A Veritable Cornucopia of Useless Information

As my friends (or those who have casually wandered across this blog) know, I’m a pretty big fan of craft beer. Enough of a fan, in fact, that I began brewing my own beer just over a year ago. As hobbies go, it’s great, it’s fun, I’ve had reasonably good results thus far, and unlike most of my other hobbies, it’s very easy to discuss in casual conversation. After taking all that into consideration, it’s more than a bit surprising that I haven’t actually done any brewing in nearly five months. Although the immediate reason as to why is fairly simple (I’ve yet to finish my remaining bottles of weizenbock); I think the other thing holding me back is that I’m hitting the limits of what can be done with extract brewing. The obvious answer would be to venture into all-grain brewing, where I have much more control over all aspects of the process. Unfortunately, the general uncertainty of life for me over the next 3-6 months (where I’ll be working/living/etc.) means that I won’t be able to take that particular plunge quite yet. Until then, I guess I’ll remain at this particular crossroads. :-\