2007: My Year in Beer Review

Since everyone else is doing it, I thought I'd recap my year in beer. Looking back, it was a pretty good year. I brewed more volume than I ever have, and probably pretty close to the most number of batches. Brewing mostly 10 gallon batches helped a lot in the volume category. A lot of the beer I brewed was earmarked for special occasions; a family reunion, a 40th birthday party or two (not mine), etc. And of course the Bourbon Barrel project claimed a lot of my production.

One thing I noticed is that I only did one lager in '07. I plan to rectify that error, and perhaps reclaim my title of "lagerboy" by brewing at least 4 this year: a Pils, a Dort, a Bock and an O'fest. I also need to brew beer for at least two extended family get-togethers (another 40th b-day, a 50th anniversary), plus my normal consumption. I better get going...

Here's the list. The recipes are available as either Promash .rec files or HTML web pages: