Author Archives: kimerer_brian

Scary Update

Posted on August 31, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I did it! I finally clicked the scary Update button! I think it worked. WordPress has been nagging me for months to upgrade from 3.3.1 to 3.9.2. The blog had stopped working with the latest PHP at the host, so … Continue reading →

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Back from Maine

Posted on June 5, 2014 by kimerer_brian

We are back after our short trip to Maine. The weather was grand, so we did a lot of hiking. On one trek, we ran into this fellow sitting in a tree. That is a porcupine. Cute and cuddly, huh? … Continue reading →

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Crack!

Posted on May 25, 2014 by kimerer_brian

It has been two weeks since I bottled my latest batch of beer, so I grabbed a bottle from the basement to see how it is coming along. In the bottle that I took at random, I found this: The … Continue reading →

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Sinningia pusilla

Posted on May 18, 2014 by kimerer_brian

We have an interesting plant blooming in the house. Here is a photo of it. Nice flower, hunh? Except that this flower is a bit different. It’s kind of small. Actually…. it’s really small. Really, really small. Really. Check out … Continue reading →

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Beer in the Bottles

Posted on May 11, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I bottled my latest batch of beer this morning. It tasted OK and not a bit spoiled, so I went ahead and bottled it. 57 bottles of beer on the wall. Not a bad yield. I think I am getting … Continue reading →

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Didn’t Believe Me?

Posted on May 4, 2014 by kimerer_brian

Re: “still nothing going on in Dad’s Beer Bucket except for one drowned gnat.” from the April 11 post on my previous batch. Well this time, there are two drowned gnats, and I have a better camera, so you can … Continue reading →

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Reflections

Posted on May 1, 2014 by kimerer_brian

It must be Spring. The Kayaks are out on the canal.

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No Happy Bubbles

Posted on April 28, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I put up a new beer yesterday to ferment using my revised Big Hose airlock. There it is, all cozy in its blankies. Unfortunately, a day later there are still no happy bubbles. Nuthin’. Nada. Zip. Nichts. It is just … Continue reading →

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Big Hose Rev 2

Posted on April 26, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I am brewing again this weekend. Since there was an issue last time with the friendly bubbles not showing up (I really missed those bubbles), I decided that I would do some upgrades to my attachment for the Big Hose. … Continue reading →

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Beer Update

Posted on April 13, 2014 by kimerer_brian

As I prognosticated in my previous blog, I did tap some beer out of the bucket on Saturday to taste it. It looks nice. It smells like beer. It has an off flavor that I do not like, but I … Continue reading →

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