I was once addicted to home brewing but I’ve been clean for several years now. I just take it one day at a time. I know that just one batch could put me over the edge.

Actually, I still have all the equipment – some I bought and some I made. It’s another one of those things I love to do that I just haven’t had time for. I’m still hopeful I can return to it at some point. I’ve never brewed from a kit. I started right out brewing all-grain recipes – before I found out it was “hard”. If you haven’t tried it yet – I HIGHLY recommend it. It really isn’t as hard as it sounds! It does take a few more steps and few more hours, and it can be a little messy (if it boils over). But an all-grain beer is truly yours where as a kit beer is someone else’s recipe.

I’m emailing you an all-grain Brew Recipe “calculator” that I put together back in 1991. It’s a spreadsheet that takes beer parameters like the amount of residual sugar (“finish gravity”), alcohol content, and color (darkness in “lovibond”), and produces an all-grain recipe for a beer with those parameters. I put it together just for personal use so the usability isn’t great – but I think good enough to muddle through. I’d love to create a website to replace the spreadsheet but, you guessed it, I just can’t find the time.