Well fellow travelers, today is a sad day for democracy. And I’m not talking about the anniversary of Ronald Reagan signing the top-secret National Security Decision Directive 17 authorizing the CIA to recruit and support Contras in Nicaragua. No, my poll has been subverted; abused and tossed away by a fiend so dastardly he could [...]
Archive for the ‘homebrewing’ Category
Poll results: My beer, she is named
Posted in homebrewing, tagged beer, fascism, George W. Bush, homebrewing, Luscious Jord Ale, stolen elections on November 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Poll: What should I name my beer?
Posted in homebrewing, tagged beer, homebrewing, poll on November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, here it is folks. The great poll. Vote for whichever name you like best, and the person who submitted the winning name gets a free six pack of my beer. The poll closes next Monday.
First look: My homebrew, PLUS guest blogger
Posted in Guest Blogger, homebrewing, tagged Athens Do It Yourself Shop, beer, capper, Corey, Guest Blogger, homebrewing, IPA on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Cutting corners: it’s the American way, n’est-ce pas? Well, I visited the Athens Do It Yourself shop again last week to return the machine I used to cap my bottled beer, a ridiculous contraption that looked something like a microscopes retarded older brother, and is just about as functional. I asked the proprietor, Eric Hedin, [...]
Homebrewing round two: no machine is a match for Andy Brownfield
Posted in homebrewing, tagged ale pail, beer, bottle, cap, home brew, home brewing, machine apocalypse, siphon, skynet on November 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you remember last time I tried bottling my beer, the faulty siphon (COUGHoperatorerrorCOUGH) resulted in my only finishing 18 out of 52 bottles (damn you SkyNet…). But tonight I decided to give it another go. Because the day a damn machine prevents me from bottling tasty delicious beer is the day I stop drinking. [...]
Homebrewing round one: Machine apocalypse results in miserable failure
Posted in homebrewing, tagged beer, bottle, failure, homebrew, machine apocalypse, priming sugar, siphon on October 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
If you’ve ever siphoned gas from a car, you know what a miserable experience that is. Trying to get the flow started without letting that nasty stuff touch your lips is bad enough. The whole process is painstaking. Trying to siphon beer into bottles is even worse, and you don’t even get the payoff of [...]
Doing It Myself: My foray into homebrewing
Posted in homebrewing, tagged Athens Do It Yourself Shop, beer, DIY, do it yourself, homebrewing, India Pale Ale, IPA on October 24, 2009 | 9 Comments »
We at DML! love beer. And what’s the only thing that’s better than beer? That’s right, 5 gallons of beer. I visited the Athens Do It Yourself Shop run by Eric Hedin on Wednesday to set about on the odyssey that is homebrewing. Now when I think about DIY, I usually think of making wallets [...]
