I know how to make beer now ( Read more... )

I've been a busy little brewer! And expect to be so pretty regularly, now ( Read more... )

Forgive me, LJ, for i have sinned....it has been 14 months since my last entry, and I have brewed three times since then. And moved back home. And read a bunch of stuff. And done some (relatively) advanced knitting projects, including designing an unnecessarily complicated hat. And done assorted bits of writing, drawing, gardening, and gaming. And ( Read more... )

Well, here goes...I'm going to try a beer/music review using some of the ideas I was rambling about in yesterday's post. For those of you who missed said post, I will be drinking North Coast Brewing Co.'s Pranqster, while listening to the Notwist's album Neon Golden, and trying to capture the interplay between aural and oral sensations. I'm ( Read more... )

Not really a new hobby, but I've started getting in shape and practicing Shotokan again. and man, am I pathetic at it now ( Read more... )

Huzzah, the beer is back! And this time, you get a recipe report AND a story ( Read more... )

Blue Heron Pale Ale (Mendocino Brewing Company ( Read more... )

Here's the recipe we just brewed up on Saturday:

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Their Black Lager is SA's rendition of the little-known German lagered beer called Schwarzbier, or 'Black Beer'...ummm...feeling a bit uninspired, people ( Read more... )

Also, anyone who hasn't done so yet should take a look at my redesigned frontpage for the Beerjournal...I spent way too much time on getting the beer-tone palette to look right. I especially like the way the entry boxes and headers look like pints of a nice, sweet, dense-headed stout...not quite dark enough for Guinness, so I may tweak it again at ( Read more... )