something coming soon.
When I can figure out how to get a list of the other posts in this category here, it will be. For now, just some pictures. =)
flickr stream.
Beer and not much else.
Sunday was an easy day, I went with Mom out to Little Saigon in The O.C.. We wandered the markets, had a tasty but gut-bomb pho lunch, and then I picked up a Buddha’s Hand tree. Pictures to come when I see some fruit.
Monday we brewed a fresh batch of beer, homebrewing being one of the hobbies around the house. This time we brewed a Blonde, and bottled our Marzen that I went overboard with the hops in. It took some time to get the valves flowing there was so much hop sediment in the bottom of the fermenter. We have 2 conical fermenters, which provide a much more pleasant brewing experience than carboys and racking. Monday dinner was leftover veggie lasagna.
Yesterday was work on the house day, I threw together some quick pasta sauce based on some Henry’s Vodka Creme. Not bad, but an odd consistency.
Today has been all about laundry. I think we’re having stir-fry for dinner. Tomorrow I may harvest some of the radishes from the roof and quick-pickle them. The spinach is also looking awesome, and I’m about to move some lettuce seedlings into larger pots. Still no action on my caper seeds. sigh
Slow days around the Tuscan homestead, things should pick up by next week as my sourdough starter finishes brewing and I can start baking with it.
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your thoughts on this post:
I think in many ways we’re pretty similar, with the gardening and Italian food, but also in DIY alcoholic beverage making. I’ve been making wine at home since 1999. At only one lesson per year, I’m still learning and have got a long way to go, but it goes with the whole grow it, cook it, make it Italian-esque living. Salute! Sounds like you’ve got quite the microbrewery going with the conicals. Do you carbonate in-bottle or by forced carbonation?
posted by: WineStuart | January 20, 2006 09:55 AM
We’re still pretty inexperienced with the beer making, but we have a great time doing it, and it’s fun to see how different things change the flavors of beer. Home science experiments. =) We do in-bottle carbonation, and so far we’ve been doing only extract brewing, no mash yet, although we’ve got a big lauter-tun for when we try.
posted by: brian | January 20, 2006 10:01 AM
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