Rocks, Brooms and BEER.

20 Thursday Feb 2014

Posted by Seth in Business Stuff, Just for Fun, Observations, Random Stuff, Sporty Type Stuff

Before I delve too deeply into the dulcet tones of my own typing, let me take a moment to issue a sincere apology for not blogging much (at all really) over the course of the last few months. I don’t really have a good reason for my online absence, so please let me offer a few completely fabricated and generally nonsensical reasons for my lack of writing:

My dog ate my laptop.
I was being held hostage by underwear gnomes.
I had to go on a long soul searching journey to find myself again.
I was on a drug and hate crime fueled bender.
I was busy training a monkey to ride a dog.
I discovered the meaning of life…but then forgot it.
Aliens. Don’t ask for details. It will only bring back the nightmares.
I was just too gassy to type.

So now that those feeble excuses are out of the way, let’s turn to the here and now.

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As much as I hate to admit it…

13 Friday Sep 2013

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I probably shouldn’t say this…but I’m not really one to pull any punches, so I’m just going to spit it out…version one of our Red Rye-der kinda sucks.

It looks beautiful…but just like so many pretty girls in high school, looks are not everything. Behind her gorgeous exterior, this brew is pungent, astringent, and damn near vile. It’s the “Mean Girls” of beer.

Speaking of “Mean Girls”…what is the deal with those outfits? Long sleeves with skirts so short that their hoo-has are barely covered? What an odd combo. That school must have had some really jacked up HVAC.

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Happy Birthday to Us!!!

09 Friday Aug 2013

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I feel kind of embarrassed for not realizing it sooner, but Regular Guy Brewing just marked its first year of brewing awesomeness. Happy Birthday to us!

Well technically, our actual birthday was in July, but better late than never.

Ahh yes, I remember it well. I remember meeting up with Brian that fine Sunday morning so that we could run to Lowes and purchase a turkey fryer to use for our first burner and kettle. I remember going to Justin’s and setting up our equipment, and how annoyingly long and unnecessarily difficult it was to put the burner together. I remember the annoyance of running out of propane halfway through the boil, and having to make an emergency run for more. I remember how painstakingly long it took for us to chill our beer to fermentation temperature in the Summer heat. Continue reading →

Hobby or Vocation?

09 Tuesday Jul 2013

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If you’ve come within earshot of me anytime in the last year, there is a fair to decent chance that you have heard me talk (at length) about beer and brewing. It’s been amazing to see how conversations, regardless of their topics of origin, can evolve into a discussion about beer. Other than my baby girl, it’s just about the only thing I talk about these days.

You could call me obsessed…but you’d probably be being polite.

And while these conversations have been enjoyable on average, there has come a point in almost all of them, when I become fully cognizant that the dialogue has become more of a monologue. They just tune out. They politely nod their heads and make the occasional audible grunt, but they have largely checked out and are simply waiting for our chat to come to a close. Continue reading →

An Addendum to an Update

03 Wednesday Jul 2013

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So I know that Justin already provided a brief update Regular Guy Brewing’s recent activity, but I also wanted a chance to chime in…with visuals.

First off, let’s talk about last Friday night. It was a busy…but very fruitful evening that will pay dividends down the line as we continue to lay our plans towards professional brewing. We built ourselves a fermentation/carbonation chamber. In other words, we cleaned out and drilled holes into a refrigerator.

But this was no small task. No sirree Bob. This was quite the tall order.

The refrigerator in question was NAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSTTTTTTYYYYYYYY!!!!!! Continue reading →