A friendly place for friends who drink

[Zekk]

Coffee. About to go for a run while the wife watches some dumb Lifetime movie. Wife is joining the sick wives club, bad cough and runny nose.

 

[Psylocide]

Wife asks me to get the potting soil out of her car.

Wtf lol

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[Brizzo]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1459698361.766492.jpgstarting on the living room hardwood flooring. Been looking forward to this for 4 months but the popcorn ceiling held me up

 

[Qhrumphf]

Wife asks me to get the potting soil out of her car.

Wtf lol

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At least it's in a bag?

Also use those cardboard tube muscles.

 

[banesong]

Wife asks me to get the potting soil out of her car.

Wtf lol

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Just another sign of nesting?

RIP treadmill elevation motor or logic board. Paid 50$ for the treadmill. Not going to spend 190$ for a logic board. Yes, I am a cheap @ss.

Next, moving weighted bars up and down for a while, and then 'za and coffee roasting.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Coffee. Waiting for MIL to get here and take the kids so me and 2 friends can clean house.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

On a lake. Bye.

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[Ridire]

This.

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[blizzard]

Having some Lizard King. Great beer, but I forgot I was going for my long run this afternoon. :/

 

[1977Brewer]

Bacon jam and muenster on Ecco panne. God tier sammich.

Beer and ferm chamber cleanup and testing soonish I think.

 

[Zekk]

Man, friendly friends are out having lives this weekend I guess. I've got laundry going, dishwasher going, baby asleep and nascar on tv. If it weren't 11:30 I'd be having a beer!

 

[BreezyBrew]

Blackberry rita before some pool time.

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[Ridire]

Been looking forward to this for nearly a year.

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[1977Brewer]

Watching the Peanuts movie before I do anything else. Pretty awesome if you're a Peanuts fan, in other words a decent human being.

 

[blizzard]

If it weren't 11:30 I'd be having a beer!

There are no beer rules on the weekend.

 

[Ridire]

Watching the Peanuts movie before I do anything else. Pretty awesome if you're a Peanuts fan, in other words a decent human being.

I love Peanuts...but hated that movie. Maybe I need to watch it again. I saw it at the theater with three kids when I was being Mr. Mom one weekend.

 

[1977Brewer]

I love Peanuts...but hated that movie. Maybe I need to watch it again. I saw it at the theater with three kids when I was being Mr. Mom one weekend.

Snoopy really carries it, but it basically nailed every character IMO.

 

[slym2none]

Frustrated.

Right now, I am (barely) making a living selling things in eBay (trying to as well on craigslist, but CL sucks in rural NC). I check out other sold pieces of whatever I have, and set my prices accordingly. I see where other things have sold at or higher than my listed price, yet my stuff just sits there. Comic books (& related things like t-shirts, etc.) are my main movers, but for a while now, things are just sitting there.

I have been going "dry" on the weekdays due to this and other concerns, but weekends are when I allow myself the luxury of a few beers. If I can't move something today, I'll be going dry all weekend as well.



Also, difficult to build the pipeline when you can't buy ingredients to brew.



Pardons, just had to whine for a moment... now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

[Ridire]

Frustrated.

Right now, I am (barely) making a living selling things in eBay (trying to as well on craigslist, but CL sucks in rural NC). I check out other sold pieces of whatever I have, and set my prices accordingly. I see where other things have sold at or higher than my listed price, yet my stuff just sits there. Comic books (& related things like t-shirts, etc.) are my main movers, but for a while now, things are just sitting there.

I have been going "dry" on the weekdays due to this and other concerns, but weekends are when I allow myself the luxury of a few beers. If I can't move something today, I'll be going dry all weekend as well.



Also, difficult to build the pipeline when you can't buy ingredients to brew.



Pardons, just had to whine for a moment... now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Sucks. Didn't realize you were in that position. Maybe I don't PKU very well.

 

[Ridire]

Ooops...meant to put this up.

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[1977Brewer]

Frustrated.



Right now, I am (barely) making a living selling things in eBay (trying to as well on craigslist, but CL sucks in rural NC). I check out other sold pieces of whatever I have, and set my prices accordingly. I see where other things have sold at or higher than my listed price, yet my stuff just sits there. Comic books (& related things like t-shirts, etc.) are my main movers, but for a while now, things are just sitting there.



I have been going "dry" on the weekdays due to this and other concerns, but weekends are when I allow myself the luxury of a few beers. If I can't move something today, I'll be going dry all weekend as well.







Also, difficult to build the pipeline when you can't buy ingredients to brew.







Pardons, just had to whine for a moment... now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Well damn dude. Sorry.

 

[blizzard]

Ooops...meant to put this up.

Do you think I can get one of those for work?

 

[Ridire]

Do you think I can get one of those for work?

Sure...I'm writing it now.

 

[Brizzo]

Just tried to sample my recently kegged Vienna lager and found out my co2 tank is empty. Doh!!!

 

[iijakii]

Pics of this new $10 fridge, friend.

 

[1977Brewer]

I'll be documenting the whole process, unless I destroy it.

Here's an infomercial from one of my favorite local breweries.

https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=g9arLnwxFPQ&t=12s

 

[iijakii]

Slym,

Didnt you use to cook? Just not interested in that anymore or having a hard time finding opportunities?

 

[iijakii]

Currently have an old cast iron skillet in the oven on a self-cleaning cycle. IDK if it's working though... probably should have hit it with some steel wool first. We'll see. I have some bacon I want to make for BLTs, not sure it will be ready in time though. I know after the clean I should do a round of oil seasoning first. I might skip that and just do the bacon though.

 

[iijakii]

 

[banesong]

New brewery in the area near an errand. Thus far, not good. Esb was an oxidized mess. West coast IPA was really hoppy, maybe to cover other issues.

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[slym2none]

Slym,

Didnt you use to cook? Just not interested in that anymore or having a hard time finding opportunities?

I did, but I have never been a line-cook. That's what people want.

There are other factors, too. It's complicated... sorry.

 

[mhurst111]

Kids soccer games got cancelled today. About to go have a 'team meeting' at a brewery.

 

[iijakii]

Ya, gonna make tacos for late lunch and then do the BLTs for dinner instead, so I can make the bacon in the cast iron for that greasygoodness.

 

[Zekk]

Man I think I might have to turn on the sprinklers in the front yard tonight. Been turned off since November. Have one in the backyard I have to fix, but being in this small town the hardware store is closed. [emoji36]

 

[iijakii]

Sprinklers in CA... are you even allowed to do that anymore? lol.

 

[Gavin C]

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Full immersion

Local IPA and curling at nap time

 

[mhurst111]

Hoppy red for me, lager for Swmbo

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[1977Brewer]

Might as well...
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It cooled from ~75 to 40 in like fifteen minutes, I'm assuming it works.
I need about 2" of clearance to get a water bottle in there, or narrower fermenters. Cheap Clint is cheap, so I'm going to attempt to dismantle the cooling unit/ice maker or cut the side panel enough to make a water bottle or bucket fit. I might go into the panel, because I'm thinking all the cooling lines are in the cooling unit. It's getting plastered with brewery stickers tonight.

 

[Zekk]

Sprinklers in CA... are you even allowed to do that anymore? lol.

Once a week, before 7 am and after 9 pm. Sunday is my only day. Every household gets like 11,000 gallons a month. Less in the winter.

 

[hunter_le five]

Sure...I'm writing it now.

I'll take two.