Congrats chris! You were the talk at my office today (we're 30+ electrical engineers)...that partial photo of your basement left me jealous and counting down the days to buying my own house where the basement can be an all-grain paradise (currently only 25 years old.) Keep up the good work and I suggest retiring early to be a brewer, you've clearly got the touch for it!
So this morning my wife wakes me up and says, hey they are interviewing this homebrewer on the 6:00 channel 10 news (Philly station). I watched about a 5 minute segment on a local brewer and his wonderful achievements and his gold win at the GABF, I think they referred to it as "the Super Bowl of beer making" and "he even beat the likes of Miller and Bud". I thought it was a good clip and you represented yourself and brewing well. Next time ask for the evening news so I can sleep in...
Decent article, but the reporter made several factual errors. His description of an immersion chiller is incorrect, unless you wrap your IC around your brewpot. There were a few more errors too.
Wow, really nice article. Congrats! I don't have a beard - or any facial hair for that matter. I don't have a beer belly; I have more of a "beer spare tire".