Race Day: Saturday, February 28, 2015 – 10am Driving to Eau Claire, WI, I felt a different mood than most higher priority races. I didn’t feel nervous, I didn’t have a specific goal, and I wasn’t scared of complete failure. This was to be a fun race. And a fun race it was! After qualifying […]
Read MoreBrew Day: 2/15/15 Bottle Day: 3/1/15 Original Gravity: 1.056 Final Gravity: 1.018 Estimated ABV: 4.99% Ingredients: 1 Lb. English Chocolate Malt 1 Lb. Briess Caramel 80L Malt 3 Lbs. Plain Extra Light Dry Malt Extract 3 Lbs. Dark Malt Extract Syrup 1 oz UK Fuggle hop pellets (5.1% alpha) 1 oz US Williamette hop pellets […]
Read MoreRace Day: Sunday, January 18, 2015 — 11:06am This race was number three of the weekend. Historically, I’ve noticed that snowshoe running is very physically taxing and I had never raced before. After 15k of hard racing the day before at the Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run, I was a little curious to see how […]
Read MoreRace Day: Saturday, January 17, 2015 — 9am This weekend was shaping up to be a pretty good test of endurance. The lineup was Freeze Yer Gizzard 5k, then the 10k an hour later, a 10k snowshoe race the next day, and capping it off with a Beer Mile. Four races in two days, and […]
Read MoreHike date: Thursday, January 15 – Friday, January 16, 2015 Location: Superior Hiking Trail (Lismore Road Parking lot to White Pine Campsite) Distance: ~1 mile out and back I am very happy and pleased to go out into the winter for another winter overnight camping trip. I wanted to venture out last year, but didn’t have […]
Read MoreRace Day: January 3, 2015 – 7am “This is fun to me.” After Wild Duluth 50k, I was pretty amped up on long running races and the whole ultramarathon scene. Tony, General Manager at Duluth Running Co., planted the seed in my mind after talking about this Tuscobia race in the middle of winter. The […]
Read MoreHike date: Saturday, December 6 – Sunday, December 7, 2014 Location: Superior Hiking Trail (Normanna Road Parking Lot to Fox Farm Pond Campsite) Distance: 8.5 miles out and back “As I sit in my sleeping bag with 5 shirts on, Diamond shivers behind me where my head will ultimately lay for the night.” – trail […]
Read MoreBrew Day: 12/10/14 Bottle Day: 12/31/14 Original Gravity: 1.060 Final Gravity: 1.024 Estimated ABV: 4.73% Ingredients: 6 lbs Dark Mart Extract Syrup 1 lb Briess Caramel 80L Malt 1 lb English Chocolate Malt 1 lb English Roasted Barley Malt ~5lbs Sweet Cherry Puree (About 1.75 cans) 1 oz UK Fuggle Hop Pellets (alpha 5.1%) 1 […]
Read MoreRace Day: October 18, 2014 — 8am Wild Duluth is the perfect 50k course. Saturday was the perfect day and I had a perfect race. I registered for the Wild Duluth 50k many months ago and knew I wanted to race it well. Therefore, I trained very specifically and with a high priority for this […]
Read MoreRace Day: October 11, 2014 – 8:30am I jumped in the Whistlestop Half Marathon after much, much deliberation. My priority race is the Wild Duluth 50k, which is only a week after Whistlestop, so the risk of injury or slow recovery is pretty high. Not to mention, it was $90 to register late. I wanted […]
Read MoreCider Collection Day: Sunday, October ? Pitched Yeast: October 16 Bottle Day: Original Gravity: 1.050 Final Gravity: Ingredients: A shit-ton of apples 5 teaspoons yeast nutrient 2.5 teaspoons pectic enzyme One packet of Safale-04 American Ale Yeast Instructions: 1. Arrive at Kris’s Cider Fest. Eat a lot of hot dogs. 2. Press a lot of […]
Read MoreBrew Day: 9/25/14 Bottle Day: 10/16/14 Original Gravity: 1.087 Final Gravity: 1.019 Estimated ABV: 8.93% Ingredients: 1 LB Chinook Hop Pellets 12 LBS Gold Malt Extract Syrup 1 Packet 1056 Wyeast American Ale Yeast 1 Tbsp Irish Moss 5 oz. priming sugar Instructions: Bottle Day — 9/25/14 1. Break yeast packet starter. 2. Boil 4 […]
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