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…








