My name is Mud

"But call me Alowishus Devadander Abercrombie. That's long for mud, so I've been told..."

This moment of Primus-lyric-inspired-randomness brought to you by the first mud run of the Fall. I'm sure the novelty will wear off, but it was slippery mucky fun today.

Boil-ocity

The boil isn't as pretty, but once you add the hops it sure smells good...

Purdy

I love the way the foam looks on the wort just as it comes to a boil...

Diamond Knot Brown Ale

Diamond Knot Brewing, Mukilteo, Washington
22oz bottle, 6%abv

I'm in the middle of brewing, so this will be brief: this is a very good brown ale, you should try it.

Silver Moon Brown Eyes Ale

American brown ale brewed with molasses.
22oz bottle, 7.5% abv.
Silver Moon Brewing, Bend, Oregon.

My brother-in-law Stafford and I are brewing a batch of brown ale tomorrow, so we picked up a few different browns to try. This one is decent, nothing super special. A bit light in color, and a bit hoppy. More like the Ninkasi double red ale than a brown. Good, just not a great brown. Could have a bit more dark malt character to balance out the hops.

HUB Abominable Winter Ale

Winter Ale
22oz bottle, 7.3%abv
Hopworks Urban Brewery, Portland, Oregon

This is quite different than most of the dark, malty Oregon winter ales. This is basically a strong, spicy IPA with a good malt background. Really tasty though, and a nice change. Oh and the cool label is a nice bonus too.

The verdict...

is still unknown. My sentence is a minimum three weeks with this cast if it's just the sprain and chipped bone they know about. At that time they'll x-ray again and determine if there's another fracture that they're not sure about now. If that's the case it'll be three more weeks in a new cast after that.

Could be worse...

Oh and I had to go with orange for the halloween season and to support the OSU Beavers.

Getting old sucks

So it turns out that falling off your skateboard hurts a ton more after 40. Who could've guessed?

Bridgeport Hop Harvest Ale

Fresh hop IPA, Bridgeport Brewing, Portland Oregon. 6.56%abv, 22oz bottle.

They bill this on the label as "fresh from field to brew in one hour" which seems true, and also as "imperial style" which doesn't really seem accurate. it's tasty, it's just not really an imperial IPA.

Hoppy nose and flavor, light to moderate maltiness, solidly bitter finish.

If you like the normal Bridgeport IPA, you'll like this. It's essentially a fresh-hopped slightly stronger version of that.