Happy Little Balls of Hops
What’d’ya know: go away for a week and out pop these lovely looking little hops balls. I suppose it’s getting time to read through that Hops Manual and learn what I ought to be doing here.
Careless Abandon
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 31, 2010
There’s nothing like a fearless five year old to teach you what summer’s all about.
Training Wheel Hack
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 20, 2010
I had to hack the training wheels I bought for the new two-wheeler. It’s really quite unbelievable that they didn’t come with instructions — their parts being so carefully constructed. The problem was this: when I attached the wheels, one of the screws tightened as the wheel turned around. This meant that by the time […]
Verdict: Batch the Seconde
After following the directions from the good folks at Cooper’s, I’ve opened and tried the first two beers of my second batch. I brewed this on July 1st — Canada Day — and bottled it on July 9th. I opened the first bottle on July 16 and the second on July 17. The beer has […]
My Hops, They Begin the Flower
Looks like one of the hops plants — the Hollertauer, I believe — is going to start flowering. The other — the Nugget plant — was unjustly trodden upon by an errant squirrel foot and broken before its time. I also spotted a mature plant in the backyard of a neighbour. Maybe I’ll be able […]
