I like this plan... Maybe I'll declare an extra birthday somewhere in the mix so that I can be part of the festivities. (Or, you know, offer up futon space for 1-3 of you, depending on whether or not Erin's succumbed to my Nortex offer and moved up here yet. We have 2 sleepable full size futons, with sheets even, and I am absurdly proud of this fact.) Also, dibs on birthday cake making, if any are to be made. (Or birthday cherry pie for Nora, perhaps.) If you like beer, you'll like Boston, this is a gross oversimplification, but mostly true. The book I mentioned above is less about homebrew than about pairing commercial beers (or at least commercial styles, against which you might compare a homebrew) with foods. We have an extensive homebrew library, too, and the best intro book, in my opinion, is one called Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher. It isn't the most "welcome to homebrewing, let me hold your hand" of the books, but it's full of all the basic science, lots of recipes, some history, tons and tons of excitement, exuberance, and advice. (It also caters to people who cook and think as I do -- associatively, and/or recipe-less, so be warned.) October is perfect, Nora's been missing east coast fall like crazy, and hopefully Oct 2006 won't be nearly so wet as 2005's, when I couldn't even gather enough leaves to ship her birthday presents.
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Date: 2006-01-04 12:50 pm (UTC)Also, dibs on birthday cake making, if any are to be made. (Or birthday cherry pie for Nora, perhaps.)
If you like beer, you'll like Boston, this is a gross oversimplification, but mostly true. The book I mentioned above is less about homebrew than about pairing commercial beers (or at least commercial styles, against which you might compare a homebrew) with foods. We have an extensive homebrew library, too, and the best intro book, in my opinion, is one called Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher. It isn't the most "welcome to homebrewing, let me hold your hand" of the books, but it's full of all the basic science, lots of recipes, some history, tons and tons of excitement, exuberance, and advice. (It also caters to people who cook and think as I do -- associatively, and/or recipe-less, so be warned.)
October is perfect, Nora's been missing east coast fall like crazy, and hopefully Oct 2006 won't be nearly so wet as 2005's, when I couldn't even gather enough leaves to ship her birthday presents.