One of my favorite blogs: boingboing asked for a critique of a logo change. My 2¢’s? The new logo looses a visual bouncing reference created by the letter height and whitespace. See what I mean below: Also, the before conforms to a smaller grid of pixels 7×45 if I’m not mistaken. The after would take […]

Our good friends Bryan and Sou had a second wedding this weekend. The first one was a summer event on the Oregon coast. This one was held in Tacoma near Sou’s family and included many Laotian traditions. Unfortunately, my camera didn’t do very well in the given lighting. Some of the photos are blurry and […]

THIS. From owl in box [Reynen’s Livejournal] via BoingBoing: Well… It reminded me of this picture that I never got around to posting. It was taken last summer on our first attempt to react the Bull of the Woods fire tower. We were cutting away logs to slowly advance up this dirt road, when all […]

So we decided to make hard pear cider (perry, or poiré) this year. There are some good recipes on the web, but very little documentation on the complete process. Hopefully this log of our process will fill in the gaps for you. Before we begin, here are some of the essentials. Type of fruit: Ripe, […]

My dad and I finally made it up to the Bull of the Woods Fire tower – one of the most remote in Oregon.

The last batch of beer was really good. So good in fact that I couldn’t bring myself to throw out the dregs left in the keg after the wedding. But, what was I to do with a quart of left-over, completely flat stout? Make ice cream, of course! Stout Ice Cream Recipe based on the […]

After the success of the last stout, I decided to brew up enough to keg for my upcoming nuptials. I even added a few more adjuncts – bringing the total amount of “grains” to lucky number 13. The brew includes barely, wheat, oats, amaranth, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, rice, corn, flax, sesame, sunflower and hazelnuts. I […]

Sorry Jamie, I just couldn’t help myself:

Finished off the last of the stout and decide to make a new batch. This time, inspired by the HUB Survival Stout, a bunch of extra grains were added. None were malted and only meant to add flavor – not sugars. I also plan to add some cold-brewed espresso when racked. OG was exactly 1.050. […]

The spruce beer has been bottled and it is awesome! Jamie racked it for me last week and snuck a sip for his trouble. He immediately called and tell me how good it was. Today we bottled and it was my chance to see what had been produced.  The beer is heavenly. In the carboy […]