After a 7 day fermentation in the basement, which was a few degrees too cold for the yeast, I moved it into the kitchen and it’s coming along nicely — definitely a good move. The MrBeer kit was a present from Kathy; Kevin, Steve, Chris and I all worked on this first batch together on Christmas. It’s been fermenting for 9 days now and I think in another 2-3 days it should be ready for bottling. I tested it just now and it has a nice yeast smell and is losing the sweetness it had when I decided to move it upstairs. It’s a little sharp on the tongue but it’s still not done, I’ll taste it before I bottle it and let you know how it is. It has a very nice amber color and should make a good pale ale judging from the color and smell at this point.
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MrBeer Homebrew Batch Coming Along Nicely
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Redskins Game (They Won!)
Monday, December 24th, 2007
Kevin bought Vikings vs. Redskins tickets for the game last night as a Christmas present for the big boys in the family. I uploaded all of the photos I took during the game from our insanely good 2nd row seats. We had a great view of the game and some of the action so close we could make calls before they were reviewed from the pictures (after the link below you can see them all.) Be warned — there’s about 150 pictures there so it might take a while to load. Despite wearing Redskins colors, the fans were pretty good to everyone and there were only two fights on our side of the dome. (more…)
Wrapping Up Christmas Holiday
Friday, December 30th, 2005Xavier has been changing by leaps and bounds, among the most recent change is his ability to wave goodbye to people he loves. He also crawls quite well now, moving to where he wants, when he wants. Occassionally, he will pull himself up to a standing position, although usually only to get his hands on small toys to put in his mouth. Christmas at Patty’s house was fun especially for the kids. Xavier is still working on his presents but has loved (and eaten) pretty much every piece of wrapping paper he can get his hands on. Erik and Pammy head back today. Rachel left this morning (with a wave from Xavier) and Chris and Steve left earlier this week. We took the boys down to the Chicago Children’s Museum earlier this week and the kids had a great time.
