2008: The Year of Brewing Beer
January 2, 2008 2:39 pm HomebrewingI hope the freshly new year finds you well. I spent my New Years Eve attempting to finish off the keg of my 80 Schilling. (Unfortunately, I failed. But I put up a mighty strong fight.) Rather than make a list of resolutions I’ve decided to make a list of beers I plan on brewing this year. This will be by far the most beer I’ve ever brewed in one year. It’s a pretty ambitious schedule, but I don’t think it’s unachievable.
January
- La Fin du Monden Clone
- Southern English Brown
- Oatmeal Stout
February
- Saison
- Schwarzbier (my first lager)
March
- Imperial IPA (Pliny the Elder Clone)
- Mango Blonde (A recipe I’ve been playing with for some time.)
April
- Raspberry Wheat
- Witbier
- Classic American Pils
May
- Southern English Brown
- Belgian Dark Strong
June
- Weissbier
- California Common
July
- Flanders Red
- Wee Heavy
August
- Oktoberfest
- Pumpkin Beer
September
- Robust Porter
- 80 Schilling
- Christmas Ale
October
- Southern English Brown
- Dopplebock
November
- Belgian Dubbel
- Russian Imperial Stout
- December Chocolate Cherry Stout
December
- English Barleywine
- Brown Porter
I’ve already begun purchasing my hops now (wow, what a pain in the pocketbook) to make sure I’m fully stocked for the year. I’m going to continue to use the blog to update my progress along the way. Make sure to stay tuned to find out which ones flounder (hopefully none) and which ones flourish (hopefully all.)
Tags: clones, Homebrewing, new years eve, pliny the elder

BP :
Date: January 8, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
Really enjoy your blog. Love the list of beers to be brewed as opposed to resolutions. A much more achievable goal.
Good luck with the Year of Beer, from your fans in East Texas.
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