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Mad Science Time!

04 Friday Apr 2014

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200px-Tinkerer_WorkingI like to create things.

Nothing gets my creative juices flowing more than the idea of making stuff. Take a bit of this. Take a bit of that. It doesn’t matter if it was meant for the purpose I have in mind for it or not. If it could do the job I have in mind, I am going to give it a discerning bit of eyeballing.

As I discussed in a past post, I am a big fan of function over form. I tend to not just look at things for what they are…but what they could be. The spirit of a tinkerer dwells within me, and material improvisation is just part of who I am. This is an attribute that I am finding to be very useful in our brewing endeavor. Continue reading →

Punch it in the face!

03 Thursday Apr 2014

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We’ve all had a bad day before, maybe even a couple in row, but have you ever had an entire week that you wanted to slam into a brick wall and punch it in the face? I’m having one of those this week. It’s a “if it can go wrong, it will go wrong, horribly, horribly wrong” kind of weeks.

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There is some light at the end of this tunnel though. Friday night we are brewing our soon to be world famous Smokey Grove Apple Smoked Porter, and guess who will be in attendance? Me! I’m extra excited because I missed last week’s brew session.

So expect new photos and an update next week. Get excited folks, it’s going to be awesome!

I’m more sad than you…

27 Thursday Mar 2014

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Today is Thursday, tomorrow is Friday. Most people are happy when it’s Friday. Brian, Seth and I are always happy it’s Friday because it means it’s meeting or brewing or research night for the Regular Guys. This Friday just so happens to be brew night. So why am I not happy? BECAUSE I WON’T BE THERE! Also, BECAUSE WE’RE BREWING A BRAND NEW RECIPE!

Why won’t I be there to brew our brand new Extra Pale Ale? I have to prepare my house for my daughter’s first birthday party.

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There’s my beautiful baby girl!

Now, I’m not upset that I can’t be there to brew because it’s my daughter’s birthday, I’m just not thrilled that I’m missing the brew session to clean the house.

Hmmm…brewing or cleaning the house…it’s a no brainer. I’d rather be brewing, but tell that to my wife who would be stuck cleaning the house by herself while I go have fun. Probably wouldn’t end well for me.

As they say, a happy wife equals a happy life. I think I can bite the bullet this time, even though we are brewing a new recipe that I am extremely excited about.

Bitter and frustrated.