Being the thread killer I am...I want to keep this alive by saying that I've been thinking about taking a hiatus from brewing. I've been thinking about this for a while, thought back in October that I would over the winter until spring, then I made an order and bought more yeast.
But I basically don't drink beer at home anymore. This all started in the last year. I really started questioning my consumption in fall of '21, but mainly started wanting to cut back this year when beer really just started to not taste good and I didn't like the way it made me feel - maybe not so much in the moment, but later and the next day. If I drink too much I get a really horrible taste in my mouth during the night and the next morning (and to be honest, sometimes it's hard to limit how much I drink if I'm hanging out with friends). I wouldn't say I've got a major problem or anything, but honestly, I'm definitely on the spectrum of alcohol abuse disorder as many of us are. My family members have been talking about diabetes a lot lately and, man, do I want to do what I can to avoid that and at 40, I need to really take my health seriously now.