Jim Meeker's Web Log

Elite Brew Mistresses

Archeologists in southern Peru have uncovered a brewery dating to about 1000 A.D., and, in a new research paper, conclude that it was staffed by "elite brew mistresses" probably selected for their "beauty or nobility."'

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Where's Jim?

Sorry for not posting more often. My schedule has been brutal over the last few months. There's not much going on in my life right now other than work. Pictures of my new hobby are on my moblog. The aquarium is coming along slowly (a good thing in the marine aquarium world). I'm stuck on the ship for duty today. Grrrrrr.

podBeer.com

Beer lovers and brewers check out this new podcast.

http://www.podbeer.com

Article on the IE7 preview.

http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/06/23/ie7-preview-this-week/

Beer Breakfast at Sean Bolan's Pub

I recently went to the National Homebrewer's Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. One of the really cool events was the beer breakfast. The beer breakfast at Sean Bolan's Pub was outstanding. Four courses paired with four different beers. The food was all cooked in beer too.

First Course: Freshly baked bread with Boddington Herb Butter paired with Stoudt's Hefeweizen.

Second Course: Heavyweight Biere d'Arte Scotch Eggs with Allgauer Cambonator Dopplebock.

Third Course: 1/2 chicken on the bone marinated in Clay Pipe Hefeweizen with Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning. (See the picture)

Final Course: Cold Framboise and Honeydew soup with Oxford Class Raspberry Wheat beer.

They also let us keep the glasswear. I got a nice Chimay glass. The dopplebock was fantastic and I'm going to have to find some more of that.

Yumm.

Pictures on my Moblog.

What's that cool picture thingie?

It's from my TextAmerica moblog. It shows the last 12 pictures that I've uploaded there. You get a little script that you can paste into your own blog.

Catch 27

THIS is a fun site. It's kind of addictive. Check it out.

Big Brew Day

Today is Big Brew day. To celebrate I made my first all-grain beer from my Jenny's Red Ale recipe. Pictures on my moblog.

Science Blog

I found an interesting blog.

The Science Blog

It's Here, well mostly.

I got the all grain brewing system that I ordered today. All except the burner. It'll be here the end of next week. Anyway it's huge. Two big rubbermaid coolers and a 30 Quart brewpot.

Picture Here

I ordered a bunch of ingredients AND a 14 gallon conical fermenter so I should do my first all-grain batch next weekend.

New Phone and Moblog

Just got a brand new cell phone. It's a Motorola V710 with a camera so I figured I'd get me a moblog to go with it.

Cool Ad

I could spend hours watching the pictures follow my mouse around.

Multimedia PC

All throughout the deployment I was excited about getting a multimedia PC when I got home. Well I'm home and I don't need one now. I already have one.

Let me explain. It seems that the good folks at TiVo added some of the features that I wanted in a PC to their networking software. Now I can stream or download video recorded on my TiVo to my computer and watch it or even burn it to a DVD to watch later.

No need to buy a new PC.

Cool Stuff TiVo!

I Joined CASK

The Colonial Ale Smiths & Keggers, that is. I went to my first meeting on Thursday at the St. George Brewing Company here in town. Met a lot of local homebrewers and tasted a lot of good beer. I even won a can of seedless raspberry puree. Normally they meet at the Williamsburg Brewing Company. CASK is going to have a booth at Club night at the National Homebrewers Conference in June. I'll probably be giving them a hand there.

I ordered my All-Grain brewing system. But unfortunately it's on backorder. Grrrrrr. Jenny's Red Ale will have to wait. I also have the urge to make a Raspberry Sour Brown Ale. I can't wait for it to get here.

HOME!!!

Finally, after 5 months in the Persian Gulf and a month of transit time, I'm home.