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[mach5]

Yo...so I was in a brew funk for awhile. I have a 2 year old boy and twin six month old girls at home...that pretty much saps my time for doing anything. I pretty much come home, deal with kids, turn around and its 10 PM already. Weekends are just as bad, every other weekend SWMBO is working, so I have the kids, and when she is home we are doing family stuff. So, no brewing...enough sob story.Last weekend SWMBO was working. I lined up my rents to watch the kids, and had 2 brew buddies from work come over. We cranked out 2 10 gallon batches, one AG batch and one extract batch, each buddy took home 5 gallons and I got 10 gallons...good deal for me. Needless to say, my funk is over and I really want to brew another batch shortly. We did a winter warmer and a dunkelweizen...I'm thinking Belgian blonde or saison next.Fermenting beer smells so awesome.

[Jimvy]

Awesome! Welcome back!

[djinkc]

.......... 2 year old boy and twin six month old girls...........

Glad you got to brew some.We had 3 in 4 years, didn't brew for a long time - 20 years. Then about 4 1/2 years ago Drew pestered me into making another batch (kept most of my brewing stuff all that time). That got me rolling again.....

[DubbelEntendre]

Welcome back into it. I was in a brewing funk too...I haven't brewed more than once a month at all this year.I'm back in full swing now though with a Belgian Blonde tomorrow and a Dubbel and a Trippel lined up for later this month.I want to get a quad going too, and a Flanders Red. There is never enough time.

[Bigeasy]

Nice.I drank a Mad Elf clone you sent my brother in another boards beer pass.It was outstanding,glad to see you back brewing.

[3rd party JKor]

Yo...so I was in a brew funk for awhile. I have a 2 year old boy and twin six month old girls at home...that pretty much saps my time for doing anything. I pretty much come home, deal with kids, turn around and its 10 PM already. Weekends are just as bad, every other weekend SWMBO is working, so I have the kids, and when she is home we are doing family stuff. So, no brewing...enough sob story.Last weekend SWMBO was working. I lined up my rents to watch the kids, and had 2 brew buddies from work come over. We cranked out 2 10 gallon batches, one AG batch and one extract batch, each buddy took home 5 gallons and I got 10 gallons...good deal for me. Needless to say, my funk is over and I really want to brew another batch shortly. We did a winter warmer and a dunkelweizen...I'm thinking Belgian blonde or saison next.Fermenting beer smells so awesome.

I remember my first batch after taking a few years off. It was awesome. Here's to you and your beer...

[Jimmy James]

I have a 2 year old boy and twin six month old girls at home...

That's plenty old! Put them to work in the brewery already. Here's my girl working a bottling shift

[mach5]

Nice.I drank a Mad Elf clone you sent my brother in another boards beer pass.It was outstanding,glad to see you back brewing.

Thanks for the compliment! That was a great beer, I should do that one again.

That's plenty old! Put them to work in the brewery already. Here's my girl working a bottling shift

I got the boy into kegging!

[Bigeasy]

Thanks for the compliment! That was a great beer, I should do that one again.I got the boy into kegging!

It was indeed great beer.Perhaps you'd share the recipe?

[ncbeerbrewer]

Nice welcome back to brewing. Awesome to see how excited you sound and what a great deal you got with your brew buddies. When my two were born 3 yr old twins now I stopped brewing for over a year and a half. Starting in Jan 2008 I got back into it. Cranked out 28 5 gallon brews and this year its been 11 soon to be 12 as well. No stopping now. Nice ideas with the kids helping thats sweet. Hope you ferment them welcome and find plenty more time to brew. I brew in the evenings after the kids are in bed. SWIMBO never says anything about it too. Good Luck and welcome back!!

[3rd party JKor]

That's a clean looking keg, all my cornies look like they've been used in a log rolling competition in a shallow lake.

[mach5]

Bigeasy, I can share the recipe, but I have to tap my recipe book at home...I will PM you.

[Bigeasy]

Nice,thank you.