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The Beermonger Shop

Deez — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:31:39 +0000

Quick post – there’s a new beer purveyor more- or- less in my neighborhood, The Beermonger. It’s great to see anyone making a go at it with a new business these days, and especially great to have another brew shop here in beervana. That being said, it looks like they’ve got some growing to do still, in terms of selection and decor. The good folks over at It’s Pub Night were at the opening, and wrote a good post about the night and the shop here.

Good Day

Deez — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:17:59 +0000

It was pretty close to 70 degrees up here on Sunday, and the first time Portland or I have been that warm since last summer/ early fall. We had a good productive, fun day. Along with getting the lawn mowed and some weeds pulled, I got a simple ‘trellis’ set up for my Chinook Hop plant – it’s still doing the best of the 3 plants, though all three are looking promising. Once the gang arrived, our awesome bottling team both bottled the last batch of brew (Nosferatu’s Return), and got a new batch of beer made (Bastard Rye IPA) – this one’s destined for the keg. I’ll post the recipe next. After brewing, we lit up the grill and pretended like it was summer. Here’s some pics from the day…

Brew your own stimulus package

Andy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:30:10 +0000

I’m not a fan of most email forwards but this one was good enough to share. It also has a ring of truth to it so while you were wringing your hands over failed investments there might have been other better things you could have been doing drinking.

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49.00 today.

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you will have $33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you will have $0.00 today.

But—- if you had purchased $1000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund…
you will have received $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It’s called the 401-Keg.

Too bad I don’t drink that many cans and end up saving most my bottles. However, this makes me ponder the true cost effectiveness of brewing at home. I know it has been covered before, but since each persons brewing and drinking habits vary, I wonder what the numbers could tell me?

If you brew at home and have crunched the numbers, let us know what you found out in the comments.