Friday, August 03, 2007
Vacation: Days Four & Five
Thankfully, part of the fun of my stay-at-home vacation is spending very little time at my computer. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), that means very few updates to my blog.
On Thursday, Jacquie and I drove up to Vaughan to visit the Magnotta Winery/Brewery location. We took a tour, and I left with several bottles of wine and a six of three different Magnotta beers. In the evening, I continued the alcoholism trend by connecting with Kevin Tighe, president of the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association.
I've always been interested in homebrewing, but only recently have I started taking a more active interest (read: obsession) in brewing beer (and whatever) at home. I connected with Kevin through the CABA Website, and he was good enough to invite me to his home, serve me copious amounts of homebrew and answer all my newb questions.
And what's more, we both realized we'd seen each other before upon our first meeting. It took a few minutes to figure out where, but then Kevin figured it out. He works with Brad Tripp, and years ago when I still did the commuting thing with Rawl and Brad on the GO, I met Kevin (who I think had just moved to Durham at the time). Small world, and all that, eh?
Anyway, Kevin's a good guy, and he put up with me hanging out in his garage for a good three hours or so before he finally had to boot me out. I think I'm about ready to take the plunge on homebrewing. It could be a fun, new hobby -- and best of all, there could be half-decent (or even decent!) beer at the end of all that work.
Today, I pulled myself out of bed to go with Jacquie to the Metro Toronto Zoo. Man, those animals have been gettin' busy. There are baby animals everywhere. I got home, had a few beers and read through a book Kevin lent me, Homebrewing For Dummies (skipping all the intermediate and advanced stuff). I'm going to have to pick up a copy of the book for myself, as it seems pretty damn handy.
And now we're entering the long weekend, which really should be cause for occasion but feels more like the death rattle of my vacation.
On Thursday, Jacquie and I drove up to Vaughan to visit the Magnotta Winery/Brewery location. We took a tour, and I left with several bottles of wine and a six of three different Magnotta beers. In the evening, I continued the alcoholism trend by connecting with Kevin Tighe, president of the Canadian Amateur Brewers Association.
I've always been interested in homebrewing, but only recently have I started taking a more active interest (read: obsession) in brewing beer (and whatever) at home. I connected with Kevin through the CABA Website, and he was good enough to invite me to his home, serve me copious amounts of homebrew and answer all my newb questions.
And what's more, we both realized we'd seen each other before upon our first meeting. It took a few minutes to figure out where, but then Kevin figured it out. He works with Brad Tripp, and years ago when I still did the commuting thing with Rawl and Brad on the GO, I met Kevin (who I think had just moved to Durham at the time). Small world, and all that, eh?
Anyway, Kevin's a good guy, and he put up with me hanging out in his garage for a good three hours or so before he finally had to boot me out. I think I'm about ready to take the plunge on homebrewing. It could be a fun, new hobby -- and best of all, there could be half-decent (or even decent!) beer at the end of all that work.
Today, I pulled myself out of bed to go with Jacquie to the Metro Toronto Zoo. Man, those animals have been gettin' busy. There are baby animals everywhere. I got home, had a few beers and read through a book Kevin lent me, Homebrewing For Dummies (skipping all the intermediate and advanced stuff). I'm going to have to pick up a copy of the book for myself, as it seems pretty damn handy.
And now we're entering the long weekend, which really should be cause for occasion but feels more like the death rattle of my vacation.
// posted by Chris @ 5:04 PM 
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