Monday, July 25, 2011
There's really quite a bit of improvement, although I find that my higher mental faculties seem to have been masked out somewhat. Like I don't really care to analyse more. So maybe it's not too good a thing after all. In any case, this experiment will go on for at least 2 weeks.
It's good too, for right now I'm feeling really stretched out by work-related nonsense, and YX is too. Weekends seem to flit by way too quickly, and we find ourselves wishing each Sunday night that we'd wake to find that it's the weekend all over again. Must life be so difficult? Yes, I suppose, if we want our material comforts. Almost at the end of the halfway mark, but there's still a long, long journey to go even after these 6 months. Ever and anon, the same thought creeps in to seize me - what if I've had enough, what if I quit? Still waiting for that big break in life. Maybe I should take to buying a lottery ticket each time I pass by the mamashop.
Lychee beer wise, it's still fermenting away slowly. We'll see how it turns out! My pipeline is running a little dry - 2 kegs of Eclipse II, 1 keg of Hunnymoon, and the Haus Pale Ale is on tap now. I'm half-thinking of doing my first all-grain stout, but I'm worried it'll turn out sweet again like my previous extract batch. In any case, next up in line is a clone of Bell's 2 hearted ale. I've got the Centennial hops (a great deal off ebay!) and the Pacman yeast; I just need to find an opportunity to sneak in a fermenting fridge and I'll be set. I'm not too happy with the current fermentation temperatures - the yeast tends to throw out too much fruity esters. That's what happened to the Haus Pale Ale - it tasted a little like an American hefeweizen.
Wenky
6:50 AM
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