This past Saturday night was a reminder of why I prefer to go at a brew session solo. It's been years since I had a "brew night", I had 2 friends over, one used to brew but just can't find the time right now and another who just loves craft beer and knows a lot about my own brewing. We mashed in, ordered a pizza, shared some pours, not a bad night at all but I was brewing an Imperial Stout and then batch sparging for the 2nd runnings to get me a Porter-ish beer so it was kind of busy to knock out two batches, although they were smaller. I just find it difficult to fully enjoy either end...the brewing or the relaxing, especially while drinking. But, I had a good night with company, it made for a long brew night. We made some memories, shared some laughs. Hope the beer turns out well but I prefer to keep brewing separate from company and/or drinking.