I like this time at night on HBT

[Varmintman]

Not really. Took about an hour. The joys of kegging

I still have to clean my buckets though. Got em soaking to soften up that ring around the collar.

I hope your back cooperates so you can slip in a brewday.

I had the option of bottling or brewing and I chose to brew. At first the smell of the wort boiling was pretty bad but over time I have got to really enjoy it. I really like dumping the hops in and getting that blast of hop smell going on

Just started the mash and am planning on going real slow tonight so I do not hurt my back. I think I will be fine though

 

[BBL_Brewer]

Yeah, I like the hop blast too.

 

[bigbeergeek]

i feel bad for a brewer friend of mine. I convinced him to try "no chill" for the first time and he's got serious mold rafts on his St. Pat's stout!

 

[BBL_Brewer]

i feel bad for a brewer friend of mine. I convinced him to try "no chill" for the first time and he's got serious mold rafts on his St. Pat's stout!

Have him pull a sample. If it tastes ok, rack from under it and continue on.

 

[bigbeergeek]

He said it's pretty bad looking. I think he may have already dumped it.

 

[passedpawn]

No Dan, no Bobbi. We will have to combine to carry the weight.

My contribution to the late night affair. A bit of jazzy loveliness. One of my very, very favorites of all my time. Getz / Jobim / Gilberto = genius.

 

[passedpawn]

I once got my wig stuck in the winch of a guillotine. Embarrassing.

There was a guy with a chainsaw and a lot of other things going on involving condoms filled with blood and such. Loud music. It was on a stage and I had to rip half the wig off to continue in the blue smoke from the flash pots. Pyrotechnics. I was 16 and a high school drop out, travelling with a vaudeville show. It was a gas while it lasted.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I once got my wig stuck in the winch of a guillotine. Embarrassing.

There was a guy with a chainsaw and a lot of other things going on involving condoms filled with blood and such. Loud music. It was on a stage and I had to rip half the wig off to continue in the blue smoke from the flash pots. Pyrotechnics. I was 16 and a high school drop out, travelling with a vaudeville show. It was a gas while it lasted.

At least it was a wig and not your real hair! That would have hurt like h3ll!

 

[mcbaumannerb]

This popped up on iTunes last night and without the wall of sound that the studio version has this version is a lyrical tour de force.

 

[passedpawn]

At least it was a wig and not your real hair! That would have hurt like h3ll!

Yep, it would have. I was playing igor, so my own hair wasn't approprate.

My brother learned the hard way about getting your hair ripped out when we ripped his eyelashes and eyebrows out with a plaster-of-paris mold. Nothing but breathing straws were poking through that mold. We Vaselined his face hair, but I guess he blinked. I peeked under there as he was screaming and I thought we were going to rip his whole eyelids off when we yanked the mold off.

Funny thing: afterward we painted the inside of the mold with latex, let it dry, the peeled it out. Perfect replica of his face. And all his the facial hair came out into the latex mask. Just perfect.

 

[Stauffbier]

Yep, it would have. I was playing igor, so my own hair wasn't approprate.

My brother learned the hard way about getting your hair ripped out when we ripped his eyelashes and eyebrows out with a plaster-of-paris mold. Nothing but breathing straws were poking through that mold. We Vaselined his face hair, but I guess he blinked. I peeked under there as he was screaming and I thought we were going to rip his whole eyelids off when we yanked the mold off.

Funny thing: afterward we painted the inside of the mold with latex, let it dry, the peeled it out. Perfect replica of his face. And all his the facial hair came out into the latex mask. Just perfect.

That's hilarious and cool at the same time!

 

[Leadgolem]

I'd rather be there...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VeaMEiWo-4"]Caribbean Steel Drums - Shake Shake Shake Sonora[/ame]

 

[Stauffbier]

I'd rather be there...
Caribbean Steel Drums - Shake Shake Shake Sonora

When I was very young I got to see a band of men play drums like these in Mazatlan Mexico. It was a great experience!

 

[opus345]

I once got my wig stuck in the winch of a guillotine. Embarrassing.

There was a guy with a chainsaw and a lot of other things going on involving condoms filled with blood and such. Loud music. It was on a stage and I had to rip half the wig off to continue in the blue smoke from the flash pots. Pyrotechnics. I was 16 and a high school drop out, travelling with a vaudeville show. It was a gas while it lasted.

OK,that was truly Bobbi inspired randomness there.

 

[Varmintman]

Looking at PP's avatar I just would not see him doing that.

I need to get motivated and bottle tonight I guess. Got plenty of empties and a batch that has been ready for awhile

 

[ruralbrew]

Spring will officially be here in a week. Of course it snowed again today. And more over the weekend. And even more the first of the week. The forecasters are saying if you don't have a place to pile snow, you better find one. March is being a lion this year. I haven't been doing any shoveling because I figured it would start melting pretty soon. Guess I was wrong....

 

[Varmintman]

While I have not taken the blade off the 4 wheeler I have been letting the snow melt instead of moving it. I am hoping for a mild spring this year

 

[Leadgolem]

It was 71 here today. Not supposed to do more then rain a little for the next week. I am tired of the snow.

 

[Varmintman]

Sigh I just checked my weather for the weekend and joy of joys more snow.

Oh well be a good time to brew I guess

 

[passedpawn]

Looking at PP's avatar I just would not see him doing that.

Haha, you think I look like my avatar?

One more late night till the weekend.

 

[Varmintman]

Funny how we can get preconceived ideas about people from their avatars I guess.

You know that is one good thing about the internet I think. It is hard to prejudge a person by looks and you have to judge them by what they say and believe. White, black or brown it does not matter really. Male or female does not matter nor does religion just what you say that matters.

