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This is CoCo. She is a Pit Bull/Sharpei rescue girl. My wife hadn't had a dog since childhood, and wanted a dog that would focus on her. I took her to a no-kill shelter in Santa Fe and adopted the one that absolutely would not leave her alone. CoCo's life revolves around staring at my wife...

Yes, Sir. Ive tried it. A very good brew, but strong and rich. Not at all like Newcastle Brown used to be.

My wife just returned from the grocery store. She brought me a sixer of Nukey Brown. I used to love this stuff, but haven't had it for decades. I noticed the brown bottles and high sided carrier. Good deal! I cracked one open and took a sip... That's not Nukey Brown! It's good, but it's...

Cool. Good idea. Start with something important, but not impossible. Fast ferments tend to be lower ABV. You can always save up multiple stripping runs and mix them together for one big spirit run later. Fast ferments are healthy. Use nutrients following the directions on the package...

5 gallon water and 11 pounds of sugar is gonna ferment out to close to 14% abv. That's way too high, and a difficult fermentation. Especially if yer new to it all. The two most important things for you to learn first are: 1) how easy and natural fermenting actually is...

You are calling it "sugarhead", so I assume yer trying to make wash to distill? I'll also assume yer somewhere it's legal, so I'll pass on some info "for education purposes". If yer not bothering to hand craft a fine whiskey or rum... yer just making some sugar shine or white dog, don't worry...

Fermaid O is organic. The speed of a ferment (I've only used it with mead or cider) is way faster and the ferment seems to be "cleaner" (the batches with nutes taste better).

Three 5lb bags from Klatch, and 22 1lb bags from Sweet Maria's last year. So, that's 37# of green beans, approximately 27.75# of roasted coffee. If the "lose a quarter of the weight after roasted" rule of thumb is correct. I don't know... never tested it. Edit: I'm an idiot. I just...

My wife helped me clean and sanitize the kegerater this morning. I know! I'm a lucky man! We've been friends since we were both twelve. I love being married to my best friend. She just came back from checking the P.O Box and brought me the seeds from San Diego I've been waiting two months...

I currently drive an '06 Subaru Outback with the winter package and a 5 speed manual. Every vehicle I've ever owned was a manual transmission. All cars/trucks I've owned have been used. My Janus motorcycle is the only new vehicle I've ever bought. Past daily drivers: '69 Beetle '65 Beetle '51...

Any beer I'm gonna be charged 5, or more, dollars for. By God, it's just beer. Off topic: Please don't put adulterants in a beer at a restaurant ESPECIALLY if the customers ask you repeatedly "Please no lime/lemon/orange/cherry/or sliver of chili. The wife and I two weekends ago went to a...

I just got these a few weeks ago, and I really like them...

Today is day eleven for the cider. The gravity today is 1.00, but I expect it will drop a bit more. I transferred it to a carboy, and moved it to a warmer room that actually is 60-64 F. The room I did the primary in was actually in the high 50s F. I pitched a raspberry lemonade on top of...

I was playing some Violent Femmes , but the wife teased me by saying all my music is manic. I suggested to her the Vivaldi, and the Steely Dan I played this morning was quite sedate. (Small, then bigger lie.) She disagreed. I gave ground. I countered with, "You don't know TRULY manic...

May you live long enough to think yer current storage is but a percent, or two, of what ya "really" needed. Heh.

I remember playing Ultima Online back in 1994 because I read an article that mentioned the Ultima Goldpiece was trading at slightly higher rates than the Mexican Peso.

Gaucho.

Jay, that is the most aesthetically pleasing desk top still I've ever seen. Kudos! I bet it's great for infusions and testing gin batches, etc. I've never like doublers/thumpers as it's always been harder to track the cuts... it seemed like they came on too quick. Have you had trouble with...

North East NM knows where yer coming from. (I better stop before someone complains.)

Speaking as a silversmith and one who does lapidary work, she is rocking some very nice jewelry. The bezel tape, and the findings on the necklace point to much of it being antique.