Month: November 2011

Beer me, Marge

The new brew kettle has been ordered. The early Christmas present from the lovely Elizabeth was purchased earlier today as well. We won’t make a Christmas brew timeline, but I’m thinking a mid to late January First Round party is doable. I’m leaning Belgian White–but that’s because I drink the hell out of Blue Moon. Any suggestions / votes?

In other news, converting the garage into a neighborhood brewpub has jumped to the top of the to do list. Kind of funny that it wasn’t even on the to do list before yesterday afternoon. Reminds me of Grandpa Lehl’s basement bar, which was a totally awesome thing even to a 10 year old kid.

We do have to sort out yard implement storage and the like first…

This looks fun

For certain values of fun anyway. It’s like going back to school without the [cost|credit] but with a commitment to learn stuff. Seriously thinking of trying to backfill some of my core CS deficiencies as I didn’t do a whole lot of serious CS work in the MIS program. Of interest are:

From this list I think I could reasonably expect to pick one and follow through with an effort that I would feel comfortable expending. Anyone want to take one with me?

Sleepytime

The burbling through the airlock has slowed considerably. I think the yeast is running out of snackers. We should be right on schedule to rack this run some time this weekend.

This brings us to a task I’ve been punting for a while now. Somehow we need to scavenge, scrounge, or rustle up about three dozen 750ml wine bottles in the next two weeks. You have any we can use? Quite likely some percentage of your empties will be returned to you in a much less empty state…just in time for the holidays.