Kinda burned out. What to do?

There are a lot of challenges brewing outdoors in 100F temperatures, I get exhausted laying in my pool in heat like that. I'm fortunate enough to be an indoor brewer, my brewroom is in the basement and setup with proper ventilation, so my biggest challenge is in cooling my wort for pitching. In summer my tap water is 72-74F so I built a pre-chiller to use with my immersion chiller and all is good again.

 

I used it with WL American Farmhouse yeast blend. I'm hoping the brett in the blend will do something interesting, but so far, taste is mostly malt dominated.

 

darn you made me blow coffee out my nose.

 

Maybe go back to where you started from.

 

I saw someone with the drawing tattooed on their shoulder. Can't imagine ever explaining that one to my grandkids.

 

Play Brewing mad Libs. Get a malt, hop, flavor addition, and style from random people and brew it up.

Say hello to durian, citra, chocolate saison!

 

I just skimmed the thread so pardon if someone already mentioned it. I too was in a non brewing funk for over 6 months and was actually kinda dreading July approaching in February as I have a large family gathering and its always expected I bring at least 2 cornies of different beer for the 4th. Then, I had someone approach me who i already knew had a taste for good beer and absolutely wanted to learn. Teaching the science of brewing jumped me right back in and I'm brewing almost every weekend again. I have taught 4 new brewers at this point all of whom have moved to all grain and we are now doing 10 gallons and trading cornies. Its awesome how in such a short time what took me years to learn by myself I could pass on to others in such a short amount of time who have the same passion for good beer and good times.
I guess my advice is to just go with it for a while, clean things up, shelf it, and when the time comes you'll know. I would never suggest giving up the hobby for good but, if you're burnt, brewing something more challenging or giving yourself reason to be lackadasical will just make it seem like work more than a hobby for now. Teaching was my way of rekindling my love with brewing, maybe for you its competition, profession, or whatever. Just gotta find your fire again thats all. Best of luck man, stick around on the forums and in the community at least.
PS - The LHBS loves me since i've sent them the new customers that mention me every time they go in. I'm thinkin one more and I might start seein some kickbacks lol.

 

Stop for a while.

I had to stop brewing for a few months because I moved. I had to pack all my stuff and had to unpack all my stuff. Life got in the way. I promise you that nothing inspires brewing like being completely out of beer. A starving artist, of sorts.

 

I've had a hard time this summer also. It is hard for me to get into brewing outside when its been so hot. For next year I am going to buy some extra kegs and get all my brewing done by May so I will not have to brew till September.