Monthly Archives: December 2009

As I told Betsy, it was only a matter of time before everyone found out how special she is.http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/12/27/knitting_group_for_homeless_intertwines_therapy_with_social_support/ Continue reading →

From Betsy Anne: Continue reading →

At Point Isabel this morning. We met Coby again — he came running from 50 yards away — and stole his frisbee. Continue reading →

Coby is a two-year-old Labradoodle. We see him and his humans fairly often at Point Isabel. He seems to be a lot more Lab than poodle, and he reminds me of Moka (let’s just say that he’s more good-natured than bright). Continue reading →

Yesterday about sunset at Point Isabel. Continue reading →

The beer goes from the priming tub into the bottles, then we cap the bottles. The red thing that looks like the Flying Nun’s headgear is the bottle capper.The bottles will sit for two more weeks while the yeast feeds on the sugar we just added. Th… Continue reading →

Transferring the wort (unfinished beer) from the fermenting tub to the priming tub. A slurry of yeast and hops stays in the fermenting tub. Now we add a little sugar (this is “priming” the yeast). The yeast that’s still dissolved in the wort, whic… Continue reading →

Washing and sanitizing the bottles. The contraption is a bottle-drying tree, with a spritzer on top that sprays a disinfectant solution into the bottle when I push down. Continue reading →