I usually don’t like to repost stuff from BoingBoing since everybody already reads that, but I thought this Meat Head from the Make site was worth doubling up on. Maybe I’ll make this to go with the pumpkin chili I’m going to make as soon as I have some freaking time.
Tag Archives: Halloween
Pumpkin Ale In a Pumpkin Fermenter
Here’s a great idea that I’m scrubbing from BYO.com, using a pumpkin as the fermenter for your pumpkin ale. I haven’t tried it yet, but this Halloween season may be the perfect time. Old Pumpculiar (Pumpkin-spiced old ale) (10 gallons, all-grain) OG = 1.059 FG = 1.013 IBU = 20 SRM = 25 ABV = [...]
New Holland’s, Ichabad
Last night I had a lovely and surprisingly feminine evening of shopping, sewing, accordian playing and drinking with my wife and a friend of ours who is making our soon-to-be awesome Halloween costumes. After retiring a decent bottle of Cotes du Rhone I ducked under an umbrella for some beer and cigarettes. The rain was [...]
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Disposing of Pumpkins
Last night I was sitting around chatting with my roommate when he reminded me of a story involving a mutual friend of ours. As it happened my roommate and our friend were spending a fall evening at a local pub getting good and drunk. On the way home they we’re laughing riotously about something or [...]
She-Devil Novelty Tap Handle
As I mentioned in a previous post, I cleaned my kegerator lines last night and, inadvertantly, my entire keg fridge. It’s odd how, as you grow more rings around your trunk, you come to truly relish and enjoy the simpler things in life. I love the time I get to spend with my kegerator, disassembling [...]
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When Drunks Inherit Money
I was trying to find something to get us into the seasonal mood here at OA, running search strings on halloween+beer+fishing+skateboarding+yadda+yadda. My rigorous bending of these here internet tubes and subsequent shaking there ofs were producing a whole lot of nothing. But then… I came across this. This is kind of like the Halloween beer [...]