krrm Posted September 18, 2008 Report Posted September 18, 2008 Been at a Java conference here in Oslo for two days. Some good stuff, some boring. One of the speakers (on the good side, get the relational databases outta here ) had worked a lot with big investments banks. Must be kind of strange to sit on Oslo and watch your clients disappear. Most fun: Meet former colleagues.
jp11801 Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 Hiked after work, we have a nice little peak 5 miles from the office that's perfect for after work 5.6 miles out and back with 2200 ft elevation gain, not super hard but enough to get the heart pumping
Beefy Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 I bottled and canned! Started 4 weeks ago at a local microbrew. The cans are a very bitter, hoppy and aromatic pilsner. The bottles are a malty, but not sweet, dark lager. In addition to this, there are another 8 cans and 24 bottles in my main fridge
Hopstretch Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 That's a sight for sore eyes! I have all of one lonely bomber left over from the last batch of homebrew, so my own beer fridge is truly tragic to behold. On a happier note, the wife took me out to dinner at L'Espalier last night and I'd have to rank it as one of the better four hours of gorging of my life so far. The cheese service was fucking unbelievable. Today's menu, green tea and dry Wasa crackers, I think.
tyrion Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 My fridge is going to look like that next week when my order of Stone IPA, Arrogant Bastard, Bear Republic Racer 5 and Hot Rod Rye and last but not least Pliny the Elder.
tyrion Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 How was the run Mike? It went great. I was faster than usual since it was only 10 (I can say "only" when I'm regularly doing 12 to 18 the last couple of months), fast being a very relative term.
grawk Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 I've never seen homebrew canned before. Doesn't the heat required for the canning process hurt the beer?
guzziguy Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 That's a sight for sore eyes! I have all of one lonely bomber left over from the last batch of homebrew, so my own beer fridge is truly tragic to behold. On a happier note, the wife took me out to dinner at L'Espalier last night and I'd have to rank it as one of the better four hours of gorging of my life so far. The cheese service was fucking unbelievable. Today's menu, green tea and dry Wasa crackers, I think. I haven't been to L'Espalier since the early 80's. It's a really nice restaurant. Glad to see it's still going strong. There used to be a really nice French restaurant in Harvard too. I can't remember its name, but if it's still there, it's probably worth a visit. At least it used to be. Oh yeah. Beefy, the beer looks good too.
Hopstretch Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 They just moved out of that weird old Back Bay townhouse into purpose-built new digs on Boylston St. This week was shakedown week, but it doesn't seem like they're going to have any problems. The new kitchen would make Thomas Keller wet himself.
Hopstretch Posted September 20, 2008 Report Posted September 20, 2008 PS: Beefy -- saved! Father Beermas, aka my friend Brian, left three cases of brown ale outside the garage while I was at the park with the kids this afternoon. The note said he brewed too much to get through himself. I'm thinking either it's horrible or I was really good in a past life.
Beefy Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 PS: Beefy -- saved! Father Beermas, aka my friend Brian, left three cases of brown ale outside the garage while I was at the park with the kids this afternoon. The note said he brewed too much to get through himself. I'm thinking either it's horrible or I was really good in a past life. HEH! Good work! I've never seen homebrew canned before. Doesn't the heat required for the canning process hurt the beer? No, it is actually a really elegant little setup that doesn't require heating of the beer. An empty can without a lid is placed in a dispenser, it is purged with CO2 and then filled with pre-carbonated beer. You sit a lid on, put it in the canning machine that pushes the lid down while rotating the can. A wheel pushes on the edges of the lid as it rotates and seams/seals the can. I can imagine that the beer probably won't last as well as bottled beer...... but it isn't going to last that long anyway . The big bonus of the canning is that they stack so bloody well compared to bottles. MUCH less wasted fridge space.
grawk Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 I mostly carbonate in the bottle, because one of the things I really like about homebrew is you get hte nice smooth yeast fart co2 bubbles instead of the harsh chemically derived co2 bubbles
Augsburger Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Close encounter with a coyote this morning at the start of my morning ride. I thought coyotes were asleep by seven am, guess I was wrong. He was a pretty big mother and the most disconcerting thing was that he wasn't scared of me at all. He just walked in front of me while I rode and just kept looking at me, kept constant eye contact. finished the ride with a modest 1K of climb, visited starbucks for that caffeine pop then finished off my office speaker mod project.
guzziguy Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 They just moved out of that weird old Back Bay townhouse into purpose-built new digs on Boylston St. This week was shakedown week, but it doesn't seem like they're going to have any problems. The new kitchen would make Thomas Keller wet himself. I'll have to try it if and when I get back to the Boston area. I checked for the French restaurant in Harvard. It turns out that it's still there, but in Acton, not Harvard. I'm getting old and my memory isn't what it once was. Besides, it was more than 20 years ago. The restaurant is Le Lyonnais. It was quite good and the prices are quite reasonable. Do it in the summer and you can finish it off with some ice cream from Kimball Farms in Littleton.
Beefy Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 I mostly carbonate in the bottle, because one of the things I really like about homebrew is you get hte nice smooth yeast fart co2 bubbles instead of the harsh chemically derived co2 bubbles When I do homebrew I bottle condition as well. But this is microbrew done at U-Brew-It. Their facilities are far better than anything I could manage at home!
jinp6301 Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 yesterday, I went to a opening party thing for a children reading program where I had to monitor a human chess game. learned that making children stand still for extended periods of time is not fun then helped set up a birthday party for my roommate. all in all, a good day
DigiPete Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Worked at our Church's Annual Greek Festival. Yummy food and pastries, and the weather was great The bbq'ed lamb is what I always look forward to the most
Hopstretch Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 learned that making children stand still for extended periods of time do anything is not fun FTFY
grawk Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 The trick is to get the kids to want to do it, rather than make them. And not stress the "still" too much.
Salt Peanuts Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Did some laundry then went out for grocery shopping. Planning on playing Spore on my fiancee's computer in a bit.
Salt Peanuts Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Installed 3 motion sensing lights Damnit, you just reminded what I forgot to buy (bulbs for my motion/dark sensing light) at Home Depot.
Hopstretch Posted September 21, 2008 Report Posted September 21, 2008 Went for a run. We are having some classic early fall weather here. 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.
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