I like this time at night on HBT
- Thread starter Dan
- Start date
Help Support Homebrew Talk:
OP
OP
A honing steel is a knife's best friend. I use it on my knives every time before use. I have knives that are 6 years old that I used when I was cooking in my sister's restaurant that I have never had sharpened. My workhorse 8" chef's knife will still shave paper. Keep them honed & don't abuse them, and the edge of a good knife will stay around for a long while.
Great words of advice that I'm now realizing. Hopefully I'll get better and better at this skill. I'll tell you what, I used to be embarrassed pulling my Bucknife and try to cut anything when somebody could see. Now that blade, as it should be is amazing. I don't have anybody standing in line asking why the blade is so sharp... But they will[emoji3]
Another great tool I use everyday is a Leatherman multi use. Amazing little guy that does much! A lot of times during the day I need a straight slot screw driver, or #2 Phillips l, or needle nose pliers and that Leatherman is great. My wife wanted some small tree pruning done the other day and I used the saw blade on that knife because I didn't have pruning shears around. Worked great. I wouldn't recommend it for that use on a regular basis but it sure did come in useful in a pinch. Haha [emoji3]
OP
OP
I've only been to the Grand Old Opry once and it was happily memorable. Greatness is to small an adjective for the show!
I only went one time, I was around (13?). 1977 maybe. It made a huge impression on me.
I've never made it back there, should put that on my bucket list
I only went one time, I was around (13?). 1977 maybe. It made a huge impression on me.
I've never made it back there, should put that on my bucket list
OP
OP
Why do I write here too much[emoji3]
I thought about having a brew day after my oldest daughter asked me if I would make beer for her wedding. She plans to have an open beer and wine bar. The beer will be mostly BMC stuff. But she asked for me to make her some beer. I have two kegs to use for now.
One is filled with water set at 40 psi. Something about fizzy cold water that is very refreshing first thing in the morning; it washes out the throat cobwebs and after a long day of work in the heat it's very refreshing.
The other keg is an American Pale Ale that I brewed a few weeks ago. The day wasn't a perfect brew day but I think it mostly turned out ok. I let it ferment about two weeks, OG was .057, Fg .011. SRM about the color of a SNPA. I didn't have a fermentation chamber and my CFC clogged about a gallon into draining into the fermentation bucket. I didn't airerate because I used dry yeast, US05. I tasted a sample from the hydrometer after the beer fermented.
It tasted pretty good! [emoji3]
I have not touched it sense. I was thinking about brewing this weekend and having a couple friends over to let them get a chance to brew and give them samples of the APA.
I've force carbed a few beers. Sometimes at high pressure, rolling the keg and then bleeding off the excess pressure
This time I did something similar but set the pressure to 11-12. Rolled the keg around until I couldn't hear the pressure going in. You hear it till an equilibrium between pressure in
Head space and beer volume are equal, ya?
Then give it time to cold crash again, clarify. ( the beer clarified in the firm bucket before this)
I probably can't just give her some carbed water. BYO magazine has a recipe for a moderate, little less than 5% Blond. I think I'll give it a go. The wedding is next January so I have some time to try a few times, get the recipe tasting good through ingredients and probably more importantly; process control, correct fermenting temp You guys all know, that important stuff. [emoji3]
I'll work on it. I'm looking around for a chest freezer to turn into a temp controlled ferm chamber. Time, for now is on my side. We'll see [emoji3]j
I thought about having a brew day after my oldest daughter asked me if I would make beer for her wedding. She plans to have an open beer and wine bar. The beer will be mostly BMC stuff. But she asked for me to make her some beer. I have two kegs to use for now.
One is filled with water set at 40 psi. Something about fizzy cold water that is very refreshing first thing in the morning; it washes out the throat cobwebs and after a long day of work in the heat it's very refreshing.
