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And Pete Said, Let There Be Beer: And There Was Beer.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

After freezing my ass off in the garage, trying unsuccessfully for more than an hour to boil 3 gallons of water on a 700 watt hotplate, and after ensuring the kids were in bed so they wouldn't accidentally see grain boiling in a pot, Donna took pity on me and allowed my evil alchemy into the kitchen. Cooking in a kitchen like I was a full-fledged member of the household is real fancy-like, indeed.

"You're never going to get that done out there like that. Just bring it inside and finish it. Next time though, DON'T DO IT IN THE WINTER!"

Let's see... 1.044 gravity reading at 90 deg F = 6% alcohol potential. Not too shabby for a Mormon boy from Sandy (represent, yo!)
Let's see... 1.044 gravity reading at 90 deg F = 6% alcohol potential. Not too shabby for a Mormon boy from Sandy (represent, yo!)
Gawd bless her gingham heart though, Donna tried so hard to act normal about the whole thing. Of course, It helps that the beer brewing process smells like fresh-baked bread and not like coffee. Coffee, I'm told, smells like cat pee and body odor. Who knew?

She even asked a few interested questions.

"So, how much alcohol is going to be in this stuff?"

She never calls it beer. She always calls it that stuff or that.

"Umm, so how long before there's alcohol in that?"

This morning, she seemed genuinely engaged in my excitement as I related all the measurements I took and concepts I learned while brewing. She nodded politely and even asked me to continue after I was interrupted while explaining the way an airlock keeps the fermenter from turning into a Sunni-style roadside explosive device.

At one point she even chimed in with some tips for activating the yeast and boiling the wort. She and I make a good team when we're working on a project together. Her instinct is to be involved in helping me with whatever it is I'm working on. I hope this translates into bottling, tasting and distribution.

This might, just might work out for the best.


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jealous

Dude, I'm *so* jealous. Sip some suds for me, will ya?!

yep

*Hic*

Made my mouth water!

That pic makes me want to start drinking early today! Looks great, Pete! Congrats (again)!

OK

Then my job here is done.

So Awesome

Wish I was living nearby to help you brew and drink! I wish you and your batch good luck!

FedEx

FedEx delivers to your house, right?

coolest gadgest available

At the local store, Beer Beer and More Beer, they sell some great items: beer kits, bottles, caps, labels, label makers, all kinds of yeasts and grains and various hops.

The one thingee that checks the specific gravity and alcohol content...? I keep wanting to call it a spectrograph? Anyway - fun stuff. I could easily walk out of that store with more than I'd ever need...

The beer looks awesome!

Gravity thingy

Hydrometer. A spectrograph tells you what junk a thingy is made of. Not beer related.

Weddings and other things

Jesus really hates alcohol: that's why he spent so much time a that wedding making it. Oh, right, that was grape juice.

Grape juice...

Grape juice is no miracle.

Preach it brother...

Amen and amen.

I still remember in high school when the Mormon girl I was foolishly interested bared that testimony to me. I, the teenage lecher that I was, was not desiring her to bare that.

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Now I know what I want for my birthday!

Why didn't I think of it sooner? Good luck with the home brew, man!

Hey...

Everyone deserves good beer for their birthday. Or for any other day, for that matter.

Cheers

Hope she will enjoy a nice taste test as well. You know, just for scientific purposes only!!

Maybe

I can maybe see that happening with future batches. In this case she seems to be doing what she can to ignore the whole process as much as possible. I can see her getting involved in the future and then, after she has an investment in the process, having a taste.

I guess I better make sure to always brew good beer so that when she does try it, it's actually good.

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