Author Archives: kimerer_brian

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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No Bubbles

Posted on April 11, 2014 by kimerer_brian

Disaster has struck! I had such high hopes for this beer. I did it by the book, but there were never any bubbles. None! No friendly bloops, or even any silly bblbllblbls. It just sat there and did nothing for … Continue reading →

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The Big Hose

Posted on April 7, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I have started my Spring brewing again. We are almost out of the Honey Porter, so I need to get cracking if we are going to have beer for the Fall. If you recall a post made long ago, you … Continue reading →

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The Devil in the White City

Posted on February 23, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I am reading a book from the Bestseller list called “The Devil in the White City“, by Erik Larson (Vintage Books, 2004). It is a non-fiction book about the creation of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It contains the … Continue reading →

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Stud Finder

Posted on February 15, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I have been given the task of hanging a shelf in the laundry room. So I went out onto the interwebs to study techniques for finding the studs in the walls. I have to screw the shelf supports into the … Continue reading →

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“Dimensioned” Lumber

Posted on February 3, 2014 by kimerer_brian

Everybody knows that when you go to the lumber yard and get a 1 X 6 board, it really isn’t 1″ thick nor is it 6″ wide. In reality, the board is 3/4″ thick and 5 1/2″ wide. That is … Continue reading →

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Oil Be Darned

Posted on January 26, 2014 by kimerer_brian

When you wake up on a Sunday morning in January, and you see this: telling you that the outside air temperature is 15.3° ….. and that the inside air temperature is at 60.8° …. and headed in the direction that … Continue reading →

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Mobile

Posted on January 19, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I just went mobile. I purchased a tablet computer. Here it is: It’s kind of cute. It works OK. WiFi only, but you have to start somewhere. The user manual that came with it is a bit odd. Tiny thing. … Continue reading →

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Well, I did it.

Posted on January 16, 2014 by kimerer_brian

I was driving down to the train station this morning at 6:00 A.M. and it was really foggy. I could barely see the road in front of me. The traffic guy on the radio was barking about the fog and … Continue reading →

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