Monthly Archives: December 2009

Ready for bottling

Posted on December 16, 2009 by youngholm

We check the specific gravity with a hydrometer. It’s 1.015. Anything less than 1.020 means we’re ready to bottle, so we’ll be washing bottles today and bottling tonight. The beer in the test cylinder is drinkable — it actually tastes like flat b… Continue reading →

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More about beer

Posted on December 6, 2009 by youngholm

The brewing kit came from William’s Brewing here in the Bay Area (http://www.williamsbrewing.com). It contained everything except the bottles. We diluted their malt concentrate in tap water and boiled it in the huge kettle they sent — it barely f… Continue reading →

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My, what big teeth you have!

Posted on December 6, 2009 by youngholm

Chester and Kai were wary of the monster at first, but they checked it out and decided it wasn’t a threat. Continue reading →

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Grrr

Posted on December 6, 2009 by youngholm

I’ve heard of monster trucks, but this is the first monster car I think I’ve ever met. Yesterday at Point Isabel. Continue reading →

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Beer

Posted on December 5, 2009 by youngholm

Our latest project: home brewing. Arlin bought a kit for my birthday and we spent Wednesday evening cooking up a 5-gallon batch. It’s now fermenting in the shower stall downstairs. Continue reading →

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