NH Living

  • HomeBrew Batch #29 – Mustard Brown Ale
    Posted by on May 21st, 2013 at 2:21 pm, Comments: 0

    Today I brewed a mustard brown ale, working from Brooklyn Brewshop’s recipe.    I uploaded my quantities to Brewtoad (they bought Hopville): 2.5 gallon batch: mash [...]

  • The Most Exciting 8 Seconds of My Night
    Posted by on May 20th, 2013 at 8:49 am, Comments: 0

    Sorry to disappoint my readers who were hoping this was a post about premature ejaculation.   It’s not. This also isn’t a post about bull-riding, where [...]

  • The Difference Between Women and Men: Dog Poop Edition
    Posted by on May 8th, 2013 at 9:52 am, Comments: 0

    I just realized why our new foster dog was acting funny last night.   Nikko is normally like velcro – he follows you everywhere – but [...]

  • A Classic Homebrew Error: Forgot To Add Priming Sugar!
    Posted by on April 29th, 2013 at 2:31 pm, Comments: 0

    There are a number of common “disasters” that befall homebrew noobs, like the famous “grommet popped out and fell into my wort” situation that I [...]

  • Free Rooster Cold Call
    Posted by on April 14th, 2013 at 3:14 pm, Comments: 0

    Friday night my wife and I went out in the big-time partying city* of Concord, NH to celebrate my birthday with 3 other couples and [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #28 – Cream of Three Crops Ale
    Posted by on April 6th, 2013 at 1:14 pm, Comments: 0

    Astute readers will notice that I skipped over Batch #27… That’s because I re-brewed my smoked porter with some slight variations for batch #27 – [...]

  • A Dog’s Life
    Posted by on March 28th, 2013 at 5:11 pm, Comments: 0

    Friends of Kid Dynamite and regular readers of this blog will know that Mrs. Dynamite and I are, admittedly, Crazy Dog People.  We love our [...]

  • Drug War: The Maple Mafia
    Posted by on March 3rd, 2013 at 10:44 am, Comments: 0

    The Daily Show’s Jason Jones is at his best in this report about the Canadian Maple Syrup Syndicate:   The Daily Show with Jon Stewart [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #26 – Belgian Blonde
    Posted by on February 2nd, 2013 at 5:23 pm, Comments: 0

    I cobbed together this Belgian Blonde Ale recipe and brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of it this morning: Mash:  60 minutes at 156 degrees: 5lbs [...]

  • Homebrew Batch 25 – Maple Stout
    Posted by on January 29th, 2013 at 8:04 am, Comments: 0

    Yesterday I brewed my 25th batch of homebrew – a 2.5 gallon batch of what will eventually become a Maple Stout.   It was my standard [...]

  • The Beer Diaries – Chapters 19-22
    Posted by on December 4th, 2012 at 9:52 am, Comments: 0

    Chapter 19:  Apple Crisp Ale Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Apple Crisp Ale was interesting – a dark brown ale with a nice hint of apple due [...]

  • The Beer Diaries – Chapters 13-18
    Posted by on December 3rd, 2012 at 9:00 am, Comments: 0

    I’m consolidating several “Beer Diaries” posts that I’ve fallen behind on: Chapter 13: Peach Cobbler Ale This beer under-delivered on both the “peach” and the [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #24 – Winter White
    Posted by on November 23rd, 2012 at 9:16 am, Comments: 0

    Like the Winter Ale before it, my Winter White is neither especially “Wintery” nor “white.”  I called it “Winter White” because of the season, and [...]

  • Homebrew Batch # 23: Winter Ale
    Posted by on November 21st, 2012 at 7:35 am, Comments: 0

    This isn’t a traditional spiced winter ale, it’s just something I threw together from scratch – what’s the worst that could happen?  As usual, the [...]

  • Today I Slaughtered A Bull. A Real Bull – Not Some Stock Market Analogy
    Posted by on November 7th, 2012 at 4:20 pm, Comments: 0

    This morning I spent 7 hours with a neighbor helping another neighbor slaughter his senior bull.   This bull was about 10 years old, and his [...]

  • Traders – Can You Quantify Your Weasel Risk?
    Posted by on November 6th, 2012 at 2:51 pm, Comments: 0

    So I sit here watching my screens for TWO STRAIGHT DAYS waiting for the $VRNG – $GOOG verdict (I’m long a smattering of November calls). [...]

  • The Internet Runs on Gasoline
    Posted by on October 31st, 2012 at 9:07 am, Comments: 0

    We lost power at 10pm on Monday evening.  My generator kicked on quickly, and the cable and internet (both Comcast ($CMCSA: no positions) continued to [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #22 – Frankenstorm Peanut Butter Porter
    Posted by on October 29th, 2012 at 5:07 pm, Comments: 0

    As Hurricane Sandy’s effects blustered outside, the USPS delivered my PB2 powdered peanut butter, which meant that I could brew my Peanut Butter Porter. I [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #21: Smoked Porter
    Posted by on October 27th, 2012 at 5:47 pm, Comments: 0

    I used this recipe from HomeBrewTalk, and modified it a bit to account for my poor efficiency and 2 1/2 gallon batch size.   I went [...]

  • Homebrew Batch #20: Honey Basil Ale
    Posted by on September 23rd, 2012 at 3:56 pm, Comments: 0

    After harvesting massive amounts of basil from our garden last week, I had the idea of making a beer utilizing some of my bounty.   Mrs. [...]