Category: play
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up and at ’em
It’s four-thirty in the morning, and it’s time for some coffee, because what else are you going to do if you’re awake at four-thirty in the morning besides make coffee? Everything else in the day comes later. When it’s that early, coffee’s the only thing that matters. Why am I out of bed at four-thirty… Read.
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brew day
Live-Blogging Brew Day! The Queen has commanded that the next beer I brew be a vanilla porter, so that’s what’s on the agenda today. I looked up recipes for vanilla porters on teh intarwebs because I assumed there must be something special about them, but there’s not. They’re all just recipes for porters with a… Read.
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abby someone
Spaghetti for guy night, otherwise known as, “I don’t know,” the answer I gave B when she asked what I was going to make for dinner. I’d given it about ten minutes of thought all day long, so when I got in the car at the end of the day I figured I’d just hope… Read.
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Alas Dave Brubeck
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BSG
I stayed up way past my bedtime last night watching Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, a television show so special it went straight to YouTube before they broadcast it on the SyFy Network. In a few words: Looks great, stupid as hell. Or how about this: War movie cliche mashup in space. And there’s this:… Read.
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gack!
I believe this is the most awesome video I have ever seen. Ever. If anybody ever dares you to the cinnamon challenge, remember this guy. Read.
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Batch #7 Bottled!
Batch #7 is bottled! For the first time in a fortnight, the fermenters are empty and I can see the top of the workbench. This has got to be the darkest beer I’ve ever brewed. The end of the siphon I use to get the brew out of the big five-gallon bottle it was fermenting… Read.
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Up All Night
Your devoted drivelmeister was out way past his bed time last night, boys and girls, and he brings back reports of a rich chocolate treat that is the talk of the town. A brownie, I believe. Or it may have been a goulash. I know a rich chocolate goulash sounds a bit unconventional, so maybe… Read.
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Batch #6 bottled!
Batch #6 is bottled! I wasn’t sure I’d have enough time to bottle tonight, but I knew I’d have enough time to wash three dozen bottles, so I filled up the sink with warm, soapy water, got the brush down from its hook and got wet. There’s no way to wash that many bottles without… Read.
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L’chaim!
Tasting day! It’s Batch #5 and it’s one hell of a lot more bitter than I thought it would be. I knew the Northern Brewer hops I used were high alpha acid, but I thought that, if I boiled them for just a short time, the brew wouldn’t end up bitter. Wrong. Live and learn.… Read.
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