So I like to brew beer. I also have found that it’s just as easy to make 10 or 15 gallons as it is to make the normal 5.
One thing I’ve learned is that it’s important to oxygenate the wort to give the yeast a boost. I do this with an aquarium bubbler.
The key is […]

I had dinner with my sister this evening and had some yummy beers. The first was a brew that my friend Eric had recommended to me. It’s called “Black Homo-Erectus” it’s a dark IPA. It was pretty good. Nice hoppyness.
I also had a Nut Brown ale, which was also very good. It was from a […]

One thing I’ve wanted to for a long time now is learn how to weld metal. I took a class a couple years ago but I didn’t take it very far. I didn’t have an idea for a project to provide context. Because I want to make a larger Rocket Stove, the idea of welding […]

Here’s a picture of our garden stitched form pictures this evening

It’s been a good season. Better than last year; Robie and I are learning a lot. Most folks I know that have a garden have noticed that the season’s been less productive than we’d like, but we’re pleased with the success we have had and […]

This past weekend, my sister Jovan and I tried another round of soap making. The first round went well and the soap does it’s job. The problem was removing the soap from the molds.
The mistake I made at the time was not using a wonderful thing called the internet. A two minute google search tells […]