http://www.beerdrinker.org Beer is Good Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:11:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en N and I are heading down to Austin shortly to catch the SxSW interactive conference and spend some time with her sister who moved there from somewhere I didn't want to visit about 6 months ago. So I think I can find my way around a conference. But ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2010/03/09/sxsw-whats-a-beerdrinker-to-do/ okay, police violence sucks. It's a drag that unarmed people get shot. Lately, I've been putting together some tips I've picked from my years of experience not getting shot at by the police in an effort to help people avoid the short barrel of the law. First, you can ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2010/03/02/how-not-to-get-shot-by-the-police/ 2010 hit like an angry bull in a brillo tornado. Well, not that bad, but it's been pretty freakin' nonstop. Work's been crazy. Picked up some tech reading on the side. Been finishing the basement. A few ski trips. Daily-ish gym trips, yoga, and cycling. ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2010/03/02/up-again/ Over the last year, I've had the opportunity to work with some outstanding homebrewers on some barrel projects. Basically, we get 10 or so people to each brew a batch(es) of a particular beer, then we get together to siphon it into a bourbon barrel. The beer then ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2010/01/06/barrel-projects/ It's a new year and I have a lot of resolutions on my mind, and I'm working through what I want to really focus on. But two really stick in my mind as relevant and important. The first is to continue on the path that I set out ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2010/01/01/happy-new-year/ Jeff at Beervana poses a question: what five beers are a connoisseur's must-haves visiting Portland. I might have to tackle that, but really, Jeff is really on top of that in his post. I suggested a different route, a road trip around Mt. Hood. But I also ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2009/12/18/visiting-portland-guide-crawl-1/ wow...current inventory in the basement: 10 gallons imperial alt (carboys), 10 gallons dubbel (carboys), 5 gallons IPA (carboy), brown, IPA, porter (cornies). The 10-gallon batches are destined to go into barrels for aging. http://www.beerdrinker.org/2009/12/15/madman-brewing/ The process of turning raw ingredients into delicious beer is an extremely complicated one. It involves chemistry, biology, physics, and magic, plus a potentially infinite budget for copper, stainless, and rubber whizbangs. I have only scratched the surface of the possibilities. That is by design. So, completely neglecting ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2009/12/07/brewing-for-the-impatient-the-process/ I cannot believe how long it took me to build my mash tun. In then end I think I was a bit intimidated, partly because I didn't really understand what a mash tun was. Whenever I set down to research it, I'd end up on some long-winded analysis ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2009/11/29/brewing-for-the-impatient-your-mash-tun/ Like Jeff, I recently followed a thread at the OBC about the price of beer. It was surprisingly heated, considering that nobody was forcing people to drink specialty beers, and these are people who spend a lot of time making beers of their own and promoting the craft. ... http://www.beerdrinker.org/2009/11/24/specialty-beer-prices/