The other keg is an American Pale Ale that I brewed a few weeks ago. The day wasn't a perfect brew day but I think it mostly turned out ok. I let it ferment about two weeks, OG was .057, Fg .011. SRM about the color of a SNPA. I didn't have a fermentation chamber and my CFC clogged about a gallon into draining into the fermentation bucket. I didn't airerate because I used dry yeast, US05. I tasted a sample from the hydrometer after the beer fermented.
It tasted pretty good! [emoji3]
I have not touched it sense. I was thinking about brewing this weekend and having a couple friends over to let them get a chance to brew and give them samples of the APA.
I've force carbed a few beers. Sometimes at high pressure, rolling the keg and then bleeding off the excess pressure
This time I did something similar but set the pressure to 11-12. Rolled the keg around until I couldn't hear the pressure going in. You hear it till an equilibrium between pressure in
Head space and beer volume are equal, ya?
Then give it time to cold crash again, clarify. ( the beer clarified in the firm bucket before this)
I probably can't just give her some carbed water. BYO magazine has a recipe for a moderate, little less than 5% Blond. I think I'll give it a go. The wedding is next January so I have some time to try a few times, get the recipe tasting good through ingredients and probably more importantly; process control, correct fermenting temp You guys all know, that important stuff. [emoji3]
I'll work on it. I'm looking around for a chest freezer to turn into a temp controlled ferm chamber. Time, for now is on my side. We'll see [emoji3]j
Congrats on the wedding hope everything goes as should on her day.
Sorry grammar nazi in me.
FTFY
since.
Just to clarify a point in the end which is really mostly unequivocal but when you hear gas stop rushing it's just an equilibrium in the head space and the regulator. By slashing and or rolling around you have increased the amount of co2 absorbed into the liquid. The stopping of the regulator just means that even with sloshing and or rolling the pressure in the head space is equal to the regulator setting. Does that mean the liquid is at same level? I'd have to say no. Are the differences negligible??? Most likely. Depending on temp of the beer? Pressure setting? How long rolling blah blah blah. Just nitpicking details cause that's what I do. But sincerely congratulations and tell your daughter wish her best on her day.
Oh and if you wonder why you post here a lot of of read and understand/listen to what you're saying. I, for instance, always read new posts in subscribed threads(this is one) and almost live vicariously through stories of posters(such as yourself) and am always interested to hear new information. Especially of the happy wedding kind. Cheers. I usually don't comment because I don't feel I have anything relevant to add. But as a third shift worker, late night Brewer, long time reader, over lapsed subscribing member, congrats with the daughters wedding, I'm sure whatever beers you wind up brewing will come out just fine. You've been around this forum long enough to know what's what so give yourself some credit where it's do. Congrats enjoy keep on brewing and posting.
P.S. We do listen even though we don't always respond.
CGVT
Senior Member
Yep
![Craft A Brew - Safale BE-256 Yeast - Fermentis - Belgian Ale Dry Yeast - For Belgian & Strong Ales - Ingredients for Home Brewing - Beer Making Supplies - [3 Pack]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51bcKEwQmWL._SL500_.jpg)
OP
OP
Thank you for the long and very welcome response GillSwills! Your words of congratulations, support and teaching are truly appreciated. Very truly. Thank you friend!
MasterChief, Cheers my brother! Cheers!!
I woke up this morning with a song playing in my head. Probably the only song I remember 99% more of than just the chorus line. I sang it as soon as I woke up, got really brave singing it loudly in the shower and even tried to lo find it on Pandora for the drive to work. No luck there though. Should have just Youtubed it![emoji3]
I think I'm missing some word but if you know this song your brain, maybe heart will fill in the missing words. I credit my sixth grade music teacher in 1974 or 75 for teaching me this. [emoji3]
Listen children to a story that happened long ago
Bout a mountain and the people
And the valley folk below
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath the snow
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own
So go ahead hate your neighbor go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven it you can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
But the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away
Du du du dhaum! [emoji3]
Okay I guess I'm not going to type out this whole song, it's long. Side note, a Dawson girl sang this song. Probably no relation to me but we did end up with the same last name. Awesome Dawson's. [emoji5
http://youtu.be/HKx0tdlxMfY
MasterChief, Cheers my brother! Cheers!!
