I am a little late in updating this thing- but last Friday’s activities could not be ignored any longer. DMB: Des Moines ’09! Lucky Turkey got to listen to her 3rd Dave Matthews Band concert during her time in Mommy’s belly (and yes, I checked and she had ears for all three concerts). This one was a little closer to home, which was very nice after the concert when I knew where I was going and made it there in a matter of minutes! Even with the concert being in Des Moines (not nearly the tailgating festivities as Alpine Valley, WI), we continued the tailgating tradition prior to the concert. The pregnant tailgater has decided that Des Moines has no idea how many porta potty’s are needed for tailgates- the 2 in our lot were not enough by a long shot (the same could be said about the bathrooms in the stadium as well). Other than the bathroom situation, the tailgating was a blast and the concert was great! I was very fun to continue our DMB tradition with friends Brad and LuCinda, but also add a few more newbies to the bunch. We hope Mike, Megan, Sue, Ben, Ryan and Crystal all had a great time at their first ever DMB concert (from what we have heard they did). Another fun thing about the night was that we got to see my brother and sister-in-law, who came from Iowa City to see the concert with a different group of friends. Here are a couple of pictures from the day and night:
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Beer, beer and wine!
Here is a picture of one of our Sunday activities from a few weeks ago: 
We did a similar thing this past weekend brewing up an Oatmeal Stout beer, bottling a Cream Ale beer (the white bucket in the above picture) and transferring the Australian Chardonnay (the yellow glass carboy on the left in the above picture). I guess you could say that I am getting prepared for after the baby is born and I can participate in adult drinks once again!
We have found that doing a number of different batches on the same day makes it much easier with the sanitation process. I believe this is our 3rd batch of beer this fall, and we have one more left to go (we are hoping to get it brewed next weekend if the weather is nice and our schedule permits it). The last time we brewed we had a incident with the turkey fryer (no, not the baby), and the gas-line creating a little bit of a flame (that could be an understatement). We cannot complain, after 28 batches our cheap Walmart turkey fryer was bound to call it quits and the only thing injured during the incident was the grill cover (easy to replace). Needless to say, we purchased a new fryer this morning from our favorite local brew supply store: Beer Crazy (check it out if you are in the DM area, not only do they sell brewing supplies and wine-making supplies but they have a very nice selection of specialty beers). Here is a picture of the new addition to our brewing supplies:
We love the new burner and it makes things much easier!
We did a similar thing this past weekend brewing up an Oatmeal Stout beer, bottling a Cream Ale beer (the white bucket in the above picture) and transferring the Australian Chardonnay (the yellow glass carboy on the left in the above picture). I guess you could say that I am getting prepared for after the baby is born and I can participate in adult drinks once again!We have found that doing a number of different batches on the same day makes it much easier with the sanitation process. I believe this is our 3rd batch of beer this fall, and we have one more left to go (we are hoping to get it brewed next weekend if the weather is nice and our schedule permits it). The last time we brewed we had a incident with the turkey fryer (no, not the baby), and the gas-line creating a little bit of a flame (that could be an understatement). We cannot complain, after 28 batches our cheap Walmart turkey fryer was bound to call it quits and the only thing injured during the incident was the grill cover (easy to replace). Needless to say, we purchased a new fryer this morning from our favorite local brew supply store: Beer Crazy (check it out if you are in the DM area, not only do they sell brewing supplies and wine-making supplies but they have a very nice selection of specialty beers). Here is a picture of the new addition to our brewing supplies:
We love the new burner and it makes things much easier!The next job is to figure out a "winery name" and label design for the wine- any suggestions?
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