Posted in brewing on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I racked the mead last night, which is homebrewing parlance for “moved the stuff from one container to another”. I disinfected the glass carboy with some bleach and water, rinsed it well and siphoned the mead from the primary bucket, being careful to avoid stirring up the lees - the yeasty-sludge at the bottom. Now [...]
Posted in books, brewing, family, food, miscellany on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
We I just realized the other night that things are getting pretty medieval around here. The kids are studying the medieval period for history. E. has started the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, and I’m about halfway through Pillars of the Earth. There’s mead brewing in the closet, and we’re counting the days until we can get [...]
Posted in aquarium, brewing, family on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…will continue to be light.
I’m taking off early today to accompany our oldest son and the rest of his cub scout pack on an overnight cave trip, which should be a whole lotta fun. I’m not exactly relishing the idea of sleeping on the cave floor, but it’s only for one night, and we’ve got [...]
Posted in aquarium, brewing, family, nature on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Last night I started a batch of mead. I didn’t take pictures because, frankly, there wasn’t a whole lot to see. One pot of steaming honey/water mixture (the must), a few odds and ends disinfecting in the sink and, finally, a sealed bucket with a little water airlock thingie on top. Now we wait. The [...]
Posted in aquarium, brewing, nerd on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
…and most have lived.
We lost one neon (within hours of introduction) and flushed a danio last night. Everyone else looks hale and colorful. Neons are wee, highly-strung little fish so I wasn’t too surprised to see one go fins-up. The danio had been a bit of an outcast for awhile. Anyway, enough about that. Our [...]
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