Beer: The everyman's beverage.

HI! kerrie here, reporting from the pappas kitchen as i venture into the great world of beer making. lauren has been kind and gentle thus far, seeing as i am as much help as her cat harvey. we're making a pale ale and i couldn't be more excited. well i'm already more excited because we have been researching all the other delicious beverages we will be making in the future. there has been a lot of number crunching and measuring out of things which i'm not at all good at, but i'm great at making a mess and having a good time.

So last time i made this beer it was good, but it lacked some body in the middle, so i just kind of made up new measurements, so we'll see... we'll see. Anyway we measured out the grains:



Then soaked them for 45 min at about 155f and now we've just added the malt:


and are waiting for it to boil, but not over boil which is common/likely.

and did in face happen.

Today i woke up and was like: what am i going to do with my life today? and then i got this text that said DAYLIGHT!! and i was like, 'What is this about?' but it was really the second text in a series about KMac never seeing me in the daylight, which is true. So Obvs i was like i've been trying to find time to do this for a week, so come over and we'll brew! But you have to leave at 4 because i have work. Then my mom busted in and was like "You're eating beef stew for lunch! i have a ton of it." and i was like, "Well Kmac's coming over." and she was like, "Well she's eating it too then- no exceptions." so good thing Kmac's not a veggie, or she and my mom would have had words.

I just got this book about bar-tending stuff, and it has some flair stuff in it including the Sex Pour, that KMac just discovered.
well, if you really want to impress your friends and family, the sex pour really is the only way to go. it's rather technical, but in a nutshell you swing the bottle around your head wildly and then pour a shot. BAM, you're a professional. you're welcome. apparently you should do it when there are no people or things around so you don't seriously injure anyone, but where's the flair in that? so, we've decided to hone our skills as flair bartenders and will be showcasing them at a backyard bbq near you. might i add, the scent of making beer is inexplicable and wonderful.

It is really nice, it smells like bread making but more intense. I can't wait.

so, nancy pappas is a saint. she made a delicious stew for us to consume, and i was able to enjoy it with homemade bread by the lovely lp and washed it all down with a lively glass of her homemade cider (luckily the cider didn't take her eye out when she popped the top). nothing like a 100% homemade meal, so fucking rustic it hurts.


True, but what can you do? Anyway at this point we're adding the hops every few minuets for flavor/aroma/alc.


And then we wait for it to cool, and i'll probs pitch the yeast when i get home from work tonight. Good times.

good times, indeed. i really had nothing of interest to add here, but sometimes i like talking just to talk, too. Who doesn't?