No beer made on Saturday. Why? This:
That’s an 80kg. drum of liquid malt extract, which requires a drum wrench to open. I didn’t have a drum wrench … although I do now. Hopefully the beer will get made next week.
Drum wrenches: warehouse supply places = $55. Amazon = $8. Um…..
So this weekend, Dan and I will be brewing a bunch of IPA — probably 10 gallons of “regular” IPA, and 5 gallons or so of DIPA (double IPA for all of you not in tune with beer acronyms — basically stronger and hoppier beer). Using extract due to time constraints (daycare picnic in the [...]
Usually, beer is a thing of joy. Occasionally not, however, as was the case last summer, when the founding father of beer journalism and writing, Michael Jackson, passed away. This morning, I was directed to the site “i miss michael,” dedicated to memories of Michael Jackson. I had watched/read/heard most of those already, but being [...]
From the Palo Alto Weekly, May 7, 2007:
Mary Ager
Mary Hinderlie Ager, 66, a resident of Palo Alto, died of cancer in her home April 23.
She was born in Tyler, Minn. She grew up in Waseca, Minn., Midway, Wash., and West Seattle, Wash. In 1963 she graduated cum laude from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. [...]
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