Killer Eatz

I guess this is a “new hobby” year for me.  I started doing catering gigs as KillerEatz Catering, took up playing the drum set, and now am a home beer brewer.  Don’t ask my why beer, but I have been interested in alcohol for a long time, mainly from the consumer standpoint.  Kendall and I made wine for two vintages (we helped a real winemaker make wine) and still have 4 cases of our 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon in our cellar.  Wine to me is too dependent on mother nature.  I guess that is what makes it so interesting for some people in the production end of the wine business.  Too many variables and chemistry for me.  So I decided to try my hand at at batch of home brew beer.

Beer is made by a recipe, like most of the things I cook.  You use malt extract, grains, hops, water and yeast.  Though it has a few more ingredients than wine (grapes, air, bugs) it is not so dependent on weather and based on my first batch, not as easy to screw up!  I read a book, downloaded some other instructions, borrowed the equipment (thanks Ron) and visited the local home brewer store in San Luis Obispo.  The store owner was very helpful and put together all the ingredients for an American Pale Ale, measured out into individual containers and gave me an instruction sheet.  If you can follow instructions, you can brew beer.

I am not going to go into all the details of how I made my beer, but basically all I did was follow directions.  The art in this is when you decide to experiment with different hops, grains, malt extract and add other flavorings to get a unique individual brew.  That will come with time.  The beer sat for 7 days in a fermenter and is now in bottle.  Two more weeks and it will be ready to drink.

The beer recipe I used yielded 5 gallons of product, enough for 24 large bottles (basically two beers per bottle).  With good craft beer at $8.99 a six pack, home brew is a bargain.  That is until you really get into it and start buying more expensive equipment to make better beer in bigger batches.  This will become a sickness with me and eventually we will have to park our vehicles on the street to make room for the brewery in the garage.  Is that legal?

I’m off to my quilters club followed by a quick test flight for flying lessons.  I may raise a pig in the back yard.  ADHD anyone?

Later

Killer

Killer

New Tee Shirt

Sorry for not writing for a while, but I have been busy with other things like work. Oh, and for those of you lucky enough to see the Facebook post my wife did of me looking like I had a stroke on my drum kit, you can see what other pursuit has been keeping me busy.  She caught me on an off moment trying to learn a 4 part funk beat that had 3 hits to each part, so 12 basically different hits with both hands and feet.  Her video made me look like someone who does not have any control over any of their limbs.  Very funny Kendall.  Anyway, I have taking drum lessons and practicing long hours to improve.  There is a group of old guys out there needing a drummer, I just know it.  I even figured out that Hookem Horns hand thingy they do at rock concerts.  That only took me 5 tries to get right.

Back to the reason for the message.  I have a new logo!  Thanks to Yesterday’s Sportswear in Paso and their great art department, we have an updated look and even doing some tee shirts.  We are selling them at a couple of events we are doing in the next few weeks at local wineries (hint: Edward Sellers and Pianetta).  Get one while they last.

Killer

New Logo