Entries from June 2008

Drinking some good beer at the…

Date June 27, 2008

Drinking some good beer at the North American Organic Brewers Festival. Mmm, sustainable and delicious.

A batch of all-grain homebrew …

Date June 25, 2008

A batch of all-grain homebrew and four loaves of spent grain bread is a great, but time-consuming and tiring way to spend an afternoon.

Sitting on my front porch and …

Date June 25, 2008

Sitting on my front porch and brewing what will hopefully be a delicious IPA.

@pdxbeerwiki The Roots Gruit K…

Date June 15, 2008

@pdxbeerwiki The Roots Gruit Kolsch is a summer seasonal, debuting June 21, and the Sharksbite is another seasonal–neither regulars.

@pdxbeerwiki Aside from my own…

Date June 13, 2008

@pdxbeerwiki Aside from my own, of course, I have one vote for the Roots Gruit Kolsch and one vote for Roots Sharksbite Double IPA.

Headed home on the bus after a…

Date June 12, 2008

Headed home on the bus after an Oregon Brew Crew meeting at Racoon Lodge Brewing. Too much good food & beer!

Off to the Side Door Cafe for …

Date June 11, 2008

Off to the Side Door Cafe for dinner. Mmmm…sammich and beer.

Down at the waterfront rooting…

Date June 7, 2008

Down at the waterfront rooting on the Dragon Boat races. Go Scales of Justice!

Into the big leagues

Date June 5, 2008

Today I moved up into the big leagues of brewing, or at least, I purchased the equipment I need to move up into the big leagues of brewing.  After dropping what felt like a metric assload of money to get said equipment (most of which I’ll earn back from the sale of various things I [...]

Mmm…Thai food for lunch.

Date June 4, 2008

Mmm…Thai food for lunch.

Aybla Grill: best gyro I’ve ev…

Date June 3, 2008

Aybla Grill: best gyro I’ve ever had.

Watching with amusement as my …

Date June 3, 2008

Watching with amusement as my boss fiddles with the phone system, which is probably what I should be doing in his place. Oh well.

A very productive weekend

Date June 2, 2008

I had a great weekend last week, this time it was largely productive, which was a good thing, in my case.  I got a lot accomplished at work on Friday, and so I asked to get out of there a bit early, and with that extra time I took my car to a place to [...]