Ok, so I "was" a homebrewer 40 years ago, for most of the 1980s, after that, 1990's to the present I moved around a lot. A year ago I moved into a seniors' complex where I can still do my own cooking and such, so I figured why not get back into homebrewing. I was thinking about 5-gallon batches and in fact, I bought a Kegland Fermzilla v3.2 fermentor for the task. But for now, I have decided to get into small-batch brewing. I have noticed that there is a Brewers percentage/math system to use, and as I am very failure with Baker's math/percentage formulas I thought I might give this one a go. I have just started researching and I just came across this site and it seems that this might be a good place to start. Thank you
Nice write-up, @catguy. Welcome to the BA site. I presume that you've already found the Homebrewing forum. It's not as active as it used to be, but there are good guys that hang around there who are still active homebrewers. I check out the forum on a regular basis so I can feel like I'm staying current with the hobby. Strangely, I stopped brewing around the time that I retired because I couldn't find time to brew with all the traveling and other projects that a retired person does. I have 4-5 clone recipes that I'd like to brew, so I may start again. However, like you, I'll begin brewing 3-gallon batches because it's getting more difficult to manage the weight of 5 gallons in a glass carboy. I have basement steps involved because all my work before and after the boil is down there until bottling time, which is in the kitchen. I don't want to haul that weight down and up the steps anymore. Three gallons should be much easier. Anyways, best wishes for success in starting up again. Spend time in the Homebrewing forum because small batches have been a topic of the past and there may be some helpful hints for you. Spend time too checking out the rest of the site to discover all of the other great features here.
Welcome aboard. This is a fun place just to visit, and as @PapaGoose03 mentioned above, it can be a good resource as well. All the best to you.
There you go. I would concentrate on the ... Nurturing of brewed beer. As most memorable beer is aged.
