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Mark's Blog: Batch 16 - Initial write-up
So, it's been a week. I poured a glass of Batch 16 and...
Meh... It's alright, I've brewed worse, but its got that astringency I really don't like. It's very clear, so I don't think it's a problem with filtering like it has been in the past. I suspect I either brewed it too long, _OR_ it's possible that it was just the first glass. I used ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Ginger Ale, Batch 1 - Write up. Root Beer, Batch 16
February 28th? Really? Has it been _THAT_ long? Wow. I'll try to keep this short.
Ginger Ale, Batch 1: Only one word for it: Effing Fantastic. The Ginger mellowed very nicely and became a wonderful crisp drink for a hot dog picnic in the back yard with the family. I'll ask Cindy to post her thoughts on the batch.
One of the two reasons it ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Batch 15: Write up, Ginger Ale - Batch 1!
It's been several months since I first brewed Batch 15, and I still have a few bottles left. What is WRONG with me!? I blame the weather. No, really. It's been raining, so the car is in the garage, between me and the keggerator. Really. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
The Good News(tm) about this is that I still have some to taste ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: 2 Years...
Two years ago right now, I think I had just crumpled into a useless ball of goo in the corner of the hallway outside the OR. The nurse put her arm around me and said nothing, which is precisely what I needed. Cindy was being prepped for an emergency C-Section 'cuz Zoe's heart rate was dropping with every contraction, all three of them; Doc didn't ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Want pictures?
It has been pointed out to me that my blog isn't really a blog unless it has pictures. This person brings up a good point; I would like to have pictures of what I do with Root Beer, but given that I'm doing all the cooking and it kinda takes two hands, I can't really take my own pictures.
I would like to point out that when this was explained ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Batch 14 Writeup
Wow, that was a long 2 weeks...
Batch 14 was consumed several months ago at a party for my office. Got good reception, but no specific comments so nothing really worth writing up here.
Some of it also went as a bribe to a sister company who graciously offered to host some servers of ours for some business stuff we were doing. Again, I never got ( Read more... ) -
halibut.com is back up
chiba is back up and running. This includes the BBS, Blogs, shell accounts, emails, etc. If you see any problems with Chiba after about 8:15am pacific time, please email me. If you don't know my email address, chances are you shouldn't be emailing me, so I won't list it here.
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halibut.com
This is the only way I have to make public(ish) announcements about my server, chiba.halibut.com, when it's not functioning; everything else is _ON_ chiba ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: Kegerator is being built.
I got the parts for the kegerator conversion, and the fridge to be converted, earlier this week, and tonight, Cindy was on the phone with her mother while nursing the baby for long enough for me to get started.
I started by giving the fridge a quick cleaning, and removed all the easily removed bits (read: the shelves.)
The shelves in the doors ( Read more... ) -
Mark's Blog: free fridge.
I just talked with Gary, my friend who has posession of my fridge. He measured the inside of the fridge, and it's going to be close to fit one of the 3 gallon kegs in there. Hmm. It will probably involve removing some of the "bits" on the inside of the door. So, yeah.. There will be some fridge surgery going on in a week or two. This should ( Read more... )