing some 10 gallon batches next year and ramp up production a bit.

19 batches of 5 gallons for me...

Assuming I don't brew before Monday (and I don't plan to) I'll finish the year at 160 gallons in 17 batches. That's for my first full year of all-grain brewing. Good memories. The parts that I actually remember anyway. I'll probably do about the same next year.

I haven't really kept track. I'm guessing around 200 to 250 gallons. Not including mead, cider, and wine. And only counting the 5 gallons I took from club brews which are 35-45 gallons each on avg.

100 gallons even for me. Let's see. If I drank all of that myself, it would equal 4.4 pints per day. I don't know; I may have a problem.

Not sure how many gallons.

But I'll say this much.
It was a whole freaking lot..

I'm going to brew on New Years and bring out the old with a batch of my 2006 Bitter.
Whilst I brew my fresh 2007 Bitter..

8 five gallon batches. I feel like such a wimp looking at the other numbers. I figure I'm good if I can find time every other month. I wish I had more time.

54 five gallon batches, and 1 ten gallon batch of helles last week. i'll likely get in two more 5 gallon batches this weekend.

I will brew my 35th batch this weekend to end the year. I am shooting for a 1.12 Russian Imperial stout. 30 of the batches were 5 gallons with 2 10 gallon batches and 3 8 gallon. I think that makes it 194 gallons which falls short of what I did last year.

105 gallons, double what I did last year. Still a few day left to brew

I guess around 13 batches and 65-70 gallons. 2007 will be significantly lower ... I won't be able to brew while I'm in Iraq.

19 x 5 gal. batches at our house - but I didn't get started until February, so I can beat that in '07 . . . man, 95 gallons sounds like a lot . . . and I didn't give a ton away . . . hmmmmm . . .

22 5-gallon batches for 110 gallons

Started brewing 2nd week of July and will end the year at 21 5Gal batches for a total of 105 gallons. Not bad for the first 5 1/2 months.


Good thing this is not crack because I'm addicted to this hobby.

I don't know...I'm not sure I want to know....

107 gallons

5 of which are mead and 5 peach wine.

Dang, I must be a slacker! I only brewed 35 gallons this past year. I'm gonna haffta remedy those totals this year.

Being the end of the year and all, I've been updating my records and such...

Only to discover that I am really lame anymore when it comes to brewing... Hell, if it hadn't been for club or AHA sanctioned events I only brewed twice (5 overall)... total of 55 gal....

Judged a couple of comps so I've got my BJCP points and don't have to worry about it for a while...

Got my picture in Northwest Brewing News thanks to Mitch Scheele, plus I'm standing next to our club babe Molly in a cute little dress (she's in the dress, not me)...

Another article published in Zymurgy (eat your heart out Denny!), plus another coming up in the Equipment issue....

But good memories... Big Brew is always a hoot out at Denny's, Teach Day was great as well, and Iron Brewer was a kick... Hop Madness was a blast even though N8 wasn't there to be my Hop Bitch...

And somewhere in there I managed to drink a beer or two over the last twelve months...

Good times, good beers, good friends...

God Bless ya all, and have a happy and safe New Year!

--/\/\--

Matt, if they were GOOD articles, I'd be worried...

Anyway, I'd have published more if mine weren't so technical and required so much research (yeah, sure! )

Come on Denny, you must know how many with all your notes! I know I didn't count, but managed to always have a homebrew to pour. I'm gonna sneak one more batch tomorrow morning- a second try at the Rye Porter (I'll save some for Grant).
Matt, please never be the one in the dress....
Can't believe the volume some of you guys brew! Wish I could be your neighbor.
And to Kevin Inglin, we'll all keep the homebrew cold while you're in Iraq and toast to your safe return.

I must be slacking too. Only 70 gallons for me. It was the most I have brewed yet so I'm sure I will hit 100 gallons in 07.

Mark

50 gallons for me, in batches of 5, but I only got started again in September after a 2 year break.

I started making beer instead of wine in Mar. '06 and haven't looked back after 75 gallons 5 at a time. Just moved to all grain and 10 gallon batches. Started kegging in Sept. and may never bottle condition again. I'm thinking I'll brew 3 or 4 times a year now that the dust is settling and I have 10 cornies (4 fit in the fridge).

Brandt, if I wasn't so bone lazy I could pull out the notes and add it up..

105 with my all grain system and that starts 9/12. Before that it was pretty slack as I moved from MD to NH

Hard to move with full fermenters. I would say another 100 or so the first 3/4 of the year. I'm bound to break
that easily this year. Good thing I have a co-brewer and a wife to bring up the gallons per year allocation by johnny law.
Has anyone experienced any problems with brewing "over the limit?"

>Has anyone experienced any problems with brewing "over the limit?"

Yeah, I need bigger pants.

Dear Bryan

I don't think there is a limit in the UK! I don't think i could brew much more than 5-imp gals =or= 6-us gals in one batch, as i have only(11 imp-gals=or=13.21 us gals)50 litre boiler.



Bopper

Oregon doesn't have a per household limit.

N8, Is that just for you or does it apply to all Oregonians?

25 gallons all extract it was my first year of brewing.

55 gallons for me this year.