I woke up this morning with a song playing in my head. Probably the only song I remember 99% more of than just the chorus line. I sang it as soon as I woke up, got really brave singing it loudly in the shower and even tried to lo find it on Pandora for the drive to work. No luck there though. Should have just Youtubed it![emoji3]
I think I'm missing some word but if you know this song your brain, maybe heart will fill in the missing words. I credit my sixth grade music teacher in 1974 or 75 for teaching me this. [emoji3]
Listen children to a story that happened long ago
Bout a mountain and the people
And the valley folk below
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath the snow
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own
So go ahead hate your neighbor go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven it you can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing come the judgement day
But the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away
Du du du dhaum! [emoji3]
Okay I guess I'm not going to type out this whole song, it's long. Side note, a Dawson girl sang this song. Probably no relation to me but we did end up with the same last name. Awesome Dawson's. [emoji5
http://youtu.be/HKx0tdlxMfY
OP
OP
Since my norm late at night is to take a turn towards nostalgia here's another song my sixth grade teacher had us singing in music class. I've been told it's anything but a fun fairy tale. Airplane warships with big guns that smoke; also a reference to da paca loco, weed, Mary Jane or some drug.
I've drunk a lot of beer and whiskey. Regular drug test for work overcame the desire to use controlled substances. That's a different subject but I will say the two times in my life I got high was just before I joined the Navy a billion years ago and then again about a year later. Now I could get a weed card easily back in CA. Don't get me wrong. I don't walk with a stick up my butt. Just I don't do weed
I prefer to just hear this song as I did at 12. A fun innocent fantasy land. It's like walking to school in the rain with a bright yellow raincoat and hood - doesn't happen these days
http://youtu.be/Y7lmAc3LKWM
I've drunk a lot of beer and whiskey. Regular drug test for work overcame the desire to use controlled substances. That's a different subject but I will say the two times in my life I got high was just before I joined the Navy a billion years ago and then again about a year later. Now I could get a weed card easily back in CA. Don't get me wrong. I don't walk with a stick up my butt. Just I don't do weed
I prefer to just hear this song as I did at 12. A fun innocent fantasy land. It's like walking to school in the rain with a bright yellow raincoat and hood - doesn't happen these days
http://youtu.be/Y7lmAc3LKWM
OP
OP
Good night to you good folk of HBT. See you all a little later
Peace
Peace
OP
OP
There is one thing in life that puts me into a dark and angry mood,,,just hate cancer. Strong word, hate. I hate cancer cells and their destruction. Who doesn't
Edited. Politics and religion don't belong here
Edited. Politics and religion don't belong here
OP
OP
Done venting. Sorry about that. The above subject just overwhelms me at times. All I can do is vent. Donate money for research, pray (I truly believe in the power of prayer, it might sound contradictory to things I've told you all about my beliefs but it's not.)
Ah shoots, I lost my train of thought. Oh ya[emoji3]. Car brakes!
I replaced my wife's front disc pads and rear drum shoes about a year ago. We live on a big hill and for about 2 miles you have to ride the brakes pretty hard. If I had a manual transmission I'd just use a lower gear to slow the cars down. Both of our vehicles are automatics, I suppose I could drop into second and let the transmission slowdown the speed. But for some reason I think that would be hard on an automatic transmission done every day for years and transmissions aren't cheap compared to brakes. I could be way off in my thinking so please feel free to correct my paranoia on that.
Getting back to my long winded tale. A year ago I changed out brake stuff. The new Front pads worked well But made a lot of dust. Turned shiny rims into black rims within a few days of cleaning them. And, they wore out quickly and because I wasn't on it fast enough wore down the rotors.
