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Browsing Posts published in May, 2009

So, I guess there were someĀ  articles published a while back that suggested that if mothers controlled what their kids ate, the kids got fat later in life. Um, what? This new study says that those articles were a bit off–instead they took a mother’s response to her child’s weight gain (more control over what [...]

I was glad the barleywine did not become infected because it blew the airlock off the first night of fermentation. I was fairly confident it was safe since it was just expelling trub and krausen. I don’t normally ferment in carboys any more so didn’t have a blow-off tube. This is what remains after racking. [...]

Last Friday, minutes before leaving for a beer-judging weekend trip to Oakland, CA, I kegged this year’s Gnarly Barleywine. Even though it has been four years since the first and last time I made this barleywine, I call it “this year’s” barleywine because it is a good enough recipe that I would like to make [...]

So it’s 11:54 pm on Sunday, May 10, 2009. It’s the last 6 minutes of mother’s day. It really was a great day, you know? I emailed students, I did a small organizational project I’ve wanted to do, and I spent all day with Dean. It was generally nice. I called my mom, of course, [...]