| ![]() |
  Dan Krill's BLOG on BinaryBedlam |
  |
        We found out the hard way; if you plan to use the self cleaning feature of your oven because you effectively destroyed the insides over Thanksgiving, then be sure it's on a cool breezy day where you can spend a few hours OUT SIDE. Ours billowed dark smoke for hours, another life experience to add to our tool belt :-) |
        I don't know if this bird is mentally challenged or what, but every day around lunch time he tries time and time again to fly through one of my basement windows. He backs up for a running start and flies at the window full speed head first. It gets a little annoying but the cats love it! |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
        A giant tropical storm went through the north east, right through York. It caused tons of damage to the beaches and coast, but luckily it lost a lot of strength by the time it made it to central PA. I was down here in TN, but this one had us all scared. I almost bought a generator again, but luckly not I or any of my family lost power. Despite all the rain, my brother didn't even get a drop of water in the basement this time. Pretty much the only thing it did for us down here was bring in the winter, its finally around freezing outside. |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
       
It's been almost 2 years since my last batch, I can't believe so much time has already passed! So this will be my first brew in the East TN house. I thought I'd give wheat beers another try so I'm doing a weizenbier kit. I actually started the brew 3 days ago, and today I'm racking it to the secondary fermenter. The one major thing I did differently this time was instead of adding ice water to the brew pot at cool down time, I added room temp water and chilled exclusively with an Ice bath and immersion chiller. I was still able to go from 212 to 75 in ~10min. Hopefully it will make a positive difference in taste.         Racking to the carboy went pretty smoothly, although the specific gravity was a little low for my liking, the formulas estimate this will only be around 4.2% alcoholic when done, I shouldn't have topped off to exactly 5 gallons when done the boil, from now on 4.5 should be my maximum. Also, this beer is pretty dark for a weizen, so it's probably closer to a Dunkelweis. Bottling in 2 weeks, Cheers! |
  |
        I thought it was odd that all the plants on my back porch were fine except the Catnip; all the stems were broken and bent over. I had a hunch it was the neighbor cats, caught one red handed! |
|
![]() |
|
Created by Dan Krill of BinaryBedlam (The Programing Div of Krill Labs); This site and any of its subsidiary components, which include but are not limited to: Graphical Design and Layout, Images, and Decals; are the property of the owner and should not be used with out expressed written consent from the Web Admin. |
COMMENT: Seriously, hon. Did you have to post this? It`s 20deg out not counting the high wind chill factor here.