Last week and a bit

Its been a busy last few weeks since i last posted. lets see if i can recount anything, or at least the major highlights. going to most recently, was sheryl’s birthday party at her house in surrey. the whole Hepler hotel crew went, and there were lots of surrey folks there too. the highlight was karaoke, and with that i mean watching rafer sing. everyone had a great time, as you can see above. (ie. alvin rockin out) noa and i won a free weeding…

Litterbug show last night

We went to watch Litterbug last night at Pat’s pub on hastings, which is the band amelia is part of. it was a pretty good show, and we had fun. i thought it was kind of a waste being on a thursday, but thats my own preference. the pub had a brewery, which was highly disappointing. it hurt to drink their beer. i find it a real shame that a place has a nice brewery set up, and it goes to total waste. but i…

Willing accomplice in the creation of the hoppiest beer yet

So. here are the hops we are using in one batch of IPA. that giant ball of hop pellets are the bittering hops. its completely crazy. so, for those who dont know the story. theres a guy named clive at dan’s work. dan would bring him IPA’s (notoriously known for their hoppieness (and dan makes a good ipa)) and clive would try them. and he would say, you know dan, theres something missing. ohh, yeah, its HOPS. this went on a few times, every time…