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Moving. Again.
And again without internet for a while.
Fun times.
When the furious relocating activities die down, I will have to get back to furious planning/booking for honeymoon flights.
.... and if this is the first time hearing of the wedding, you should read Vicki's LJ more. Even she updates more often than I do -
More Beer. And travel
#15 Belgian Ale
The rule for belgians is that there are no rules.
In any case, this should be interesting; used a combination of Belgian Special B crystal malt, candi syrup and Hallertau hops plus Belgian Abbey yeast to create the beast, and have been keeping the temperature nice and low for a long, steady ferment.
#16 Notsopale Ale
Primarilly a pale ( Read more... ) -
Beer + Oops.
Since the last post, the following have been produced:
#10: Russian Imperial Milk Stout
So good I am making more...
#11: Mystery Beer
Made from 6kg of old liquid malt my dad gave me, plus leftover hops. Cannot be repeated, as I don't actually know what I put in it. Not bad, but rather sweet for my tastes.
#12: Break BitterAfter moving and 6 ( Read more... ) -
Werk
Out of the blue, got a call from my old boss asking if I was available to do some work on a current project. As I was free, and the pay was good, I said yes.
That was Thursday last week. By Friday 3 of 4 signatures on the forms were signed, and today was my first day back at work.
I am somewhat tired. Stoopid 6am wake ups -
Alive, but with no internets
Iinet is awesome.
Telstra is lame.
At some point in the near future we will have net access at home again.
And now back to work -
Beer - Continued
Brew #4 - Cooper's Sparkling Ale
Tasting Notes: 2 weeks in the fermenter, then a month in the bottle has made this an impressive ale (for me at least). Thoroughly pleased with the result!
Brew #5 - EEEK!
1.5kg Cooper's Dark Malt Extract (liquid)
1kg Morgan's Dark Crystal Malt Extract (liquid)
1kg Dark DME
45g Northern Brewer (7.6% AA) for 60 min
25g ( Read more... ) -
Beer. Yes, Beer.
So I've started homebrewing again after a break of a few years.
I blame Jesse, whom I work with. When he found out that it was possible to make your own beer, custom tailored to ones own tastes, bugged me repeatedly with enthuiastic questions until I actually was inspired to start up again myself.
Brew #1 - "Meh"
The first batch after the break is " ( Read more... ) -
Procrastinating
At work, drinking coffee, and not wanting to look at the mountains of drawings that need an engineering check... Perfect time for an LJ update.
New Zealand is pretty. Particuarly compared to Australia... but that doesn't take that much really. It's not ludicrously hot, it has decent rainfall (so it's shades of green rather than brown) and the ( Read more... ) -
I seem to be wearing another mans face
Vicki's 25th is this Saturday, and part of my costume (fancy dress - fantasy theme) involves me removing my beard since... it is inappropriate for the character I am trying to portray.
Only now my chin does not feel like my own.
And this strange person keeps looking at me weirdly from the mirror. I have no idea how the fucker got in there, given it's ( Read more... ) -
4th Ed = Card game?
Skimmed through 4th ed.
First off - the combat system has changed more from 3.5 to 4th ed than it did from 1st edition through to 3.5.
It's somewhat odd, and from the looks of things will be horrid to manage without a deck of cards to flip over to keep track of "Power" use, since all classes have been converted to resemble the Book of Nine Swords. ( Read more... )