Yankee Ingenuity VIII - Oct 12th or 13th

[evanmars]

Just about on our way out...finally.

 

[kappclark]

Thank you to all who showed up, and for the delicious beer ! A drop dead gorgeous foliage day..

PaulTheNurse - my kegs live on due to your superior leverage.

I brewed 2 batches today - the first is already showing good activity, and is happy.

It is so much more fun to brew with other brewers !

 

[Hippie]

Thanks Bill, for a fun day. The weather was glorious and so was the scenery on the way. I wish that I had brewed, but I was not at 100%. It was great to see everybody. Paul, it was cool that you & Alice were able to make it up, and I hope that you had a nice ride home and catch/caught the Pats game.

Talk to you guys later, I've got some stuff to do before the game.

Hippie

 

[evanmars]

Thanks for having all of us over. It was a perfect day for it. Syd says thanks to Leila for the friendship and the horse rides. Good luck wrangling all of the animals in.

 

[paulthenurse]

Thanks for a great time, Bill.

For those of you who weren't fortunate enough to make it to todays event here are some scenes from the day.


Driving thru Vermont in the fall is horrible. Absolutely HORRIBLE! Don't do it. Stay home.

Let's get this party started!

The HBTvolk. From left to right...Glibbidy, Bill's friend whose name I forget, the_bird, Hippie, our host KappClark, PTN and EvanMars.

Horsey Rides for everyone, except me. I'm scared to death of the creatures. Here is Glibbiddy's daughter on her mount with a proud Dad watching. That's Mrs KappClark leading the horse around, and yes, those are chickens. MrsTheNurse had them eating the spent grains from her hand. (Note to self... Make sure you actually see Alice wash her hands in the morning.)

 

[paulthenurse]

A few of the_bean on the_beast.

My favorite picture of the day.

Glibbiddy's cowgirl getting first tracks. Wonder where she got that from?

Just a hair over two hours home after we left Brattleboro. I enjoyed the cheese factory but didn't make it to the package store you recommended, Hippie. Next time. Thanks again for having us, Bill. It was a great day.

PTN

 

[kappclark]

Horse and rider

Hippie, Bird, Glibbidy

 

[Glibbidy]

Thanks for hosting Bill. It was great to see everyone, and meet some new friends!
Paul- I really enjoyed your lambic. It was one of the highlights of my day.

 

[kappclark]

Glib -

I have your growler and tubing ... I can drop off sometime this week ..

both my batches are still bubbling away ... great to see everyone as well..

My wife, horses and esp the chickens all say this should be an annual event, so Columbus Day weekend 2009 - get ready for an even bigger event (although it will be hard to top the foliage !)

 

[evanmars]

Some more pics...

 

[evanmars]

And a few more...

 

[chillHayze]

Looks like a good time! I live the Old Speckled Hens on the porch.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Good to see the kitten and chickens get along.

My Neighbor "had" five, make that four clipped wing Banty Roosters.
One made it over the fence on top of my my sweet little 3 year old female calico. She is small around 7 pounds had a hot meat. I threw the leg with band on it plus feathers back over the fence after she was done eating.
They got out of their pen, oh well. I bet these "BB" thumpers are going crazy over this matter. I showed them my religion, one of many, many, many, the open bolt MAC 10 with every accessory mounted on it. They pushed their "BB" thumping beliefs down my throat one time to many over a two year period. This is why i'm against them all the more. Note this is not to offend any brewers on this forum.

Back to the Banty Roosters. I chased the other four into their pen if not the coons would of had a hot dinner that night the neighbors come home way after dark. We feed the coons unsalted peanuts as well squirrels and bluejays. Everyone's fighting for the peanuts in the winter it's when kitty gets into the show it becomes funny. Squirrels can go 0-60 mph within 8' it looks like. No way for kitty and the coons she keeps a magic 10' away.
Smart kitty but last year she found the back end of a skunk. wanted in the house in the worse way. El Stinko. LMAO on that one.
She will stay 100' or in the house if they come around.