Batch Number

[brian_c]

Who here counts up how many batches of beer they have brewed? Seemed to be a big thing in the states, people numbering each batch so they can tell you exactly how experienced they are, "I'm brewing batch #115 next weekend" etc.

I kept good records of all my brewdays, and I discovered my beer on Saturday was batch # 53. The first batch I recorded (I did brew a handful of kits beforehand but never kept notes) was in September 2009, so I average 7 - 8 brews per year. So while I may claim to be an experienced brewer, I'm at it 7 years, I'm sure there are folks on here who brew twice as much as me in year.

Anyone else know what batch number they are on (pro brewers not counted).

Incidentally, my first recorded batch was a coffee stout, brewed using a Coopers Irish Stout kit, 1000g of dark spraymalt and 6 Lions coffee bags in secondary. I didn't record the yeast but I presume it was the one that came with the coopers kit.

[KDeath]

I did it from the very first one but only so I could distinguish my beers; I can just write the number on the cap. I cycle each year as well so the first beer brewed this year was number 1 again, saves on effort.

[Bazza]

Planning #125, so just ahead of you, Brian

That number doesn't count group brews such as brewdays; that's just personal brews at home recorded in the ould spreadsheet.

To be fair, the first 5 or 6 were only 1 gallon demojohn jobs, 4 of them were drain food and one of them never made off the garage floor but did smell pretty good 

Cheers,

-Barry

[Blueshed]

I write my batch number on my caps plus keep a diary of brew dates n recipes etc.

Hopefully bottle #76 this weekend.

[nigel_c]

Lost count.

[brian_c]

Lost count.

Pretty sure you are at 5 at least.

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[tommy]

#36 and 2 years in, first 2 batches were kits and went down the drain, moved to all grain biab straight after for a big jump in quality.

[Qs]

I had all my beers saved in beersmith until my hard drive crashed last christmas. I think I was around 35 then and I've done 10 so far this year so roughly batch #45. Not including cider, wine, etc

[Colm1]

How many do people reckon you need to do (within reason) to start brewing good stuff that you're happy with? I'm on #4, had to chuck the first, 2nd was drinkable, 3rd was better..


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[tommy]

How many do people reckon you need to do (within reason) to start brewing good stuff that you're happy with? I'm on #4, had to chuck the first, 2nd was drinkable, 3rd was better..


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it will consistently improve the more you brew but 10 batches is where you will feel safe to give it to friends and family

[cruiscinlan]

>#35

[Qs]

How many do people reckon you need to do (within reason) to start brewing good stuff that you're happy with? I'm on #4, had to chuck the first, 2nd was drinkable, 3rd was better..


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It all depends on how much you change your equipment and process, etc IMO. If your systems settled you should get there a lot quicker. If you keep adding and replacing bits it'll take longer.

[johnrm]

Watch others brewing, wrap your head the process and you could be brewing fantastic net from the get go.
There is no magic number.
Start brewing. Brew regularly. Accept critique. Brew better.

[brian_c]

Watch others brewing, wrap your head the process and you could be brewing fantastic net from the get go.
There is no magic number.
Start brewing. Brew regularly. Accept critique. Brew better.

And have fun while you are doing it.

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[Jonnycheech]

I think i've done in and around 60 or so. I think my first 20 weren't great, mostly due to too much experimentation. I started to follow good recipes around this time and learned a lot just from the recipe formulations. My technique was pretty solid already.