Brewing Now. Pics. W00t.

[Evan!]

Wait a sec, you make a thread saying that you're brewing, yet no brew porn.... instead we only get your ugly mug???

hmph, there was not much to see except me scrambling to pull everything under the roof overhang to avoid the threatening skies---which never did a damn thing. It was a mess by the end, but beer is beer.

 

[waterse]

Hey there, my name is Evan too. I just started brewing and my wife is brewing with me as well. Just bottled our first beer last week, a Belgian wit. Came out really good. Have a Porter and 2 mead batches in secondary. Having loads of fun.

 

[blacklab]

Cool! My name is not Evan, but welcome to the site! Any questions you have can be answered by someone named Evan or an appropriate substitute(not named Evan).

 

[blacklab]

If I recall, EAC isn't in any of those threads. That still requires hunting.

No way. You gotta work for EAC, you gotta want it.

 

[Sgt. Major]

Reading about ya'll trying to get pregnant got me to thinking. I was just pokin' fun at her and she went and took me serious....damned serious. Our first go around we got the ole two-fer-one special....yup....twins, identical/mirror twin girls. The last go around, well, same story...tryin' to have a bit o' fun; she went and took me serious again. A single this time, another girl. So, that's three girls at the dinner table just gabbin' away! The twins are 7 now and our baby is 2. The 2 y/o thinks she's just as big as the twins, though, and tries to do everything that they do. The other day, somone asked me why I joined the Masonic Lodge. My reply was, "Ever lived in a house with 4 women?" He got the picture! Sounds like ya'll had a great day brewing. My wife helped me bottle earlier tonight. Loads of fun for her, especially when I dropped a freshly filled bottle on my foot!

 

[MrFebtober]

hmph, there was not much to see except me scrambling to pull everything under the roof overhang to avoid the threatening skies---which never did a damn thing. It was a mess by the end, but beer is beer.

If it's not messy, you're not doing it right. No, wait, that...that's something else.

 

[Soulive]

Those GSPs are rescued? Man those are fine animals for not being over-priced breeder dogs. I'd look into them if we had more room. For now, the only German dog that'll fit is our Dachshund...

 

[Evan!]

Those GSPs are rescued? Man those are fine animals for not being over-priced breeder dogs. I'd look into them if we had more room. For now, the only German dog that'll fit is our Dachshund...

Yeah, man, we lucked out, especially with Xander. Sadie is not a typical GSP, she's got a very gentle disposition, has no interest in hunting, etc. She was a breeder's dog, and has distended nipples so she obviously had pups. She got heartworms, and rather than get them taken care of, the ********* dropped her off at a county animal shelter. From there, the Mid-Atlantic GSP rescue group found her, treated the heartworms, and sent her to one of their foster homes awaiting adoption. There are tons of great GSP's up for adoption on their site.

Xander, on the other hand, is very typical of the breed, a specimen, with AKC papers and all that. He was with a military couple who treated him really well, but they both got relocated to Japan...and to take him with them, they would have had to keep him in quarantine for SIX MONTHS. He's very high energy, and is also an attention whore and people-magnet, so 6 months in the slammer would have just broken him. So they put him up for adoption, and by a series of coincidences, I happened to be going to the town in NC where my inlaws live, and the day I was going, my mother in law saw him in the paper. By the time I dropped by to see him the next day, someone else had already "claimed" him, but the foster people liked me, and Xander really liked me, so they fudged some dates on the paperwork and we got him.

 

[Soulive]

Yeah, man, we lucked out, especially with Xander. Sadie is not a typical GSP, she's got a very gentle disposition, has no interest in hunting, etc. She was a breeder's dog, and has distended nipples so she obviously had pups. She got heartworms, and rather than get them taken care of, the ********* dropped her off at a county animal shelter. From there, the Mid-Atlantic GSP rescue group found her, treated the heartworms, and sent her to one of their foster homes awaiting adoption. There are tons of great GSP's up for adoption on their site.

Xander, on the other hand, is very typical of the breed, a specimen, with AKC papers and all that. He was with a military couple who treated him really well, but they both got relocated to Japan...and to take him with them, they would have had to keep him in quarantine for SIX MONTHS. He's very high energy, and is also an attention whore and people-magnet, so 6 months in the slammer would have just broken him. So they put him up for adoption, and by a series of coincidences, I happened to be going to the town in NC where my inlaws live, and the day I was going, my mother in law saw him in the paper. By the time I dropped by to see him the next day, someone else had already "claimed" him, but the foster people liked me, and Xander really liked me, so they fudged some dates on the paperwork and we got him.

Good stuff. We have been looking into rescuing for our second dog, but we're waiting until we have the fenced in yard. Do you think your GSPs would be good with small dogs, like Dachshunds? Does it depend on their individual disposition or is the breed social in general? I'd like our second dog to be bigger, but wifey is concerned about our Dachshund getting pounced on. I mean he's quick and tenacious, but what shot to the spine and he's done...

 

[Evan!]

Good stuff. We have been looking into rescuing for our second dog, but we're waiting until we have the fenced in yard. Do you think your GSPs would be good with small dogs, like Dachshunds? Does it depend on their individual disposition or is the breed social in general? I'd like our second dog to be bigger, but wifey is concerned about our Dachshund getting pounced on. I mean he's quick and tenacious, but what shot to the spine and he's done...

