Stuff.

Well I have finally got around to editing the video we shot on our fall climbing trip. I have it in two parts. Here is Elephant Rocks.

Bouldering at Elephant Rocks. from Andy Rose on Vimeo.

Also be on the lookout for SOILL. I have in in higher quality on my computer, but for some reason when I try to upload it, my computer crashes. Not good.
Life has been ok recently. Yesterday was bad as we went to the gym and I felt like I climbed poorly and also seem to have injured a finger in the process. Not sure what it was, but it feels pretty sore today. Fortunately it is only a pinkie so I can probably still climb ok with it taped up.
I had to do laundry and katie suggested using our washer since it was warmer out. So I did. It filled up with water but then stopped working. So I had to take out all of my sopping wet and icy cold clothes and then drain the washer by hand as much as I could. Not very fun. And of course, I still ended up going to the laundry mat as I had planned. Probably took me about three hours to do one load. Awesome.
It was warmed up here in the past few days, but there is still snow on the ground anywhere that gets shade. I was hoping it would rain today and finish melting it, but it doesn't look like it is going to. Oh well.
I started my next beer which is happily bubbling away. I am making a Belgian strong ale, something in the vein of Duvel. It seemed pretty pricey for the ingredients, but pricing it out, each bottle should cost me about $1.20, which isn't bad considering a 12 oz bottle of Duvel is something like $5 retail.
Not sure what I will make next. I was thinking of doing a stout and using some peat smoked malt in the mash. But we will see.

Palindrome day.

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I bottled my next batch of beer today. It is a porter brewed with alot of traditional ingredients, basically everything but the kitchen sink. The recipe comes from the joy of homebrewing, and is supposedly the number one homebrew recipe in the world, though how anyone can claim such a thing is beyond me.
Tumultuous Porter
5 lbs plain dried dark malt extract
1 lb med crystal malt
1/4 lb black patent
1/4 lb roasted barley
1 oz chinook hops (boiling)
1/2 oz challenger hops (boiling)
1/2 oz cascade hops (finishing)
1 c brown sugar
1 c black strap molasses
2 tsp gypsum
1 lb corn sugar
1/2 oz grated licorice
1/2 tbl szechuan peppercorn
1 stick cinnamon
1/4 c crushed juniper berries
6 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 oz grated fresh ginger
1028 london ale yeast
3/4 c corn sugar (bottling)
og - 1.046-8
fg - 1.012-4
approx 5% abv
Whew. Long list of stuff. I can't wait to taste it once it has carbonated. I am not sure what I will make next. I have a few ideas.
There is still snow on the ground here so I haven't been riding in awhile. I am really itching to get out on my mtb though. The snow and cold is also making climbing outside not feasible. I have felt very strong at the spot the past few days. I guess that week off did me good.