Category: Rants

Still… here… »

We’re still here, people… if you are. This Captain still drinks beer and thinks beer all the time. If you’re out there, beer readers… if you want us back here… oh, it shall be so.

ALERT: Campaign to End Beer-related Advertising »

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_10139682
Utah colleges pushing for ban on beer commercials
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/08/2008 12:32:34 PM MDT

PROVO – College officials in Utah are among those calling for an end to beer commercials during televised NCAA sporting events. 
Representatives from Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Utah State and Southern Utah have signed letters urging the ban.    
The effort is [...]

man, i got drunk »

So the other night I went to an O.A.R concert with Action Jackson. I knew nothing of O.A.R. other than that “crazy game of poker” song, which is just fantastic… which always makes me thinking of a someone starting a fist fight and flipping up the poker table for some reason. Anyway, since I didn’t [...]

Kolonel Tripel’s Homebrew Words of Wisdom »

Gather round children, for I come bearing words of encouragement, rather than disgrace (reference my Apocalypse post of two months ago). As we speak (or rather, as you read the words I previously typed… previous, that is, to right now! Right… NOW!), my freshly-brewed Dunkelweizen is busily bubbling away in the coat closet. I wanted [...]

A Tragic Beginning – the Hefeweizen That Never Was…. »

I can’t quite muster the courage to effectively write this post. Last night, at approximately 0230 PST, a loud, wet sort of pop announced the end of a hefeweizen that had barely begun. Brewed on Friday, the OG was solid at 1.042, the color was an even, red earthy base with a mighty amber froth. Hell, [...]

THE APOCALYPSE… in beer form »

I can’t believe it. I can’t f%&#ing believe it. I can’t F%&#ING BELIEVE IT!!! They all blew. THEY ALL BLEW! THE WHOLE G%#DAMN CABINET!!!
It is quite possible that I have discovered a source of energy that is renewable, organic, has the potential to free us from the grip of foreign oil, and will get you drunk. [...]

Halle-F’n-Lujah! »

After 13 days of uncertainty after bottling, I finally cracked this sergeant’s homebrewed IPA. Thank God all is well. Review to come!

I shout AT stout!!! »

Good afternoon, beervolk. Good? GOOD!? What’s so GOOD about it!? My stout… is… is… it’s stuck!!! That’s right I—Captain Beer—have a stuck fermentation! Oh, the humanity!
Did I shock the yeast when I pitched it? The wort seemed cool enough… did bacteria infect my precious fermenter? Oh dammit… dammit.
Anyway, I think I’m going to be OK… [...]

I shout of stout »

Friends, this weekend we brew our first dark brau* and good ‘ol Captain Beer is fired up about it. Our Belgian Wit came out wild and great, because we took the recipe and went nuts. This time? Lemme tell ya… I… like… may also be experimental. Dark beers should be more prevalent than they are. [...]

Blessed Be! Heineken Easypour! »

My birthday’s in five short months!!!
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