[Joe Sr.]

I'm moving to Denver and I've made a few work trips up there...They have better beer in the store than I am making...not true here in Texas...I am going to have to up my game or resign myself to paying premium for premium...

Can you get a 30 pack of Lone Star?  I had a night on that stuff years ago.  Woo!

Ain't been brewing lately and have been paying more for beer than usual.

[homebrewdad7]

My boys love to help brew, and the little girls are getting big enough, too.  Everybody has to throw hops in, everybody had to have a turn stirring the mash, etc.  Sometimes, they actually do useful things like holding the funnel or whatnot, but by and large, it's fun to have them involved.

[Joe Sr.]

My eldest used to like to help filling kegs.  If I turned my back she poured it on the floor.

The little guy likes to help bottle for competition.

Beyond that I'm usually on my own.

[Phil_M]

I'm an engineer so the things I enjoy most about brewing are the things I enjoy most about engineering: I get a thrill taking something directly from a textbook on brewing, making it a reality in the Brewhouse, and seeing the results pan out at the end of the process.

I prefer the cold and clinical in a certain sense to the artistic. I think brewing is less about an esoteric melding of artistic qualities and more about a strict adherence to technical principles. I enjoy the latter much more than the former given my background. Math and science are king for me even in light of the fact that I enjoy cinema, music, and other artistically driven things.


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Engineering is inherently creative though. Like how an artist is bound by the limitations of their medium, we're bound by the laws of physics. The only real difference is an artist doesn't always know where they'll end up, but they know how they'll get there. Engineers (and some technicians) know what they want, but initially we've no idea how to get there.