chicken dinner
pretty tasty boneless chicken thighs that I set out to thaw at 1400 in beer and water, didn't have enough beer to cover all of the chicken. Then I seared them in olive oil and butter, and smother them in half an onion, 4 roma tomatos, that I had soaked in wine while I was searing the chicken. On top of it all I put some portabello mushrooms and let the whole thing simmer while I rode my bike for 30 minutes.
I went out to register my car, I didn't have my renewal notice, beats me where it might be. I went to poway because there is always parking there. But after seeing the line I decided I should go home and try to find my renewal notice one more time so I could renew online instead.

Original gravity: 1.056

attenuation: 42.85

I moved the batch to the bedroom so I wouldn't keep seeing it and be tempted to contaminate the mix by countless testing. Since I do most of my living, including sleeping, in the living room it should be good idea. Of course it isn't helping, as things go if I don't set a schedule then I'll have tested the whole batch before I can bottle it. I know the flavor is the yeast will be making. It's going to be stout, so I can't wait to see what else is out there to try. I could have leona fashion a carboy cozy like mom use to make for the appliances in the kitchen as I was growing up.

More's furniture store called me this morning. They claim that my furniture won't be ready till beginning of January. Not really the best time for me and it kind of annoys me. I have to be back at work on the 27th of December. Of course if I ask pretty please I'm sure that I can get a day off for the delivery if I beg and pleade a bit, but that won't work after after the 7th. The ship will be going out for a start up cruise, to get our blood flowing again after such a long time on stand down. The biggest thing that annoys me is that if I'm going to spend a grand on furniture they should bend over backwards to make sure the damn thing gets here. I don't know maybe it's just I expect too much from a multimillion dollar corporation.

fg= 1.062

attenuation= 36.73

still not time to bottle. I wish it would hurry up so I could start the next batch. I might have to buy another carboy so I can make corrections that I made to this last batch. Now I know that once the bubbles stop doesn't mean that the brewing is finished. I have to first wait for the yeast to floculate. Than I'll check attenuation to make sure most of the sugar has been eaten by the yeast. I'll have to take precautions not to contaminate the mix since I'll have to open the vessle to take samples. I also found out how to use the racking cane. I discovered it works best when conneced to the siphon. It makes it useful in stopping the flow of beer without having to worry about it squirting all over the place.

batch 2

original gravity: 1.098

final gravity: 1.066