Too Many Cooks

Man I haven’t posted anything here in quite some time, mostly ’cause I’ve been focused on other things, but something…

Suicide By Rollercoaster

Not that I’m ready to barrel-roll off this mortal coil, but if you had to go, this thing might be pretty cool. As I was saying in a twitter conversation with a friend a few minutes ago, I’d probably take this over being shot by robot Yul Brynner, given a choice of theme park deaths.…

HOPS! Oktoberfest (and other notes)

I should start this post by apologizing for never following up on all those Iron Brewer posts. You can bet that if I’d won, I’d have been all over it, but alas I did not. Amy Gentry, a fine Northwestern Indiana homebrewer whom I met at Three Floyds to trade bottles in person and save…

St. John of God update–A pile of rubble and a backhoe

I was riding my bike north on Racine yesterday when a well-dressed guy waiting at a bus stop yelled, “Hey! How much you want for that bike?” as I rode by, reaching into his pocket. “Good morning,” was my somewhat irrelevant response, and it wasn’t until I was past the guy that I processed what…

Iron Brewer Tasting Tonight!

You are probably sick of me going on and on about this Iron Brewer thing by now. Well I have good news for you. It’s coming to an end! The judges’ tasting was last night, and tonight is the contestants’ tasting and podcast. If you’re interested, you can follow here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/simplybeer (click the Batch 2 Round 6…

Iron Brewers announced, Midwest Brewers Fest coming up

The Batch 2 Round 6 brewers names were officially announced in a post late last night on the Iron Brewer website Batch 2 Round 6 Brewers & Bios on the Iron Brewer website In other news, I’m going to be volunteering with my homebrew club at the Midwest Brewers Fest in Plainfield, IL in late August.…