Lunar Eclipse
I stayed up last night until 3:30 am in order to watch the lunar eclipse. I managed to grab a few pictures as well. The early ones were taken with a Nikon D3000 with a 55-200 1:4.5 – 6G ED lens at Hi-1 (1600+) ISO setting, with a 1/4000 shutter speed with an aperture of […]
Red Ale
I just tried it — my recently-bottled Red Ale. Meh. Maybe it’s because I haven’t let it ferment in the bottle enough — it’s only 5 days after bottling it. I hope that changes. It’s tasty, but not really carbonated enough. Pity. Update 2010-12-21: Well, perhaps I was too hasty to judge. After leaving it […]
Lunar Halo
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 21, 2010
Last night I stepped outside to see a lunar halo high above. Pretty cool. See Wikipedia for more.
Brew Day: Red Ale
Posted by admin in beer, Uncategorized on November 13, 2010
Fourth time around I’m brewing a Red Ale, which the box advertises as “a medium-light bodied ale with a deep red hue.” This is a return to a Brewer’s Best product. The biggest difference between this and the Cooper’s or Munton’s I have done most recently is that only the malt extract comes in the […]
Happy Halloween
Posted by admin in incunabula on November 1, 2010
Happy Halloween to all y’all little ghouls and goblins. We had about 100 or 120 kids tonight. Pretty good number, and they were honest-to-goodness trick-or-treaters, not lame-o teenagers dressed in ratty sneakers and a dirty hoodie groaning out a ‘murph’ for candy. I do find it interesting that the whole night is named after the […]
