November 2004 Archives

My friend John and I decided to brew beer together. Of course, he's in Kansas City and I'm in Brooklyn, but from a moral-support standpoint, we're good to go.

I'm brewing a Belgian-style Dubbel, and it is fermenting nicely.

John tried a slightly more simple (and faster) Nut Brown Ale and it is taking off, as well. In fact, I wish I would have tried something more simple for my first batch so I'd get my results more quickly. He also took pictures of the brewing process and began to chronicle his endeavors, which I thought was a pretty good idea. Hence, I posted.

It also pleases me to announce the first category on my personal blog: Beer.

Dvorak is up in arms over the fact that CES won't be allowing bloggers in as press. I have my own thoughts about that, but I'm going to ignore that for now. What really stuck out to me, though, is the accompanying picture he used on his blog to go with the story. Is the forcing of bloggers to register as regular attendees really analogous to black men tied to the cells of their cage?

I'm thinking no, it's really not nearly the same thing.

I don't know why so many people hate slugs. They are beautiful.