Adventures in brewing part 1. March 21, 2007
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So I recently decided I would give home brewing a whirl I had once thought about this shortly after graduating college, but because of my work schedule with travel and the rigor of life in the fast lane as it where I didn’t think I could maintain the level of interest in the subject as would be required to produce good beers. I have to make a note here to say that home brewing is about the taste and the craft, not about saving money or creating a beer to get drunk on. I want to create beers that are an amalgam of the commercially available products that I like. The home brew process is somewhat time consuming but your reward is when you open that first bottle and taste the fruits of your labor. As of late my life is still busy but things have backed off enough and I have a brewing buddy as their called who is helping me with the process. The principle of beer is very simple: extract sugars from some grain based source, utilize yeast to consume the sugar and convert it to alcohol. This is the most basic of steps and in most if not all cases will take you from a pile of raw ingredients to a finished product that is drinkable. I purchased a kit from a local brew shop that contained everything I needed to create a batch of beer, and most on-line and local shops will sell similar kits that make the process very painless. I highly recommend investing in such a kit simply because it makes things easy. Where I hope to explore what this craft has to offer is in creating a recipe that is truly my own. I will be describing and relaying my recipes as I go down this road and hopefully if I discover something great I can share it.
10ft Male Alligator Discovered in Kansas City Missouri. March 9, 2007
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Kansas City Missouri, March 9th 2007. A local man got out of bed this morning to give his cat her insulin shot only to discover what should have been whiskers the cat to be a 10ft long Alligator lurking in his kitchen. Luckly the man and whiskers the cat where able to escape and live to tell the tale. Animal control officials where able to remove the gator. Tim Jackson, animal control officer, speculated the alligator which has been known to be able to turn door knobs must have tried the yet unnamed man’s front door and discovered it to be unlocked. “The Gator was probably just looking for a snack and considering the refridgerator door was hanging open and several bottles of Tab where crushed there on the floor I think he found it!” Said Jackson.
This Gator home invasion marks the 15th such activity in the last 3 weeks. Officials have stated that people shouldn’t be alarmed. Gators which are normally only found in warm areas have been moving north because of global warming. It is recommended people lock their doors at night and make sure and keep any small children and pets inside.
