It got cold, very cold, this week but that didn’t stop me from cooking a batch of ESB … though maybe I should have.
The kettle was slow to the boil and I had break through a crust of ice on the water bucket I put out yesterday. Cooking an ESB with lots of fresh hops and did manage to get a five gallon batch to the carboy. Hoping the machanical room is warm enough for fermentation.
This morning we bundled up and went xmas tree hunting. Not, old school forest service trek with axe but nursery tree U-cut with their chainsaw. I like the idea of a U-cut because what doesn’t get cut is still growing. We found a small lot about 5 minutes west of Sandy on Hauglum Road, Noble fir $20 bucks each.
These two do look like braced for the blast of winter. No snow but it was a cold day in… Sandy … js
Score on the tree! We managed to get lights up before the winds blew Jay off the roof. Staying close to the fire now… tree will have to wait.