Wednesday, June 1, 2011

May 29, 2011

Brewing Beer with the Neighbors!


Grinding the grain (barley, malt, etc...)


Spent Grain - Grain was boiled, sugars extracted into a "wort"


Adding hops to the wort


HOPS!


Taste testing the product before pitching the yeast - It is very sweet.
Also, this test tube was used to test the Original (specific) gravity to later determine the alcohol content. Our guess is it will be around 8%


Pitching Yeast.
Yeast adds to the flavor but more importantly it eats the sugar
and poops out alcohol. Yummy.
Now we wait.

May 28, 2011


Memorial Day Weekend Grilling with friends

May 27, 2011


View on my bikeride/stair climb

May 26, 2011


It took ten years, but we finally got a bed!

May 25, 2011


The car started when the tow truck showed up...Still walking

May 24, 2011



Beautiful View of the Viaduct

May 23, 2011

The Golden Garden Stairs Hike






About 300 stairs plus trails, = 7 minutes down - 10 min up