http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:37:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mike and I brewed up our annual batches of Pumpkin ale on Sunday.  Mike picked up some small sugar pumpkins on Saturday (about 6 pounds worth), quartered them, and roasted them in the oven at around 400°.  After letting them get nice and soft and letting a bunch of the ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/09/30/pumpkin-ale/ It's back and it's fabulous!  This is where I'll be tonight - [caption id="attachment_176" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Belgian Beer Fest"][/caption] Steve was going to try and make it up here, but we just couldn't put it all together.  Mike and Notte will still be joining me, but if the weather keeps up, it ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/09/26/night-of-the-funk/ The local Boston homebrew club, the Wort Processors, had their September meeting this past Sunday.  I made the trek down the Minuteman Bikeway, getting off in Arlington and heading over into Medford to lend support for smoking some ribs.  I'm guessing I was the only person on the path that ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/09/25/wort-processors/ Fat Boy Deluxe Brewing has gone organic.  It was a pretty easy decision, a sack of organic grain is about $5 more than non-organic and that comes out to around 10 cents a pound more to go organic.  The next question is probably is it any better?  Well I can't ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/09/17/mainely-organic/ Last night was another quick ride on the Minutemand Bikepath.  There's a Wort homebrew club meeting this Sunday and I wanted to make sure I knew how to get there and back using the path.  Even though if you're going to get lost, having two panniers full of beer is ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/09/16/planning/ Been a while since I've been in here - you should see the level of spam!  Hmm, lot's I could write about, but not much of it really matters.  There was no SSWC08 after actually getting through registration and everything.  There was a lot of reasons for missing it, but ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/09/13/my-how-time-flies/ Wow, almost 2 months have gone by since the last post, insane. Time to add some air in the tires of this dusty thing. As I've said before, most of the time I post is due to getting a moment at work where I can jump online. ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/03/31/hi-im-davidand-you-are/ The Boston Globe just ran a really good article on Sheldon Brown, including a really nice photo of his family. Check it out here. More importantly though, they gave this bit of information: A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. March 2, at the First Unitarian Society ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/02/08/boston-globe-article/ Looks like the news is starting to circulate, Sheldon Brown has passed away from a massive heart attack.  Whether you prefer dirt to road or Sunday strolls to races, you've probably at one time or will in the future use information provided Sheldon.  He was a champion of all that ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/02/04/rip-sheldon-brown/ So I created a new page on the blog called Maps (see the tab above).  I thought it might be a good central repository for keeping my *.gpx files of the outdoor stuff I'm doing.  Right now I don't have a whole lot up there, just a few bike rides, ... http://www.fatboydeluxe.com/blog/2008/02/01/maps/