Category Archives: Miscellaneous

I have been informed….

I have been informed that my previous attempt at humor in yesterday’s blog entry concerning a certain cat-shaped rock was too subtle. So, henceforth, all further attempts at humor will be delivered using this*…   * That is a sledgehammer … Continue reading

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Update To Mess

Yesterday, I posted that I had made a mess with my beer project. Little did I know. That was a piddly little girly mess with a couple of tiny little dots of beer foam in the bucket. Oooo. Oooo. That … Continue reading

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Mess!

As promised in my previous post, here are some more brewing photos. This morning I put up a 5 gallon batch of Honey Porter to ferment. And what a mess I made! Yikes! I think this is inherently a messy … Continue reading

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Beer Update

Today I tasted the beer again after letting it rest in the carboy for a couple of weeks. Not a good outcome. It tasted nastier than ever. So……. I dumped it. I poured all 5 gallons down the drain in … Continue reading

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Feverfew

We have a little Feverfew plant that has taken up residence in our stone wall out back. I was struck by this image with the little white flowers poking out, so I photographed it. Very bucolic.

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Beer Tasting

Last week I tasted the beer that I had put up to ferment a couple of weeks before that. Here is the result: Yeah. That bad. Stinkzoid. The beer tasted so bad that I just put the cap back on … Continue reading

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Bottles

Today I bottled my 50th batch of beer. Oddly enough, I got 50 bottles of beer out of the batch. Pretty interesting, huh? Coincidence? I think not. Actually, I always get 50 bottles of beer out of a batch, so … Continue reading

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OK Bubble Bucket

OK. Here’s the bubbling bucket as promised. Now back to sleep.

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50

That is the number of the current batch of beer I am making. I made my first batch in 1996, and now I am on batch number 50. Time flies like an arrow (fruit flies like a banana). In honor … Continue reading

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Kidding Me?

Are you kidding me? Look at this temperature! It does say “Date 3/18” down in the lower left corner. What is up with this weather? Next thing you know, we’ll be getting another blizzard! Oops. Jinxed it.

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