Sunday Project — Cleaning the BBQ

This one has been a long time coming. Over the years, my bbq has become encrusted with grease, dirt, and leaves and started to lack the cooking efficiency it once had. I cleaned up the inside pretty easily using a steel wire brush and some sandpaper (on the gas vent holes), but the outside was a different story. Although it had been covered when not in use, the grill was caked in oil, grease, cobwebs, dirt, ect. After cleaning out the garage and finding an old can of engine degreaser, I thought it may be the perfect solution.

One Month Hop Update

It’s been about a month since I planted the hops, and let the record show that I’ve successfully sprouted all three hop rhizomes. The weather

Hop Update — Let there be light!

It looks like my hops are making some progress. With the recent heat wave in the SF bay, I’ve seen little sprouts start to peek out from beneath the soil in the pots. I’ve placed them

Blind Pig IPA – Bottling Day

I finally got around to bottling my Blind Pig IPA clone on 4/11, about 4 weeks after moving it to my secondary fermentor for dry hopping. It was probably a week or so more than needed, but I was busy and didn’t get around to it.

Growing hops in containers

So while waiting for my Blind Pig IPA clone to finish dry hopping, I received my order from MoreBeer.com of hop rhizomes. I ordered Cascade, Nugget, and Chinook. They all came in small bags that I put in the fridge until I found out how to grow these things.

Because we are renting a house, I wanted

Riding Dirty

Saw this whip on the drive home from work. What recession? People are still riding dirty in Oakland.

Quick Bedside Shelf Project

Yesterday I had the chance to knock off a quick and easy project by making a bedside shelf. The requirements for the shelf were only that it needed to hold an iphone, glass of water, and possibly a book. So in between NCAA basketball games, I headed over to Home Depot for a few supplies.

BMW Wheel Emblem Repair

So my quick project this weekend was to fix my missing BMW emblems that disappeared seemingly all at once from my wheels. I am convinced the wheel cleaner I had been using loosened the glue and they finally fell off on the drive to work. After looking at a replacement

Blind Pig IPA clone Dry Hopping

The Blind Pig IPA clone has been in the primary fermentor for 6 days and fermentation has slowed to a crawl (a bubble every 10 or so seconds). It’s time to move it to the secondary fermentor for dry hopping.

I sanitized all the equipment

St. Paddy’s Day

Happy St. Paddy’s day!! Hope you are enjoying some of this sweet nectar.