Happy Brew Year!
75 years ago yesterday, Prohibition was repealed, at least enough to allow for the sale of 3.2 beer, and Americans could once again enjoy the magical elixir of barley, hops, and yeast. While this would be a minor holiday to some, I was happy to embrace this occasion by cleaning and resealing the keggerator, a suitable exercise for the holiday. She poured flawlessly and I celebrated with a couple glasses of a homebrewed altbeir! A tasty way to start the new Brew Year!
So as with any New Years type celebration, resolutions are in order... My Brew Years resolutions for this year are:

1. To incorporate beer into my cooking more throughly and to experiment with it more as an accompaniment to the meals I create.
2. To share my brewing knowledge with as many people as are interested in learning or willing to listen to me ramble on
3. To appreciate the product more while relying on the effect less
4. To continue/ resurrect the sub 1.040 beer series of experiments for my homebrewed beer
5. To clear out the cellar of HB and commercial beers in anticipation of relocation.

So there ya have it, my Brew Years Resolutions! Maybe you, fair reader, will be lucky enough to celebrate and share in my adventures in beer this year!

Reclaiming my Blog

More than likely you don't want to know what has been going on in my life the last 18 months, so I'm just gonna roll like there was no interruption.
It was actually good to see Dan the past couple days. Lab's been quiet recently, only me, and the Diaz lab. It was refreshing to have some discussion of science and goals and stuff. But he's leaving again soon, ie tomorrow, and I'm totally good with that!
A couple weeks ago, I got to visit my family for Easter. John and Sarah hosted and presented us with a fine meal and tolerated the disruption of their routine most amicably. My niece Gigi is now about 20 months and is really cute. She's strong and smart but she's shy around men because John is the only man with whom she interacts regularly. Before I left I got a hi-five from her which made my day! She's really cute, I wish I could see her more often!
So that's the beginning of my reclamation project. Am I as angry and disillusioned as before, you bet! There will be plenty of rants and raves moving forward, but hopefully I won't offend more people than I already have!