Pinewood Derby

This marks the second Pinewood derby that Josh has participated in. This is actually the first one that I have participated in because last year I was unable to attend with Josh as Tammy and I were fattening up in San Francisco.

I would say that this years event was a success, even though Josh didn't win any of his races. He came in 2nd in all of his races. I would have to say that I am getting a bit more accustomed to what is needed to be done to the cars in regards to prepping and making sure that it does as well as it can. I'm looking more forward to next years race now knowing what I know from this year. :)

Beer me

I have finally produced my own beer.

The picture above is a snapper of the bottles just after bottling. One more week and I will be able to chill and enjoy. Of course, there is the whole hoping it came out first before actually enjoying, but the journey to get there has been fun.

Tammy, my wonderful wife, bought me a brewing kit for our anniversary. It's not one of those 'Mr. Beer' kits either. I'm not quite ready to do everything from scratch, so the amount of brewing I'm doing consists of steeping the grains, boiling the wort, transferring to the fermentation container, transferring to the secondary fermentor (clarifying really) then bottling.

My first batch is a 'San Diego IPA' which is a recipe kit that contains everything you need in terms of ingredients to make a beer. I won't get into the details of the brewing process but it was a fun time and I can't wait to do it again.

Next up? Scorpion Tail Scottish Ale.

Oh, I'll post results of the first pour when it happens in a couple weeks.