It's not difficult, WW: Once you insert the "I" at the start of the sentence (left out through "I"dleness, no doubt) it becomes obvious that pfranz is bemoaning the fact that nearly two years of testing as many of the strngest beers that England can produce has caused his memory cells to diminish in power.

On a more personal note, I gave up hand writing when I was about four years old, when they gave me, first, a pencil and, later, a pen.