Good news though. Rotors, even good ones are not very expensive nor are premium ceramic pads. The last time I changed the pads I didn't change the rotors and used an expensive "organic" pad that I read up on later and found out it made a lot, and man from experience now I know it makes excessive dust. When I changed the pads last year I didn't even look into the pricing of rotors because I thought they would be super costly. Wrong. Fail.
So yesterday I bought premium disc pads, ceramic and two pretty good quality rotors, a can of brake cleaner, some grease, and two 3057 light bulbs for my other car. Rear turn signals. One went out last week.
So I am lucky because I have access to the auto hobby shop on base. Took my wife's car down there yesterday morning, got right in (rare). Put the care on a lift and pulled off all the tires, she was overdue for a rotation. I used the tire wrench that's came with the car. I could have checked out an air wrench which would have made swapping the wheels faster but This wasn't an Indy 500 pit stop and I wasn't in a hurry.
The only tools I needed to remove and replace the rotor was a 1/2" drive 17 mm socket and for the pad arms a 3/8" drive 14 mm socket. Those tools, some brake cleaner, rags and a little brake grease - done. Oh, also an 8" C clamp and piece of wood to compress the hydraulic piston on the caliper.
I'm not going to say I did this in half an hour although I bet some of you could. It took me around two hours or just a little under,..when I checked out of the auto center I was charged two hours. A great place it is. All the tools you need- free. A nice industrial hydraulic lift. And there are mechanics there to help if yo have a question about something. Plus there is a bit of camaraderie among everybody fixing their own vehicle. Pretty nice place the Pearl Harbor Auto Skills Center.
Any place you can fix your ride, I was ready to do it in my condo's parking lot but my wife said no! - rules and crap. I can deal with breaking a few rules but can't endure my wife unending griping. So we went to the auto place
Wow. I've been doing quite a lot of rambling lately and it verges on embarrassing. But I don't care to much about that. My name is Dan, and I'm a perpetual rambler [emoji5]️
I'll probably never stop
Cheers!
Dan
Ps. Or stop editing my posts' grammar and spelling, sentence structure. I'm bad at those
Ah shoots, I lost my train of thought. Oh ya[emoji3]. Car brakes!
I replaced my wife's front disc pads and rear drum shoes about a year ago. We live on a big hill and for about 2 miles you have to ride the brakes pretty hard. If I had a manual transmission I'd just use a lower gear to slow the cars down. Both of our vehicles are automatics, I suppose I could drop into second and let the transmission slowdown the speed. But for some reason I think that would be hard on an automatic transmission done every day for years and transmissions aren't cheap compared to brakes. I could be way off in my thinking so please feel free to correct my paranoia on that.
Getting back to my long winded tale. A year ago I changed out brake stuff. The new Front pads worked well But made a lot of dust. Turned shiny rims into black rims within a few days of cleaning them. And, they wore out quickly and because I wasn't on it fast enough wore down the rotors.
Good news though. Rotors, even good ones are not very expensive nor are premium ceramic pads. The last time I changed the pads I didn't change the rotors and used an expensive "organic" pad that I read up on later and found out it made a lot, and man from experience now I know it makes excessive dust. When I changed the pads last year I didn't even look into the pricing of rotors because I thought they would be super costly. Wrong. Fail.
So yesterday I bought premium disc pads, ceramic and two pretty good quality rotors, a can of brake cleaner, some grease, and two 3057 light bulbs for my other car. Rear turn signals. One went out last week.
So I am lucky because I have access to the auto hobby shop on base. Took my wife's car down there yesterday morning, got right in (rare). Put the care on a lift and pulled off all the tires, she was overdue for a rotation. I used the tire wrench that's came with the car. I could have checked out an air wrench which would have made swapping the wheels faster but This wasn't an Indy 500 pit stop and I wasn't in a hurry.
The only tools I needed to remove and replace the rotor was a 1/2" drive 17 mm socket and for the pad arms a 3/8" drive 14 mm socket. Those tools, some brake cleaner, rags and a little brake grease - done. Oh, also an 8" C clamp and piece of wood to compress the hydraulic piston on the caliper.
