As soon as I make a post saying I haven't seen any quotes lately, I am sure to run across some, so here goes:
Quotable Rogue-
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
-Voltaire
Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.
-James Russell Lowell
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
-Aristotle
Thursday, May 15, 2008
This week
Overall it's been a great week. Got my stimulus check and was able to buy Heidi a nice Mother's Day present as well as send some flowers to my mom. I however failed once again to get my brother something for his birthday, so I think I will pick something up and send it out as a combo housewarming/birthday present.
It is lilac season here in Iowa, so I went out and picked some for Heidi as I was walking the dog one night. The next day Heidi went and picked a ton more, enough so the whole appt smelled like a lilac thicket. After listening to a podcast about dandelion wine, I checked up on lilac wine. It seemed like a simple enough, though long, process. Needless to say after hours of tedious picking out lilac blossoms, I have just over a gallon of lilac wine starting fermentation right now. It will be a minimum of 6 months before it's ready, but so what, it will be a nice fall/winter treat I hope. I am feeling a lot more confident now that my blonde ale is carbed and pretty darn tasty, if I do say so my self.
Ian had his last eighth grade choir concert this week. I have been proud of his continued interest in music. He has taught himself guitar somewhat, can play piano a little and really does enjoy singing. (He sure doesn't look like he's enjoying himself during the concerts though, LOL.) It was a little bittersweet thinking that this is one more last thing before High School next year. He also got his headgear last week. He hates it, and I can't blame him for that at all. I wouldn't want to wear it either. At least he only has to wear it at night and not to school or out in public.
I am going to dive back into my books. I picked up the Shadow Rising on audiobook/mp3 and a couple WotC books this week.
It is lilac season here in Iowa, so I went out and picked some for Heidi as I was walking the dog one night. The next day Heidi went and picked a ton more, enough so the whole appt smelled like a lilac thicket. After listening to a podcast about dandelion wine, I checked up on lilac wine. It seemed like a simple enough, though long, process. Needless to say after hours of tedious picking out lilac blossoms, I have just over a gallon of lilac wine starting fermentation right now. It will be a minimum of 6 months before it's ready, but so what, it will be a nice fall/winter treat I hope. I am feeling a lot more confident now that my blonde ale is carbed and pretty darn tasty, if I do say so my self.
Ian had his last eighth grade choir concert this week. I have been proud of his continued interest in music. He has taught himself guitar somewhat, can play piano a little and really does enjoy singing. (He sure doesn't look like he's enjoying himself during the concerts though, LOL.) It was a little bittersweet thinking that this is one more last thing before High School next year. He also got his headgear last week. He hates it, and I can't blame him for that at all. I wouldn't want to wear it either. At least he only has to wear it at night and not to school or out in public.
I am going to dive back into my books. I picked up the Shadow Rising on audiobook/mp3 and a couple WotC books this week.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Next Batch Idea
| 15A. Porter, Robust Porter | Extract |
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Fermentables
| % Weight | Weight (lbs) | Grain | Gravity Points | Color |
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| 70.6 % | 6.60 | Amber Malt Extract Syrup | 43.2 | 10.8 |
| 5.3 % | 0.50 | British Black Patent | 0.8 | 52.3 |
| 5.3 % | 0.50 | American Chocolate | 0.9 | 31.8 |
| 8.0 % | 0.75 | American Crystal 40L | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| 10.7 % | 1.00 | Light Dry Malt Extract | 8.2 | 0.4 |
| 9.35 | 54.6 |
Hops
| % Wt | Weight (oz) | Hop | Form | AA% | AAU | Boil Time | Utilization | IBU |
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| 25.0 % | 0.50 | Simcoe | Pellet | 12.0 | 6.0 | 60 | 0.045 | 26.8 |
| 50.0 % | 1.00 | Northern Brewer | Pellet | 8.0 | 8.0 | 15 | 0.013 | 10.2 |
| 25.0 % | 0.50 | Cascade | Pellet | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.002 | 0.4 |
| 2.00 | 37.4 |
Friday, May 2, 2008
Botlling Fun
I bottled up the blonde ale tonight. It has turned a little darker over the last week and with the addition of the priming solution, but damn if it didn't taste good. I think the sharpness I had detected earlier this week may be coming off of my testing tube. I added chili peppers to 9 bottles, including one 22 oz. bottle, so well see how that goes. This leaves 34 bottles of non-chili blonde ale. Woohoo!
I really want to make a porter (or a dry stout if not) next but finding Munich extract is next to impossible, and partial mashing at this stage does not sound like something I want to do.
It is just about time to pull my dinner out of the oven, but I saw a good quote today, so I am including it here. Quotable Rogue:
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
- O. Henry
~Post-script~
I am on Twitter now as Zalaster, so follow me if you want!
I really want to make a porter (or a dry stout if not) next but finding Munich extract is next to impossible, and partial mashing at this stage does not sound like something I want to do.
It is just about time to pull my dinner out of the oven, but I saw a good quote today, so I am including it here. Quotable Rogue:
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
- O. Henry
~Post-script~
I am on Twitter now as Zalaster, so follow me if you want!
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