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DSC00598For what it is, here's my website! The Den is a place where I can share various things from my life with friends and family, near and far.  Its also a place where I can share my webserver itself with friends who have photos, opinion, or something else to put online.

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Beer Recipes

Submitted by chris on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 18:41

You might have noticed a couple of beer recipes being posted lately! Among the changes made during recent upgrades to my server, I've created a pretty simple way to store beer recipes for all the batches I brew.  While I've been brewing for about 16 years now, I don't think I'll post all the recipes from all the way back.

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Changes afoot at The Den

Submitted by chris on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 18:26

Hi Everyone!

You may have noticed a few things are looking different on the site - indeed its true! As I mentioned in a post about a year ago, I was eventually going to upgrade my server in many ways. Its been happening slowly, and finally the visible changes are underway. I've upgraded the server itself to the latest OS and gotten all the services working decently, and just recently I took the plunge and upgraded Drupal, the software that runs the whole site, to the latest release. 

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Shakey Visions

Submitted by chris on Sun, 03/29/2009 - 00:00

Beer Name: Shakey Visions
Style: 
Belgian Golden Ale
Date Brewed: 
Sun, 03/29/2009

Notes:

Started boil at 24qts (6 gals) for better hop utilization. Should do this more often, but requires boil-over diligence.

This was going to be a Kölsch, but  the wyeast kolsch yeast was kinda old - pkg'd in july 08. In fact, it was dead - transforming this beer into a belgian golden by adding 1 lb boiled candi sugar (in a 1/2c water) and pitching Wyeast Belgian Strong Ale yeast #1388. This raises the OG from 1.046 to about 1.055



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Lights Out

Submitted by chris on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 00:00

Beer Name: Lights Out
Style: 
Dry Stout
Date Brewed: 
Sun, 03/22/2009

Notes:

Very dark at brew time, nice molasses overtones, but just a hint.



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Rufous

Submitted by chris on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 01:00

Beer Name: Rufous
Style: 
IPA
Date Brewed: 
Sun, 03/01/2009

Notes:

very deep red color (hence the name)
Peppery hops, not as floral as the others



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Devil Dog

Submitted by chris on Sun, 01/18/2009 - 01:00

Beer Name: Devil Dog
Style: 
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Date Brewed: 
Sun, 01/18/2009
Brewed With: 
Victoria, Niklas, & Mio

Notes:

3 weeks in primary, and still very cloudy, and fermenting slowly. But, so tasty at racking - very fruity, with some tartness, and a hint of hop bitterness. Spicey tones. MMMmmm



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Avoiding storms in Brisbane

Submitted by chris on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 11:31

Tripper and Oliver
After three fun but too-short days in Adelaide, it was off to Brisbane to meet up with my friend Oliver.


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Friends old and new in Adelaide

Submitted by chris on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 09:48

After a couple of very fun weeks with the family in Belgrave, I headed off to Adelaide to visit my friends Aurelia and Brian, and their 18mo old son Orlando. I used to work with Aurelia at Reed, but a couple years after I moved to the Bay Area, they moved back to Aurelia's home town of Brighton (or as Brian calls it, Bri-Town :-) ) a beach suburb just south of Adelaide.

Chris & Orlando


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Australia photos and site info

Submitted by chris on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 09:24

Awaiting Departure
I've had all the photos from my trip to Australia posted for a while, but of course the holidays have been upon us and I suck at keeping this thing up to date - so I'm finally announcing it.  You'll find them at http://notlost.org/gallery/v/chris/travels/Oz08/ where there's one album for each city I visited.


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A snake not behind glass

Submitted by chris on Sun, 11/09/2008 - 23:06

Snake NOT behind glass
The Healesville Sanctuary is a branch of the Melbourne Zoo, out in the hills to the east. There one can find plenty of Australian fauna and flora without having to head out into the bush to find it. We headed up there on Sunday of my first weekend in Belgrave, a week after I'd arrived in Australia. I've got a decent selection of photos from there in the gallery, so have a look. The highlight of that day would have to have been one of the snakes that we saw.


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