I wish life were more like that

 

[snaps10]

http://youtu.be/dIw9waVI-m8

For BL, in her absence.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Dan, donde estas mi amigo? Cheers!

 

[snaps10]

Dan should be back in a few days. He's faithfully given up HBT for lent.

 

[Varmintman]

Done bottling and cleaning up. The bottling took about a hour but cleaning took another hour. Man I really do not need to brew for awhile. I walked around the house counting cases and well I really do not need to brew for a bit. Pretty sad when every closet in the house is full of beer in different stages and the cellar is stacked to the point that I worry about them tipping over.

Hehe but tomorrow is beer and cigar night and I just know we will drink a case then

 

[Varmintman]

http://youtu.be/dIw9waVI-m8

For BL, in her absence.

Hunting possum hehe

 

[emjay]

Spring will officially be here in a week. Of course it snowed again today. And more over the weekend. And even more the first of the week. The forecasters are saying if you don't have a place to pile snow, you better find one. March is being a lion this year. I haven't been doing any shoveling because I figured it would start melting pretty soon. Guess I was wrong....

Everything is melting pretty quick here. Snow was accumulated pretty high but it was melting so fast that I had to dig channels in the snow to prevent possible flooding of the house.

And then of course, it all freezes at night again. It's ice everywhere you look. It'd actually probably be easier to get around in a pair of skates...

Funny how we can get preconceived ideas about people from their avatars I guess.

Yep. Odd as it may seem, my avatar was chosen not only with full knowledge of this, but largely BECAUSE of this.

Now I'm debating whether or not to experiment with an avatar similar to Dan's, to see if I start getting treated any differently.

Dan should be back in a few days. He's faithfully given up HBT for lent.

Eh, it almost seems like cheating when you make it IMPOSSIBLE to give in to temptation, as he did with his account. It's when you're a half second away from being able to give in, constantly being tempted but still managing to resist it, that shows true strength of will.

 

[BobbiLynn]

I once got my wig stuck in the winch of a guillotine. Embarrassing.

There was a guy with a chainsaw and a lot of other things going on involving condoms filled with blood and such. Loud music. It was on a stage and I had to rip half the wig off to continue in the blue smoke from the flash pots. Pyrotechnics. I was 16 and a high school drop out, travelling with a vaudeville show. It was a gas while it lasted.

Thanks for helping to pick up the slack while I was away! Great story!

http://youtu.be/dIw9waVI-m8

For BL, in her absence.

Aaack! That's my ex-husband!

I am baaaack!! And so much catching up to do!! Exhausting trip. My friend's surgery went great. No idea why we stayed all week for something that just took a few hours. But she had pre-op appointments, stuff like that.

I don't get out much so it was fun being let loose on the streets of Gainesville, FL. Called my son when I got in town and told him I was just walking the streets. Hope he doesn't think I'm a hooker now. He knows to never know what I'll do next. I almost got hit by a truck, then I got out of the street and went into a parking lot, then almost got hit by a guy on a motorcycle, and then I found the sidewalk. Much safer.

Met up with my son and we went out to a bar for happy hour for the first time together. Had a blast. I ordered a local brew called Hopstorm IPA, made by BJ's in Gainesville, I believe it's brewed on site.. It was awesome. My son ordered a pale blonde and the color of it reminded me of my sour lemonade batch. I didn't even ask to try it. He had already tried the one I ordered, he thought the hops were too much, but I sure didn't. Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy!

Then there was the half naked guy(he had the shirt and shoes part right) passed out in the stairwell, I got a picture, but probably not proper to post here. I guess I could open the picture in my graphics program and bleep parts out. Maybe later. Also saw him get arrested, probably public intoxication. I did try to kick him when I overheard at the front desk that the cops were coming. But he growled at me and said leave me alone. I only intended to warn him.

Oh, and my jeans. I got multiple compliments on my jeans and that was hilarious. All my jeans are threadbare, holes everywhere, unidentifiable stains. Even got complimented on my shoes, my work sandals(so comfy, bought from Tractor Supply House) that I wore with socks. Not sure if you are supposed to wear them with socks. I fit right in and no idea why I worried about not having any new clothes to wear out in public.

I even got IDed to buy beer!!! The guy looked at the ID, looked at me, looked back at my ID, looked at me and said. "Oh wow, sorry ma'am". That was awesome.

So many great memories for such a short trip. but soooo happy to be back home.

 

[Varmintman]

Why am I not surprised Bobbi that you took the town and turned it inside out. Sounds like you had a good time though

Bother. I went to tackle a huge pile of paper work I have been avoiding and went to turn on my printer and my kid had drained all the ink. Not enough left to even print one form so I got to run into town today.

I hate shopping

 

[BobbiLynn]

Why am I not surprised Bobbi that you took the town and turned it inside out. Sounds like you had a good time though

Bother. I went to tackle a huge pile of paper work I have been avoiding and went to turn on my printer and my kid had drained all the ink. Not enough left to even print one form so I got to run into town today.

I hate shopping

My printer is now telling me I must have magenta to continue. Know the feeling. Bother.

After all my walking and getting sun burnt a little, I found out you can get an all day bus pass for $3.00 and go anywhere you want to go, get off at any stop that looks good. And, meet some really interesting people. I hope to do it again sometime. Some people are really mean and other people are so nice and kind and helpful. There was an annoying lady and everyone liked it when I gave her my "look". Then I got up and moved to a different seat. Even the bus driver jokingly commented about it over the loud speaker. Told her to quiet down. Her husband's name is Reese and he just got out of prison and her sister-in-law is a free-loader. Not one person on the bus cared.