I'm not going to say I did this in half an hour although I bet some of you could. It took me around two hours or just a little under,..when I checked out of the auto center I was charged two hours. A great place it is. All the tools you need- free. A nice industrial hydraulic lift. And there are mechanics there to help if yo have a question about something. Plus there is a bit of camaraderie among everybody fixing their own vehicle. Pretty nice place the Pearl Harbor Auto Skills Center.
Any place you can fix your ride, I was ready to do it in my condo's parking lot but my wife said no! - rules and crap. I can deal with breaking a few rules but can't endure my wife unending griping. So we went to the auto place
Wow. I've been doing quite a lot of rambling lately and it verges on embarrassing. But I don't care to much about that. My name is Dan, and I'm a perpetual rambler [emoji5]️
I'll probably never stop
Cheers!
Dan
Ps. Or stop editing my posts' grammar and spelling, sentence structure. I'm bad at those
Hey Dan.
Hope all is well with you and yours. Glad that you have a shop resource like that. I wish I still had one of those. We used to have a friend of my grandfather who had a fully stocked shop that we could use to work on our cars and all it cost was some time to BS around and listen to tales from the good old days. I would always drop some cash on the desk as I left or donate a tool I bought for the job to the cause as payment. Unfortunately the guy who had the shop passed away several years ago and unfortunately we no longer have that wonderful resource. Maybe I can work out something with the community college near me. I know they have an automotive shop. It is wonderful to be a member of the busted knuckle automotive maintenance group (those who do for themselves) and it was a great way to bond with my dad when I was younger.
I started this response not only to remember the good old days, but to make a comment on your part. I have found that brakes, even the cheap ones have their place. I for one, hate the extended life/semi metallic ones as they put off wear onto your rotors rather than wear themselves which is their purpose. I am kind of unnerved by shops which always like to tell you that you need to replace your rotors practically every time you are due for a brake change. I do not know why they insist that rotors have to be mirror smooth, pads wear, they can adjust to a slightly grooved rotor.
Had to laugh today, brought my car in to get its annual safety inspection (it expired in March), and he realized that I only put 3k miles on the car in the past year. This guy I trust and he pointed out that my rotors were rusty and that maybe I just need to ride the brakes a little to clean it up. Had to laugh at that one. I do need to bleed and adjust them a little as it looks like they are wearing unevenly. Still passed. Good guy.
Now to show how stupid I am feeling. Went to change the headlamp on my motorcycle today and instead of unscrewing the housing to get to replace it I unscrewed the aim adjustment screw. Turned the bike on after giving up for the day and saw that it was aimed at the ceiling. Oops. Going to have to fix that tonight/tomorrow.
Happy Monday evening!
Hope all is well with you and yours. Glad that you have a shop resource like that. I wish I still had one of those. We used to have a friend of my grandfather who had a fully stocked shop that we could use to work on our cars and all it cost was some time to BS around and listen to tales from the good old days. I would always drop some cash on the desk as I left or donate a tool I bought for the job to the cause as payment. Unfortunately the guy who had the shop passed away several years ago and unfortunately we no longer have that wonderful resource. Maybe I can work out something with the community college near me. I know they have an automotive shop. It is wonderful to be a member of the busted knuckle automotive maintenance group (those who do for themselves) and it was a great way to bond with my dad when I was younger.
I started this response not only to remember the good old days, but to make a comment on your part. I have found that brakes, even the cheap ones have their place. I for one, hate the extended life/semi metallic ones as they put off wear onto your rotors rather than wear themselves which is their purpose. I am kind of unnerved by shops which always like to tell you that you need to replace your rotors practically every time you are due for a brake change. I do not know why they insist that rotors have to be mirror smooth, pads wear, they can adjust to a slightly grooved rotor.
Had to laugh today, brought my car in to get its annual safety inspection (it expired in March), and he realized that I only put 3k miles on the car in the past year. This guy I trust and he pointed out that my rotors were rusty and that maybe I just need to ride the brakes a little to clean it up. Had to laugh at that one. I do need to bleed and adjust them a little as it looks like they are wearing unevenly. Still passed. Good guy.
