Category: beer

• scotch ale

  November 28, 2014

  beer, food & drink, hobby, homebrewing

  Bottling Day! About four weeks ago, I brewed up a recipe for scotch ale that I found on the internet. Four weeks is about as long as you need to ferment any batch of beer, even one that started out with a gravity as high as 1068. I considered leaving it until next week, but Read.

• headless heron

  November 1, 2014

  beer, food & drink

  It took her the better part of two weeks, but My Darling B finally found some Headless Heron, the pumpkin-spiced ale aged in bourbon barrels made by Central Waters Brewery. The brewers announced maybe two or three weeks ago that they were going to release it, but it’s taken this long to finally make it Read.

• crisp

  October 16, 2014

  beer, food & drink, play, restaurants

  We had dinner at Mickey’s Tavern on Willy Street because it’s guy night and I didn’t know what to make. Weirdly, now I do. Now, I would like to make a big pot of chili, but at five-thirty as I was driving along Willy Street and getting closer to the grocery store every minute, I Read.

• pacnw day 8

  October 3, 2014

  beer, food & drink, play, travel, vacation

  We took our sweet time getting ready to hit the town this morning, not bothering to even get out of bed until about eight. HOW COULD WE BE SO LAZY? It’s just this simple: Today was our last day on vacation in Seattle. Heck, it was our last day of vacation. We were not going Read.

• pacnw day 3

  September 28, 2014

  beer, brewpubs, food & drink, play, travel, vacation

  B & I took the train west from Portland city center to Washington Park in the morning after breakfast. Washington Park is not a city park like the one on PSU campus we visited yesterday. That was a wide, green lawn with some tall trees, an island of serenity in the middle of a fairly Read.

• pacnw day 2

  September 27, 2014

  beer, brewpubs, farmer’s market, play, travel, vacation

  Saturday morning, after we showered and made ourselves all pretty, we joined another couple, Jennifer and Jason, in the dining room for breakfast. There were other people staying in the B&B, but we were the only ones who asked for a hot breakfast. Jennifer and Jason, who I keep wanting to ship to “Jennison,” drove Read.

• tasters

  May 6, 2014

  beer, festivals, food & drink, Madison Craft Beer Week, play, restaurants

  I only had ten beers, honest! And I feel just fine! We stopped by Harmony Bar after work for a free beer tasting they were hosting as part of craft beer week. I tried six or eight beers (it may have been as many as ten, but I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging) Read.

• Craft Beer Week

  May 3, 2014

  beer, festivals, food & drink, Madison Craft Beer Week, play, restaurants

  It’s Madison Craft Beer Week! We stopped at Next Door Brewing after work to get something to eat and OH MY GOODNESS I’VE NEVER SEEN IT SO BUSY! The place was wall-to-wall beer-drinking and conversating customers! We had to wait at the bar for a table, but only for fifteen minutes or so and, as Read.

• Cheater’s Witte

  April 12, 2014

  beer, food & drink, hobby, homebrewing, play

  This is the batch I was sure I’d ruined last week by mashing it with water that was too hot. When I measured the temp of the mash just before I drained the sweet wort, it was about 170 degrees, maybe a little less. It was the first time I’d seen mash temps that high Read.

• Wilbur

  March 23, 2014

  beer, food & drink, hobby, homebrewing, play

  I cribbed the grain bill for this latest batch of beer from the menu of Next Door Brewing, a brew they call Wilbur because of the oats they add to the mash. My Darling B says it’s her favorite of all the beers they brew, so I’m going to see if I can make some Read.