Lug Wrench Brewing's Second Anniversary

It seems like I was just writting about our first year anniversary when the reminder that our second year milestone was coming up quickly.  I know it is cliche, but where does the time go?!?  I thought it would be fitting to carry on the tradition of rolling up our numbers and seeing what the stats looked like for our little "pet project".  (I promise this will be the last 'round-up' type post for a while.)

Since our very first post back on January 3, 2010 and in the two years that have ensued...

Number of Posts: 227
Number of Days Old: 730
Number of Blog Comments: 119
Number of Subscribers (via Feedburner): 100

Top 10 Pages Visited (via Google Analytics):

1. Nanobreweries - How Small Is Small (5,883 pageviews)
2. Brew-In-A-Bag Brewing: Something Worth Trying (2,402 pageviews)
3. SRM Color Ranges By Beer Style Chart (2,160 pageviews)
4. Wort Pump in a Toolbox #3 - Build Steps (2,081 pageviews)
5. IBU Bitterness Ranges By Beer Style Chart (1,970 pageviews)
6. Fermentation Attenuation Ranges By Beer Style Chart (1,495 pageviews)
7. Original and Final Gravity Ranges By Beer Style Chart (1,453 pageviews)
8. Single Hop Beer Experiment (1,218 pageviews)
9. Wort Pump in a Toolbox #2 - Parts List (1,189 pageviews)
10. Wort Pump in a Toolbox #1 - Concept (1,182 pageviews)

Number of Tags Used: 258
Top Ten Tages Used (as of today):

1. Humor (22 tags)
2. Poll Results (20 tags)
3. Homebrew Recipe (19 tags)
4. Nanobrewery (19 tags)
5. Competitions (18 tags)
6. Homebrewing Clubs (17 tags)
7. Breweries (17 tags)
8. Interview (16 tags)
9. Charts (15 tags)
10. Collaborative Beers (15 tags)
11. Nanobrewery Interviews (15 tags)

Number of Lug Wrench Collagorative Beers: 6 - no new beers :(
Number of Gallons of Collaborative Beer Brewed: 36 gallons
Number of Gallons Remaining: ?

• Midnight Wheat - Wheat Wine Braggot
• Mason Dixon Line Mead
• Flemish Fisherman - Pannepot Clone
• Brother Barleywine - English Barleywine
• Dragon's Breath - Dragon's Milk Clone
• Devoted Brother - Devotion Ale Clone

Number of Blog Polls: 20
Number of Poll Participants: 427
Top 5 Most Popular/Active Polls:

1. Favorite "Summer" Beer Style (33 participants)
2. Ideal ABV for Favorite Beer Style (32 participants)
3. Homebrewing Recipe Sources (30 participants)
4. Consumption of 'Holiday'-styled Beers (29 participants)
5. Ultimate Summer-Time Beer (26 participants)

So far, the Lug Wrench BRewing experience has been very possitive for both Tom and I as we continue the blog's de facto motto: a fraternal bond over beer.  However, we are very curious to know what the readers think - has any of this been interesting?, entertaining?, motivating?, etc.  Please leave us a comment or shoot me an email with your thoughts.  Feedback is what allows for continued improvment.

Slainte!

-JW


"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer.  Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine intervention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-Dave Barry

Lug Wrench Brewing's One Year Anniversary

With 2010 now just a scene in the rear view mirror, it is a bit surprising to mention that Lug Wrench Brewing has officially been online for a full year now.  While Tom and I had discussed the concept of doing a blog for much longer than a year, it was 1/3/10 when our first post hit the cyber landscape.  Now, here we are on the anniversary and this pet project strangely does not feel like a one-year-old.  Time flies.

Looking back at our short history, I wanted to roll up the numbers we have achieved and look at what some of the most popular topics have been.  As of today, a year after the first words were published ...

Number of Posts: 123
Number of Days Old: 365
Number of Comments: 63
Number of Subscribers (via Feedburner): 82

Top 10 Pages Visited (via Google Analytics):

1. Nanobreweries - How Small is Small? (2,119 pageviews)
2. SRM Color Range by Beer Style Chart (1,306 pageviews)
3. Wort Pump in a Toolbox #3 - Build Steps (1,211 pageviews)
4. Brew-in-a-Bag-Brewing: Something Worth Trying (1,106 pageviews)
5. IBU Bitterness Ranges by Beer Style Chart (993 pageviews)
6. Fermentation Attenuation Ranges by Yeast Strain (909 pageviews)
7. Original and Final Gravity Ranges by Beer Style Chart (835 pageviews)
8. Wort Pump in a Toolbox #2 - Parts List (677 pageviews)
9. Wort Pump in a Toolbox #1 - Concept (642 pageviews)
10. Single Hop Beer Experiment (601 pageviews)

Number of Tags: 167
Top Ten Tags Used:

1. Breweries (15 tags)
2. Nanobrewery (15 tags)
3. Homebrew Recipes (14 tags)
4. Interviews (14 tags)
5. Nanobrewery Interviews (13 tags)
6. Charts (12 tags)
7. Collaborative Beers (12 tags)
8. Humor (12 tags)
9. The Session (11 tags)
10. Poll Results (9 tags)

Number of Lug Wrench Collaborative Beers: 6
Number of Gallons of Collaborative Beer Brewed: 36 gallons
Number of Gallons Remaining: ?

• Midnight Wheat - Wheat Wine Braggot
• Mason Dixon Line Mead
• Flemish Fisherman - Pannepot Clone
• Brother Barleywine - English Barleywine
• Dragon's Breath - Dragon's Milk Clone
• Devoted Brother - Devotion Ale Clone

Number of Blog Polls:
Number of Poll Participants: 190

• Pairing with Autumnal Feasts
• Oldest Beer Sampled
• Hard Cider
• Ideal ABV
• Hombrewing Affecting Commercial Beer
• Summer Beer
• Brewpub Frequency
• Seasonal Homebrewing
• Homebrewing History

Now, with our foot into 2011, we hope to keep the momentum and posting cadence we've been able to maintain so far.  As always, if you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about anything on the site, please let us know - we always love hearing from readers.

Slainte!

-JW


"There is more to life than beer alone, but beer makes those other things even better."
-Stephen Morris