I finally tallied from all three computers I keep my Promash on and it comes to 146 gallons of beer and 12 gallons of cider. I think thats the most in a year for me. I'll have to look back into the notes for years past.

TimO

N8's comment about Oregon not having a limit got me curious. Below is the regulation form the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (formerly part of BATF).

Do states overide this Federal regulation? Doesn't really matter as no one is going to enforce, just something to do over lunch..... Besides I am lucky if I get 40 - 50 gallons brewed in a year.


e) Beer for personal or family use

Subject to regulation prescribed by the Secretary, any adult may,
without payment of tax, produce beer for personal or family use and not
for sale. The aggregate amount of beer exempt from tax under this
subsection with respect to any household shall not exceed--
(1) 200 gallons per calendar year if there are 2 or more adults
in such household, or
(2) 100 gallons per calendar year if there is only 1 adult in
such household.

O.k to answer your question.

State law does not override Federal law.

It's the opposite way around.
Say you had a warrant out for a felony and the local cops didn't come for you.

But the FBI did.
Say your state law said you were aloud so much weed.

But the Federals busted you with it.
Federal law says a mandatory 1 year in prison.

Your going up for 1 year even though State law says otherwise.

And N8 wasn't serious, anyway.....

Shawn has this right about federal trumping. I will note though that for some reason Michigan's LCC website states that the state limit is double that. 200 for 1 over 21 year old and 400 for 2 or more.

Here is a link to state by state homebrew statutes:
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/legal.html

I started brewing in June and managed to squeeze out 65 gallons in six months. not bad for my first half year of brewing.

N8, you are such a kidder. I would say trouble maker but everyone knows that's Matts job.

Speaking of volume I just got my 140 QT boil pot back from the machine shop today. It along with my 80 qt HLT and 120 QT mash cooler should make for some realing learning experience since I am also switching to batch sparging at the same time. Having to double all the recipes and figure out the new efficency factor. What do you guys think a good starting percent would be for effiency.

who me??

Dear Steve Olds- CLB

I have to agree with you on that one, on N8.



Bopper

State law actually over rides federal if more limiting. Check out the link N8 supplied and go to Georgia. 50 Gallons is the limit!!!!

Great job researching Much2Brew.....You can find this info in the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Section 5053) and the limitation is the result of Uncle Sam's concern over the potential loss of excise taxes from the sale of delicious malt beverages. If you homebrew, you are not purchasing beer & Sam fails to collect his tax.

Making great beer is one reason to home brew, but getting said beer absolutely tax free is icing on the cake. I only pay sales tax on cleaning supplies and equipment. Ingredients are considered food products and are not taxed.

Wow Tennessee doesn't have a restriction on amounts.

In Tennessee you pay tax on everything.
In my county they ream us for 9.75%.

Sin Tax. We pay so the innocent can "Flourish". It's the American way.

Your lucky up there in Minnesota..

Cause Beer supply's are considered food.
Down here even food is taxed at 9.75%.

We can thank everyone for voting for that moron Bredesen again...LMAO

You're right about that Shawn, but when it come right down to it, isn't beer really our daily bread? Thats what the Monk thought when they made Salvator? (my favorite beer by far.)

Right on CLB..

9.75% for food? That sucks.

Oregon doesn't have a sales tax.

But Oregon jams you with a good income tax, even if you don't live there (but work there).

That's something I hope Texas never gets.

details, details.

9.75% for everything.

Oregon sounds nicer and nicer.
So theres no sales tax at all?

They just get you one way or another.

Federal law vs State Law. Read them both. Decide which one sux the most. That is the one which applies to you.

As far as taxes, the way I look at it is the states get their cash one way or another. Sales tax, income tax, or property tax. Texas has a property tax but no income tax. While I'm young and earning money, I'm living here. I'll retire somewhere with no property taxes.

Zane

There's a state without any property tax?

Woah.... more than I thought. 90 gallons. I started doing 10 gallon batches around march and it adds up quick.

150 in 07 baby!

CP
(blog.cjparker.us)

How many gallons/batches in 2006?
Not enough.

"Not enough."
I second that Phil.

Only 20 gallons in 2006.
Would like to make it 60 this year.

7 x 5 (+/-) gal batches for me.
tb137

New Hampshire has no income tax nor sales tax. All of the supplies are tax free. All the beer I make is tax free.
So now that we know the federal limit of 200 gallons per household per year, do we know of any cases where this ceiling
has been enforced?

A couple of years ago I saw a listing of the states by highest overall personal tax burden. Oregon was 47. No sales tax, a reasonable income tax (no matter how much people whine about it) and low property tax. Business taxes are pretty high here, however, especially in Portland.

Very true, John. It is pretty reasonable here in Orygun.
My only real complaint about Oregon is the price of housing, it's pretty UNreasonable.
...And there is no Freebirds up here

Come one N8, what you really miss are cowboy hats and Texas blues.

Actually, it's the kicker-boots, and goat-roper hats.
gawd, those are sweet!!
Thw Austin music scene is great, though.

The price of housing here isn't at all unreasonable compared to a lot of other places, though....

Yea, compared to San Fran, we're sitting pretty. But places like Dallas, it's very high.

Yep

Yeah Denny,

Go try to buy a house in Connecticut..lol