Welcome to the "old and decrepit" club. lol Some days......ahaha. Good luck with the IPA brewing. My daughter and her fiance' brew their own beer on occasion to. They buy a kit/ingredients. Not sure if they still use kits or if they come up with their own concoction. For Christmas, we bought her fiance' a huge brew pot and this stainless steel stirrer that looks more like an oar for a scull. Don't know how your winter has been but I've had more than enough of COLD and SNOW. Oh yeah, looking at a possible major snow/ice event this Wednesday nite/Thursday. Keep warm dude.