Cheers from rainy Dallas. Aside from the gloomy weather forecast poo-pooing the chances for nice weather, 2015 Brew Riot was a hit. And it was incredibly nice weather after all, so #suckitdelkus. Dallas Homebrew Collective had a great location this year, right in front of Lucia on Eighth street. After we got set up at… Continue reading Brew Riot 2015
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Why Do You Brew?
Here’s a video that I cobbled together using footage from a couple of different brew days. Thanks to fellow club members for sitting for quick interviews. Learn more about Dallas Homebrew Collective. Here’s to more labor of love video projects in the future!
2014 Hops
The cascade plants took off super early this year. And just like last year, the chinook were late bloomers. And now the chinook have taken over as this year’s darlings. I’m not quite sure what’s up with the cascade plants. 1) They have brown edges around the leaves and 2) something has been nibbling away… Continue reading 2014 Hops
Session IPA
For my very first all-grain batch, I opted for a nice, low gravity IPA. Gasp! There is some trash talk going around about the latest releases from craft brewers about their sessionable IPAs. I don’t see what the big deal is. I think that, to the purist, the IPA should never be session strength. But… Continue reading Session IPA
Keggle Project
One of my goals for 2014 is to step up to full-volume boils to get more quality out of my beer. The other is to move to all-grain brewing. This post, however, focuses on the keg boil kettle – the keggle. About Kegs A 1/2 barrel keg holds 15.5 gallons of liquid. When you think… Continue reading Keggle Project
Gate is 99.9% Complete
Okay, okay. I neglected to factor in the recent daylight savings time change. The project got stretched out over a couple weeks. I even took a half-day off last week to wrap up the first half of the build. I finished the main gate build this past Sunday and it’s looking passable! After a small… Continue reading Gate is 99.9% Complete
Gate Update
I took a half-day from work on Monday of this week to continue the gate project. It was cool and rainy out, so why not build stuff in the rain, right? So the Titan Post Anchor seems to be holding up nicely. And shame on me: there’s a small detail about the post anchors that… Continue reading Gate Update
Eagle Pumpkin
Super pumped about the sweet eagle pumpkin I made. This is an old post, and I’m slowly converting my site over. This is a post that I have re-posted a tweaked version of.
Aurora Dallas 2013
Aurora Dallas was an amazing event. While I did run in to a few friends at the event, I was in “me” mode so I could have the freedom to go shoot the stuff I wanted to shoot. And when you add in the time lapse part, the element of time comes in to play.… Continue reading Aurora Dallas 2013
Gate Plans
So Erin and I adopted a dog from Operation Kindness and he is a lovely little devil. And up to this point, we have left our fence in its current state. Because we did not require a completely gated-in back yard, we left it open on one side. And it has been great… up to… Continue reading Gate Plans