Now to show how stupid I am feeling. Went to change the headlamp on my motorcycle today and instead of unscrewing the housing to get to replace it I unscrewed the aim adjustment screw. Turned the bike on after giving up for the day and saw that it was aimed at the ceiling. Oops. Going to have to fix that tonight/tomorrow.
Happy Monday evening!
OP
OP
DJ.
Great post!!!!!
Cheers brother![emoji3]
Great post!!!!!
Cheers brother![emoji3]
OP
OP
Don't know right now if this link will work. Maybe so. My wife and me don't have a perfect marriage. Go figure
We do have a favorite song from Elvis Presley
Let's see if I can post it
http://youtu.be/KnhamPnvXuQ
We do have a favorite song from Elvis Presley
Let's see if I can post it
http://youtu.be/KnhamPnvXuQ
OP
OP
brewingmeister
Well-Known Member
Dan you would be better off using the brakes to slow down instead of down shifting an auto trans. If you use the trans let me know what your drive so I'll steer clear of them on the used market.
Instead of dragging the the brakes go on and off the brakes. Should keep them a little cooler than dragging them the whole way.
Or you could get your Fred Flintstone on.
Instead of dragging the the brakes go on and off the brakes. Should keep them a little cooler than dragging them the whole way.
Or you could get your Fred Flintstone on.
Howdy late niters! Hope all is well. I see Dan reaching out to ghosts... good luck with that. People move on brother. Not you and I though
For your late nite soundtrack, a song that's always haunted me with its blue note. For your listening pleasure, this is Rare Silk (on vinyl!) channeling the wonderfully imitable Billy Strayhorn.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu8Q2uGjIng[/ame]
For your late nite soundtrack, a song that's always haunted me with its blue note. For your listening pleasure, this is Rare Silk (on vinyl!) channeling the wonderfully imitable Billy Strayhorn.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu8Q2uGjIng[/ame]
OP
OP
Thanks DrunkleJon! I Learned about dropping the s but must have forgot. Funny thing is, I can watch you tube videos on my phone and post them here, usually successfully but most times I can't watch the same videos from this site, not on my phone. Laptop they are fine just not from an iPhone. I doubt it's this sight, must be a setting or app I'm missing on my phone
OP
OP
Howdy late niters! Hope all is well. I see Dan reaching out to ghosts... good luck with that. People move on brother. Not you and I though
For your late nite soundtrack, a song that's always haunted me with its blue note. For your listening pleasure, this is Rare Silk (on vinyl!) channeling the wonderfully imitable Billy Strayhorn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu8Q2uGjIng
Cheers to you Pappy. Hard to believe this thread has lasted as long as it has. You're a good guy Passedpawn and I'm super happy to know you.
Ok.. That's pretty mushy but I don't do sly macho comments to well. Haha
Cheers to you my friend! [emoji3]
I'm happy it's here too Dan! Where else could I post random stuff like the following.
I used to do a lot of traveling, overseas. One night, while trying to get to sleep on an overseas flight, I heard the following song. It was in my head. I came back and bought a piano and took lessons and learned to play it.
This little blond is unbelievable. For those who like classical and/or piano, check out her Rachmaninoff Concerto #2 (one of my all time faves) and Beethoven Moonlight sonata. Also, NPR commentator wrote a book about this song, can't remember the name, but I read it. Look up Noah Adams.
For your late night soundrack, Valentina Lisitsa. Schumann. For classical fans, she's a freak of nature, you'll like.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHlfNYY1YIY[/ame]
bigken462
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2013
- Messages
- 754
- Reaction score
- 172
Hey guys, just wanted to jump in and say hello. Been a while since I've had some lengthy down time. About to be off in another 4 hours for the weekend. Crap ton of chores to do this weekend, but today after getting a few hours of sleep will be keg day for several batches Ive been working on over the past month or so.
