So, remember when I bought a Cascade hop rhizome, planted it, and then told you folks that I’ll let you know how it goes? Well…the hops grew. They started to sprout after a couple of weeks and then once it was fixed up so it had some support to get up on the frame of…
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Toronto Festival of Beer
A lot of times when I don’t like something, I tend to say “it’s not for me”. Although I do slip in to it now and then, I believe that as a writer I should inform, rather than set a standard. “What might be right for you might not be right for some”, as the…
Will It Grow? Part 1: In To The Ground, My Sweet
So one of the advantages of no longer being in the office (and there aren’t TOO many, but that’s for my non-existent therapist, not you) is that I have time for some personal projects in between errands and freelance work. One personal project is my garden. I have a raised bed in the backyard which…
Homebrewing, Winter Beer Fest, and BlogTO
Okay, so the day job and a slight case of the Cambodian Swamp Virus put a damper on any writing time I had the past week or so. So let’s play a bit of catch-up because quite a bit has been going on. 1. I’ve been homebrewing! Although I have dabbled with varying levels of…
Adventures in Homebrewing: A Thank You
Reader and good friend from New York Mike Millan, out of the kindness of his heart and general awesome demeanor, surprised me by ordering a Bavarian Hefeweizan ingredient kit and sending it over to me! Thank you so much, Mike! I’ll be brewing it up when I get my new pot in, which I’ll be…
I Got a Rock
Happy Halloween from The Thirsty Wench. Tonight I’ll be watching something scary and cracking open some of my Pumpkin homebrew called Pumpkin Patch Panic. (The AMAZING label done by Robert Burrows)
The Coaster & The Pumpkin
Just wanted to mention two personal bits of awesomeness here. Firstly, look at this AMAZING custom beer coaster that the incredibly talented Mike Rooth did for me! The man knows I love my Ghostbusters and this is just…wow. And I’ve been told that the cool thing is that it was drawn with waterproof ink so…
Beer Person of Note: Sam Calagione
I really have to give the founder of Dogfish Head Brewery credit for inspiring me lately. It’s not even his beer. To be honest, due to living in Canada, I haven’t tried any of Dogfish Head’s selection aside from Midas Touch, a beer based on a 2700 year-old recipe, when I visited NYC. The Raison D‘Etre? The Namaste?…
ADVENTURE! (In Homebrewing) 2: Rise of Audacity
So remember nearly a month ago when I alluded to some Adventure happening in the hiz-ouse? Well, after steeping, boiling, mixing, having a problem with some of my equipment, nearly having a few heart attacks and fermenting for four weeks in my ninja fermenter (seen above), it is finally BOTTLING DAY! This involved moving the beer…
ADVENTURE! (in homebrewing)
So here’s my plan for tonight… That’s right, for the first time ever I’ll be brewing a beer from scratch. I’m a bit nervous as I’ve only used kits before and this will be my first time running around and steeping the grains and hopping schedules and such. The recipe is simple enough, but with…
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