Too Many Cooks

Man I haven’t posted anything here in quite some time, mostly ’cause I’ve been focused on other things, but something…

Iron Brewer recipe, update

  It’s now been 11 days since I brewed my Iron Brewer entry. I’ve checked the gravity the last couple of days and it’s been pretty steady, within a couple points of where I imagined it would end up (and I was hoping it would finish a bit high as I’m looking for a bigger…

Weekend Brew Report – My Iron Brewer Entry

Yesterday I brewed my entry for Round 6 of Iron Brewer Batch 2. But let’s back up a minute. What’s Iron Brewer? Iron Brewer is a homebrew contest that I first read about last year and have been interested in participating in since the beginning.  Due to some e-mail issues and schedule conflicts, I was never…

St. John of God

I saw this post on the Chicagoist blog the other day and realized the church in question was right along the route I’ve been taking when doing the full bicycle commute lately. So this morning I stopped and took a picture. The area is fenced off and does not look safe so I doubt I’ll…

I am not Philip Seymour Hoffman either

…but it’s OK with me if you stop me on the street and say “Hey, it’s that guy from the Big Lebowski! Come on man, say ‘Dude’ for us, like in the movie!” It would be a change anyway. I keep seeing those posters for The Hangover 2 and I know the Zach Galifianakis comments…

A Bulleit Burning Bullitt: check out this bourbon powered car

Beautiful. Brilliant. Badass, even. But what a waste. “The car will run on almost any bourbon, but she really purrs on Maker’s Mark” said Nilsson. Oh. Well maybe it’s not such a waste after all. /bourbonsnob Read about it on the Kegworks Blog. I heard about it via the Finch’s Beer Company twitter account: @FinchBeer.