if I brewed for the beer I could take the next decade off drinking the stuff - especially mead - that I've got.
but at least it's not the 25 year supply I used to have.
There's a reason I only brew 1.7 gallons at a time these days..... I still have about 6-7 cases of beer and cider aging in the cellar, and I just can't drink it all fast enough to keep up with my overpowering desire to brew and experiment. I sometimes ponder if I should decrease this to just 1.3 gallons, and in fact I did this on my last batch but ended up sad that I don't have a few more bottles left than I do, so I'm staying with 1.7 gallons.
Yes... I brew for the process, and for the science of it, as well as the creativity of it, way more than I do for the need for beer or for cost savings or anything like that.