Counting down and stirring up some home-brew goodness

We have officially hit the third trimester for Baby Turkey! 12 weeks left and counting down. The baby’s room is pretty much complete, and as Nick puts it: “It looks like a baby’s room now!” Not sure what it was looking like before. I also had my glucose test earlier this week, and with no call from the lab- I must have passed! Thank goodness for me, and the lab tech that said she really hoped I passed because she did not want to have to take blood out of my hand that many times in one day. Baby seems to be growing fine and we are now onto our every other week Dr. appointments- let the fun begin.

With the end in sight (sort of), and the summer turning cool it was time to get active with our brewing once again! Nick ordered up his favorite from last year, a Peat Smoked Porter. I ordered a new brew, a Cream Ale that is supposed to be a good beer after mowing the lawn (which doesn’t really make sense because I don’t mow the lawn, nor will the lawn need to be mowed by the time the beer is ready for consumption.) We brewed up Nick’s batch last weekend, and will start mine this weekend. Don’t worry, the beer will not be ready to be drank until around the time the baby is here- I may have to be tempted for a week or so, but not much longer than that. I am thinking I am going to put more of mine in growler containers (see picture) so I can open one and have small bits at a time without having to drink a whole bottle. And who knows, Nick may opt to help me drink it as well. It was very fun to get back into the brewing business again, as we have taken most of the year off with the pregnancy.

If you are in the neighborhood around the holidays, we should have a little one to hold and some homebrews to drink- until then the homebrew stash is getting a little low and the baby just kicks in my tummy.