Our country of fat fucks are about to hit their annual apex of indulgence and I couldn’t be happier. You see, I fancy my self a fairly learned sensualist. Certainly, at times, my adventures slant nearer towards escapes than escapades, but I’m comfortable with my batting average. And what kind of sensualist demands perfection anyway? [...]
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Put Thanksgiving In My Face & Then Leave Me Alone.
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A Mash/Boil Screen Has Made Homebrewing Much Easier
I’ve slowly come to realize while building our brew system that the tools and techniques compiled to create our beer are as much a part of us and our creation as the finished beverage that comes out of it. And, like every good work of art, this one, too, will never be finished. Transcended, maybe [...]
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Remember, Remember the 5th of November
As much as I like turtles, I like history even more. So, in honor of tomorrow’s celebration of Guy Fawkes’ Night, where apparently a large demonstration is being planned on the steps of Parliament, I thought I’d post a little historical note on the beloved terrorist. In 1604 Fawkes became involved with a small group [...]
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Positive Progress in the Hunt for Fenugreek in Homebrew
Ok, so I finally got to the end of the two-week alcohol extraction of fenugreek seeds that I found digging four pages deep into a google search on fenugreek and maple syrup alternatives. The experiment was successful though I did need to make some adjustments. I wound up using twice the amount of vodka as [...]
Yeast Reference Guide
I like this page over at winning-homebrew.com that describes the yeasts and then tells the brewery source of them. It’s nice. It’s not as nice as those posters that wYeast and White Labs have been giving away at events recently, but it’s nice.
Sediment Free Alternative to Priming Sugar Bottling for Your Homebrew
I hate bottling my homebrew. Mostly because I am particularly undermotivated when it comes to things that could be more easily done by a machine or lesser, mind-controlled, humanoid like a tea bagger or something. Because of this I haven’t bottled anything in a couple years and just simply dump my beer into a soda [...]
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Jake Burton Has Cancer
It appears Jake Burton has testicular cancer. If you follow this link you’ll read his rather stoic and inspiring letter to his employees. I think it says a lot about the guy and, clearly, it says just as much about the culture he has created at Burton Snowboards over the years. It will be 20 [...]
Michael Ruhlman in Chicago
Michael Rulhman’s book “Ratio” is one of the best things that’s ever happened to my cooking. It is typically my first reference when approaching a new dish and has helped me understand how I might someday develop my own voice with cooking more than any other book or experience I’ve come across to date. But [...]
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“Prohibition” October 2nd, 3rd, 4th on PBS
Ken Burns has a new 3-part series on the chilling horrors of prohibition just in time to kick-off the Halloween season. Tune in to see what happens when humanity rolls over to have it’s belly rubbed by joyless sods.
When I’m dead, you must braise me
I’ve had a longstanding agreement with the 4-bar degenerates in my life that, upon my death, they will slow cook my better cuts serving using my carcass as the serving station, Old Country Buffet style. Further, my wife and friends have been clearly instructed to have a moog rendition of “Send in the Clowns” sent [...]
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