Merry Christmas!!!!

I know this is a late post, but MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope everybody got what they wanted..... I sure did. I got a lot of beer brewing stuff, a couple Wii games, Sham-wow, and a bunch of other stuff. Jacob had a very fun Christmas. He was very interactive this year. I will get some pics up as soon as I can.... 

Happy New Year!

 

New Brew!!

Today Etsuko, Jacob, and I went to Eugene. I wanted to get another brew ingredient kit and she wanted to go to the mall..... Good trade off. I wanted to try a very strong, bitter, and hoppy beer. I ended up getting a Diggity Dank Nugget IPA :).... It is an Imperial IPA, which means it is very strong, bitter, and hoppy. 

A normal brew consists of about 2-3 oz of hops. This recipe calls for 7 oz!!!!! The gravity is also very high on this brew. Normal is about 1.050. This recipe is 1.090. This means the potential alcohol level will be about 7 to 10% by volume.... It will not take many of these to get you feeling good ;). 

On the way home today, we almost got into a huge accident. We had no idea that there was ice on the ground. I was driving about 60 mph when the back of Etsuko's car gave way. I took foot off the gas and did not try to steer out of the ice. Luckily, the car steadied and we drove 30 mph all the way home. We really got lucky tonight. It could have been much worse. Hope everybody is having a great holiday season!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

I hope everybody is having a GREAT holiday season......

We are having a fun time. I feel very blessed that both Etsuko's family and my family are doing so good through these tough times. We got our tree a couple of weeks ago.... I put up lights on the house for the first time two weeks ago (a big thanks to my do it yourself brother-in-law). I almost got all of my christmas shopping done. I will finish it up soon. It has been really cold here. I am still brewing beer ;). 

I am brewing a new type of beer. It is called a dunkel-weizen. It is a wheat German beer. I can't wait to try it. 

Here are some pics.