April 2011
1 post
Tax Day →
This year I had to pay taxes. By disclosing that, I am not saying that I usually don’t have to pay, but this year I owed money at the end of the year so that instead of receiving a second-quarter…
A Lull →
I am having a bit of a pause in my brewing, but only for a month or so. I am moving in the next few days, which means a few different things as far as my brewing is concerned. 1. My brewing has…
January 2010
1 post
Kegging →
A good friend of mine, known to many as The Mannondale, has lately started brewing his own beer. He is on the accelerated homebrewer program. In the month he has been brewing, he has brewed maybe 6…
November 2009
1 post
November Brewing and Porters vs. Stouts →
This month has been a busy one for brewing. Six 5-gallon batches brewed, 4 of them bottled, and 2 will be kegged. The 4 are the aforementioned single hop pale ales. They seem to have come out pretty…
September 2009
2 posts
Victory Brewing Company →
I am spending this week in Pennsylvania at the ol’ homestead, with my parents and sister. It is always nice to go home for a few days and drive around the old roads and run and ride on the old trails…
3 thoughts. →
1.) This is not the way to get more business. American airlines announced earlier in the year that they were eliminating 1200 flight attendant jobs by end of year? So that means the attendants were…
August 2009
5 posts
Jack →
I don’t really understand charity “events”. It is a funny concept to me. I sign up to participate in an event I am interested in participating in (a bike ride, run, etc.). In order to participate, I…
Fine Homebrewed T-shirts →
I don’t wear too many different shirts. And many of the shirts I wear on a regular basis are brewery shirts. This isn’t a bad thing, but then I thought one day —» “I try to brew and drink my own…
Fine Homebrewed T-shirts
via mybrewing.blogspot.com A limited run of t-shirts available now. Posted via web from Troy’s posterous | Comment »
Beer Pouring Again →
I kegged two batches last night. And tonight I am drinking pints of both. That’s one thing I love about kegging: very little waiting. Essentially, once the beer is cold it can be drinkable if you…
Brew Kettle. →
Wow!
July 2009
4 posts
porterpolaroidproject
via porterpolaroidproject.com
I am thinking I need to visit this place. In Middletown, DE.
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Two Empty Kegs →
I am running a little behind in homebrewed beers, but I will be re-stocked soon. With a summer trip and brewing beers for a few occasions, my home supply has been limited. This was obvious to my…
The Beer in Trip →
I just got back from a 2-week summer vacation. The bulk of the vacation wasn’t about beer, but it did play a major part. Here is some of what I saw, tasted, learned, and experienced: Beers: New…
June 2009
7 posts
my Process (in a nutshell) for extract brewing →
This is more or less for a couple of friends that are considering jumping into brewing their own beer. This was essentially my process for extract brewing. I am now doing all-grain brewing, which I…
Weekend of firsts.
This weekend was full of firsts for Emma and a few for me. Briefly, we went canoeing (24 miles down the Harpeth River)*, we camped on an island in the river**, we skipped rocks*, we cooked hot dogs over a campfire*, we did our business outside (number 2)(using the burn and bury method)(tmi?)*, we swung from a rope swing(sort of)*, we collected clamshells, we saw wild turtles, snakes*, cranes*,...
“The scandal of education is that every time you teach something, you deprive a...”
– Seymour Papert
“The definition of a lecture has become the process in which the notes of the...”
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May 2009
8 posts
The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium -... →
According to the Nashville Flying Saucer site, Victory Brewing beers are now in town. Victory is a Philly brewery. I’m going to have to swing by the saucer in the near future to enjoy myself a hop devil. Cheers….
“While bachelors are lonely people, I’m convinced that married men are...”
– Kurt Vonnegut in “Little Drops of Water”