While it depends, to a point, on the specific disposition of the dog, the breed on the whole is very friendly. Sadie is the sweetest dog you'll ever meet, and would no more harm another thing (fly, small dog, whatever) than she would recite Hamlet. Xander is high-strung and can be a little pensive around other dogs at first, regardless of their size, and if they're just meeting for the first time and the other dog makes any movements that he perceives as threatening, he'll react (barks, etc), but honestly, any time he's around a dog for more than 30 seconds (which is pretty much what he gets when we pass dogs on the street), he's perfectly fine. We left him in a fenced-in acre with Sadie and our friends' 3 boxers, and they all got along perfectly for like 6 hours.

I wouldn't worry about the dachsund, though. Xander is able to easily tell the difference between small dogs and small non-dogs. For instance, he's fine around the in-laws tiny yorkshire terriers, but he knows instantly if there's a cat around (even though the cat is bigger than the yorkies), and he wants to hunt it. They're funny like that...they know the difference between prey and other dogs, pretty much just by smell and body movements.

 

[Evan!]

Wait a sec, you make a thread saying that you're brewing, yet no brew porn.... instead we only get your ugly mug???

Oh, btw, here's some beer pr0n for ya. Old *****iewig is blowing off as we speak...

Oh, and I rigged up some styrofoam insulation to create a barrier between the two fermenters, that way I can create differing levels of chilling so that, for instance, I can ferment the *****iewig at 68F and the Steffentinus at 62f.

Oh, and while it might appear that I'm fermenting my beers in a crackhouse, it's just our recently-demo'd bathroom that we're in the process of renovating, and the extra space is great for that big cooler.

 

[Soulive]

While it depends, to a point, on the specific disposition of the dog, the breed on the whole is very friendly. Sadie is the sweetest dog you'll ever meet, and would no more harm another thing (fly, small dog, whatever) than she would recite Hamlet. Xander is high-strung and can be a little pensive around other dogs at first, regardless of their size, and if they're just meeting for the first time and the other dog makes any movements that he perceives as threatening, he'll react (barks, etc), but honestly, any time he's around a dog for more than 30 seconds (which is pretty much what he gets when we pass dogs on the street), he's perfectly fine. We left him in a fenced-in acre with Sadie and our friends' 3 boxers, and they all got along perfectly for like 6 hours.

I wouldn't worry about the dachsund, though. Xander is able to easily tell the difference between small dogs and small non-dogs. For instance, he's fine around the in-laws tiny yorkshire terriers, but he knows instantly if there's a cat around (even though the cat is bigger than the yorkies), and he wants to hunt it. They're funny like that...they know the difference between prey and other dogs, pretty much just by smell and body movements.

Haha. Good to hear they play well with others. I'll do some research and then mention it to SWMBO. I'm sure if we got to meet some GSPs, we would learn the different temperments. I'd like one that chases away cats though...:cross:

 

[blacklab]

Well, we are trying. It's amazing how crazy her libido's been since she went off the pill. I guess that's just jebus telling you not to use birth control
and for f*ck's sake don't name your kid Porter. Too many goddamn people do that and it pisses me off. Heh, you like beer. Wow. So do I. But I'm not naming my child Southern English Brown.

Whoah, whoah. I just caught this tidbit! Evan - having kids?!?! You betta brew and sleep as much as you can, dude! You're in for a serious lifestyle adjustment!

All kidding aside - good luck, kids are a wonderful gift. Lotsa work but very rewarding. You're going to have a ton of fun with little Flanders when s/he shows up.

 

[JustDave]

Evan!, great looking dogs.

Soulive, a few of our friends have Daschunds and one of our dogs (who isn't a GSP, but is the same size) can play with them with no problem. And one of those Daschunds has played with a big Lab with no problems, either. They play and roughhouse, but there's no trampling going on or anything like that.

 

[Soulive]

Soulive, a few of our friends have Daschunds and one of our dogs (who isn't a GSP, but is the same size) can play with them with no problem. And one of those Daschunds has played with a big Lab with no problems, either. They play and roughhouse, but there's no trampling going on or anything like that.

Good to know, thanks. I'm not usually a fan of small dogs, but Dachshunds are the toughest little guys I've seen. Still, I'd like to have something bigger for the next one...

 

[IrregularPulse]

Congrats on the baby trying. I took me and my wife 5 months. Due any day now. My buddy on the other hand got to try a whopping 2 times before he succeeded!
two big beers on a work night is nuts. I get scared thinking about 2 normal beers on a weekend. But i guess its easier when you have your process dialed in. Congrats on your wifey joinin in. Good luck on the baby making.

 

[bottleopener]

Ok People let the ridicule ensue but i still don't know what SWMBO is... Lay it on me.

It would be great to have a acronym (sp?) thread around here for us noobs!

Shaq's woefully malnourished brown otter.

PETA has been trying to help it for ages.

 

[Kauai_Kahuna]

Evan! - Wow, long thread. Just wanted to say, beer looks good, your better half looks better and the dogs look like a lot of fun. Best of luck in making some juniors, just be careful of what you wish for.