Saturday, April 26, 2008

It's an Ale!



This is a nice pour of my first homemade beer. I brewed it one month ago today. I used a Brewer's Best basic kit, and followed a recipe from the book that came with it. I let it ferment in the primary for 2 weeks, then bottled. It could probably use another week of carbonation, but it already tastes pretty good.

Since I didn't use the full amount of malt extract, and put my flavoring hops in too early, it's very bitter, but also very light. Fortunately, a crisp, hoppy ale was exactly what I wanted to make, so I'm pretty happy with the results. Due to its bitterness and dryness, I'm calling it Saigo's Super Dry.

I've brewed two beers since then. I made an Oktoberfest from a Brewer's Best ingredient kit, and another pale ale of my own recipe. The Oktoberfest is currently clearing in a carboy, and the pale ale is aggressively fermenting in the primary. Next, I'm going to make an Oatmeal Stout from a kit, but will have to wait until I bottle my other two in about 3 weeks.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Jesse Ventura vs. O&A on 9/11 Conspiracy

Jesse Ventura was on Opie and Anthony today, and they got into a heated argument about 9/11 conspiracy. Before this segment, Jesse was making good libertarian points on other issues, but then he lost all credibility when he admitted to believing that the government planned the 9/11 attacks. Fortunately Opie, Anthony, and Jimmy challenged him on this, and it led to the following discussion:
Jesse Ventura vs O&A Audio Part 1
Jesse Ventura vs O&A Audio Part 2
Jesse Ventura vs O&A Audio Part 3

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Dino Rap

I don't know why, but this video rules.