tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79037192011-04-21T18:30:40.740-07:00Mistynoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903719.post-1092235006001025892004-08-11T16:27:00.000-07:002004-08-11T07:36:46.000-07:00<span style="color:#cc66</h4><b>ur DN 11/8</b> <br /> <br />"I natt har stjärnhopen Persedierna sin kulmen. I bästa fall kommer vi att kunna se uppåt ett ett sextiotal "stjärnfall" i timmen."(<a href="http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=597<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7903719-109223500600102589?l=misticalkittyinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mistynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903719.post-1092235145497781642004-08-11T07:39:00.000-07:002004-08-11T07:39:05.496-07:00<span style="color:#cc66but here's a glimpse at my brewday. I had Army Reserve drill this weekend, so my goal was to begin brewing asap once I got home. Went to the grocery store, got my propane tank, a 6 pack of Sammy, and a new lawn chair. <br /> <br />Fired up the new King Kooker. Boy does she have a flame on her! I began heating up 4 gallons of water with my speciality grains. Got the temps around 155 and held for 30 min. Temp control is so much better with gas; I had little control with my old electric stove. Removed from heat and let steep another 10 minutes. <br /> <br />While the grains are steeping, it'll give me a moment to list the recipe. <br /> <br />Big River Brown Ale <br />3.3 lb Amber LME <br />3.3 lb Dark LME <br />12 oz Caramel 80 <br />2 oz Special B <br />2 oz Chocolate malt <br />1 oz Cascade (bittering) <br />1 oz fuggles (aroma - last 2 min) <br />1 tsp irish moss <br />Wyeast 1026 London Ale - made starter <br /> <br />I added the extract, which seemed to take forever to mix in. I should have heated closer to boiling before putting the extract in. While I was waiting for the wort to boil, I sliced open the Cascade bag and just sniffed. God I love this stuff. I had time to burn and I was getting bored, so I tried a little experiment. Before taking a swig of Sammy, I took a big whiff of the hops. The beer ended up tasting better. I could almost taste hops in the beer. But since smell is a large of our ability to taste, it makes sense. Try it sometime, it's fairly interesting. <br /> <br />Once my first hop additions were in, the boil really picked up. The single jet flame created a massive, rolling boil which eventually boiled over. The old adage "a watched pot never boils" couldn't be more wrong! I watched the whole thing climb over the top and down the sides. Even with the propane regulator right next to me, I couldn't lower it in time. Quite the mess. But it left a wonderful burnt malt smell and it wasn't too hard to clean up either. <br /> <br />I'm used to brewing in my old apartment. I could wash my carboy out in the bathroom tub while the wort was boiling away to help pass the time. Now logistics are different, to say the least. Brewing water comes from the upstairs kitchen, the kooker in on the basement patio, and the washing area is in the far corner of the basement. Next time I need to wash everything first and then enjoy my brew time. <br /> <br />One pleasant surprise is my near-perfect basement temperature. It hovers around 65 most of the day and night so my yeasties are happy to munch away. I'm used to fermenting around 72 with explosive fermentations that only last a day or so. My brown ale is<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7903719-109223514549778164?l=misticalkittyinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mistynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903719.post-1092134085717183392004-08-10T03:15:00.000-07:002004-08-10T03:34:45.716-07:00<span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Video Games que mais gosto: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Chrono Cross e Final Fantasy</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Livros que adoro: </span><span style="color:#000000;">"The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" (E.A. Poe); "Veronika Decide Morrer" (Paulo Coelho); "As Brumas de Avalon" (Marion Zimmer Bradley)</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Filmes que vi mais que uma vez: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Braveheart; The Ring; Ice Age; The Others</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Falando em video jogos, ja me disseram que sou parecida com: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Kid (Chrono Cross)</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Sonhos em termos profissionais: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Conseguir tirar o curso de enfermagem e editar um livro com meus poemas. </span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Tenho </span><span style="color:#cc66cc;">medo:</span><span style="color:#000000;"> solidao, de nao conseguir cantar nem dancar mais, morrer sem ter atingidos os meus objectivos.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Acredito em Deus: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Sim.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Disciplina favorita: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Biologia e Portugues.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Disciplina detestada: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Matematica.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*O que mais gosto de cozinhar: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Tudo</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Canal portugues que mais gosto: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Sic Radical</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Gostaria de fazer um dueto: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Com o vocalista dos Linkin Park, com a Amy dos Evanescence, com o Eamon, com o Usher.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Gostaria de dancar ao lado: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Ah, nao sei, mas tinha que ser alguem que dance muito bem.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Gosto de correr riscos?: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Sim</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Ja estive no meio de alguma loucura: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Sim, todos os veroes... e adoro! Gosto de fazer coisas que pouca gente tem coragem para fazer e de correr riscos.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Amigos verdadeiros?: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Tenho muitos...eles sabem quem sao! </span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Faco tudo por amizade?: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Quando e mesmo verdadeira, sim.</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Ja me arrependi de ter feito alguma coisa? </span><span style="color:#000000;">Ja</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Ja me arrependi de confiar demasiado em alguem?: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Sim</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Gosta de chorar em publico?: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Gostar,nao gosto...mas eu nao consigo esconder os meus sentimentos...</span> <br /> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Sitio para passar ferias em grande: </span><span style="color:#330033;">Ou com a Daniela e com a Vanessa em Burgau (Algarve), ou com meus amigos em Francelos (no norte de Portugal). Podem crer que nsao as melhores e mais loucas ferias que alguem pode ter!!!</span> <br /><span style="color:#330033;"></span> <br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">*Uma mensagem para os (verdadeiros) amigos: </span><span style="color:#000000;">Adoro-vos. Quando nao estou com voces, estou sempre cheia de saudades. Nao saem do meu pensamento!</span> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7903719-109213408571718339?l=misticalkittyinfo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mistynoreply@blogger.com0