Tuesday dog blogging

My favorite blog and commenters are discussing the virtues of dogs vs. cats....so I offer you my buddy, Tito, the giant shrimp. He's a 20 lb "Chihuahua" we rescued. Although I have never owned a cat, I think Tito is more like a cat than any other dog I've seen. But, he is a dog and has disgusting dog habits, but for all that, I love him and I think the feeling is mutual.

On other matters, the pale ale from Sunday is in high krausen right now. Up to 65F but I don't think I'll need the blow-off. So it will probably be a huge mess when I get home tonight. Planning the next brew....have crushed up an oatmeal stout and I'll use the W. Yorkshire yeast for that. Should get the witbier bottled this week if time permits.

As for brewing liberally, take a minute to check out this page http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/Transcript_Page.aspx?ContentGuid=d7f52e21-cf46-4115-b397-ed1dc70fcdab

that was graciously shared by WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar. Why isn't there more of this? Why are the politcal shows dominated by right wing pundits and asshats? There need to be more smackdowns like this. Which is one reason I like to listen to Randi Rhodes, love her!

Digging out..............

It's been a loooong week here at the brewery. By the time you start digging out from 2 feet of snow and figure out where to put it, a nice Sunday brew starts to look pretty good. Just racked the Budvar pilsner. It already tastes pretty good and isn't that cloudy either. A new brewer might consider it ready to bottle now, but patience will really pay off. The cellar is hovering just above 50F, so I will probably lager this pilsner for at least 4 weeks. I could go longer but that will work, then another couple of weeks to carbonate, so it's still going to be some time before it's in my glass.
Today's brew is an American pale ale. I have been storing a Rogue "pacman" yeast since the end of December. So I'm making a very hoppy, light orange pale ale. The starting gravity looks like it's coming in at 1.060 so it'll take plenty of Sorachi Ace and Amarillo and a little leftover Columbus for the aroma.