How's everyone been?
How's everyone been?
OP
OP
Double post
OP
OP
That was very peaceful. I thought of two things listening to that. Beautiful girl [emoji3] and amazing skillful fingers...made me renew my awe for hands. They are one of the most amazing attributes of human beings. Among quite a few others we are blessed with[emoji3]
OP
OP
Bigken!
Glad to hear all is well! A busy life is a good one. As long as you get some time for yourself and rest once in awhile. [emoji3]
OP
OP
Very true words. It's too easy to get caught up in life's demands. It might sound selfish to say you have to take care of yourself first. But I don't thinks that's selfish. Maybe a person needs much self upkeep or just a little, either way if you're not at your best how can you take care of others. Life balance stuff, not always easy.
Cheers!
Dan
Finally a taste of spring today. I had the three boys all to myself. My youngest (7yo) had his heart set on riding the old power wheels. They are shot. Complete junk at this point. I did my best for him and he got a short ride. It breaks my heart but he is too big for them even if they weren't garbage. It's sad to grow up and have to move on...
bigken462
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2013
- Messages
- 754
- Reaction score
- 172
Just came in from a days mowing about an hour ago and I'm beat. Very soon, gonna have to get me some top soil delivered to do something about these old stump holes as they are beating me to death.
I got 8.5 acres mowed, trim done and decided to call it quits. The bushes and beds can wait till later. It was a beautiful day, sunny and breezy. Got a bit more sun on the neck than I planned for, but I could not have asked for a better chore day.
Yesterday I kegged all the beer I've been making to host my crawfish boil. 8 carboys emptied and washed. I still have a carboy filled with Kolsch that I added 2lbs of honey to. I was waiting to see if fermentation was going to do anything. So far nothing, notta zilch, Not even a bubble. I guess me cold crashing for a week knocked out all the yeast. I'll give it a few more days to make sure its not going to do anything and go ahead and keg it up. This was an experiement by adding the honey into the secondary. Not sure what to expect really.
Tomorrow I will enjoy fellowship with my church family and I hope later maybe fire up the grill to cook some steaks. God has blessed me with a great weekend, but I wish the arthritis could take a hike.
Hope ya'll are having a good weekend as well.
Ken
I got 8.5 acres mowed, trim done and decided to call it quits. The bushes and beds can wait till later. It was a beautiful day, sunny and breezy. Got a bit more sun on the neck than I planned for, but I could not have asked for a better chore day.
Yesterday I kegged all the beer I've been making to host my crawfish boil. 8 carboys emptied and washed. I still have a carboy filled with Kolsch that I added 2lbs of honey to. I was waiting to see if fermentation was going to do anything. So far nothing, notta zilch, Not even a bubble. I guess me cold crashing for a week knocked out all the yeast. I'll give it a few more days to make sure its not going to do anything and go ahead and keg it up. This was an experiement by adding the honey into the secondary. Not sure what to expect really.
Tomorrow I will enjoy fellowship with my church family and I hope later maybe fire up the grill to cook some steaks. God has blessed me with a great weekend, but I wish the arthritis could take a hike.
Hope ya'll are having a good weekend as well.
Ken
CGVT
Senior Member
It is tough to see them grow up, but it is nice to see them move on and become people, too
It was a nice day in Lower Alabama, too Ken. It wasn't sunny so it was a good day to get some work done in the yard. Mowed and edged, started to look at how I'm going to replace the fence around my pool. I'll have to post some pictures and have you all give me some input...
Edit: Whens the crawfish boil? I think I'm only about 4 hours away...
Yes. It's all part of the experience. It's rewarding and a bit sad at the same time. He is my last baby. I really want to hold on to that for my own selfish reasons of course. My daughter is just finishing four years of pre-med and heading off to pharmacy school so I can understand the pride I'm sure I will feel for all of them. I'm just going to miss a little one around the house... And I just scheduled an appointment for a vasectomy...
