So this has been a long wedding season this year. We have one more to go this coming weekend and thankfully this one is local. We’ll be playing host to much of the wedding party and it will be nice to see everyone again. Got the house ready this past weekend to house everyone, just gotta cut the grass and we’re all set to go. Fully expecting this coming weekend to go by at a furious pace. I’m hoping we’ll be able to find the time to fit in a game of Drinking Kart on the N64, but it’s not looking good. We actually decided to board the B-Man for the weekend since it’s just not fair to him to be alone for that much time. Hopefully they give him a bath, ha.
Kristin spent most of the weekend just playing catch up as she just finished her first week at her new job. A start-up being run by Steve Case…talk about stressful! They have her already doing things outside her comfort zone, so there should be a nice learning curve in her position. She’s going to have one hell of a skills toolbox when she’s done though…
Sunday morning I managed to rack the Damn Devil Double IPA into secondary. Way too smooth for a 12-13% beer. I used something like 8 ounces of hops in this batch and racked it onto another ounce of Crystal hops. The hoppy flavor and aroma is going to kick some ass on this one! After lunchtime I headed out to MD for October BURP homebrew club meeting. This month was the Dark Beers competition, basically any beer over 20 SRM qualified. This is different in that usually the competition is limited to a specific BJCP style, whereas there were multiple styles to compete against. I entered my Russian Imperial Stout that I brewed back in April. It’s had time to mature and mellow a bit since I last had it. Ended up pulling a 2nd place, not bad out of 17 entries. It was really good about 2 months after I brewed it, but I think some of the mellowing has actually made it more one dimensional and I wish it was a little more complex. As one judge said, it’s doesn’t quite live up to the aroma… After the meeting I racked my Imperial Porter into secondary on top of two vanilla beans…this beer smells amazing! Hope it’s ready for the Bliss.
Speaking of the Bootleggers Bliss, check out Spearmint’s art…not quite enough time to come up with a brand new logo, but hey, Big MEATS…Bootleggers Bliss…it all works out!
So we’re pretty much all set to go for the event. Just finishing up a few last details. Still time to get in touch and enter, but only a few spots left.
Been trying out a new experiment on the IF, took it 96er style. Big 29″ wheel up front, with a nice meaty 26″ in the rear. Rode some Frederick, MD trails and it handled really well. Didn’t seem as weird as the first time I jumped on a Karate Monkey. I’m much more comfortable doing logs and getting air with this setup than I was on the KM. Also gave it a shot out at Wakefield for a quick ride the other day. Managed to get in all of Wakefields trails in about 45 minutes. No issues with the bike, so I think I’ll keep this setup for a while. Might try and find a bigger 29″ meat for the front, but shy of that I think I’m set. Have to get some pics of the setup soon.
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