Category Archives: beers

Snowy Sunday

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That snow sky paid off, for a few hours anyway. I hustled out to get a fire started so I could drink some coffee in the snow.

We ended up with about 4 inches. This measurement was after it had been raining/sleeting a bit. It would have been a ton of snow if we’d gotten 5 degrees colder.

That morning coffee was the only time I left the house. I spent the evening working on this miso-marinated flank steak stir fry. It was a tasty but I already know what changes I’m making for next time.

Beer-in-the-snow postscript, because beer and firepits are like “peas and carrots”, as Forrest would say.

SaMcast 151 “The Money Fire”

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Streaming old TV, more improv podcasts, we go long on home automation and organization:

###Drinks!

###Followup and Footnotes

12BoC#7

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Chocolate Sombrero. I think “Mexican-Style” means pepper spicy. There might be something there but it’s pretty mild. The Prairie Bomb is my reference for this kind of thing.

It’s only okay.

12 Beers of Christmas 3 and 4

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I should spread them out more but I didn’t want a beer last night. Sorry.

Pecan Pie Porter is fun to say and easy to drink. I spent a winter getting into porters a few years ago. It’s a nice compromise where you get a lot of the maltiness of a big stout with a much lower ABV

This one was much more “porter” than “pecan pie”, which is a positive in my book.

Space Cake is a really great DIPA that I’ve had several times. At 9% it’s one to be wary of but, man, is it tasty.

This is the only one in the box so I’ll be fine.

12 Beers of Christmas Days 1 and 2

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We all got our own open-one-a-day calendars this year. Mine is from Clown Shoes Brewing. I haven’t had a ton of their beers but I have really enjoyed the ones I have.

Day One was a dry-hopped IPA. It’s a standard-issue style these days and this one was really tasty.

Day Two was a Bavarian-Style IPA. This is not a style I’ve had before and I don’t know that the Bavarians are known for their IPAs? I didn’t really like this one, but I soldiered through and finished it.