Monthly Archives: November 2005

Home sweet home

Finally back from EuroBSDCon in Basel, Switserland. It was a great conference, lots of good talks and lots of socializing ;) Basel itself is quite a nice town, especially the old center and the river, but it’s even more expensive than Denmark. The flights today went pretty smoothly, so I was home little over 4 hours after flying out of Basel to find not much snail mail, but a huge amount of email and it’s only been 5 days while I stilled checked the most important stuff during the conference. Tomorrow it’s back to work, through the snow.

The Real Erwin Lansing

As a continuation of the quest for The Real Tom Rhodes, this years question is: Who is The Real Erwin Lansing?

Pictures from EuroBSDCon

Have a look at the pictures from this years EuroBSDCon in Basel, Switserland. Please, don’t be fooled by their misrepresenting our mood so it actually looks like we have fun, this is serious work.

Yet another new ports committer: Tim Bishop

In a quiet moment at the DevSummit, I found some time to catch up on some of the portmgr mail. The vote for giving Tim Bishop a commit bit with clement as a mentor is now finished with a positive result. Wish them luck!

FreeBSD ports BOF at EuroBSDCon

It’s been quite a busy week with amongst others a meeting in our local UUG and the first “julefrokost” this weekend at the other side of the country. Right now, I’m just waiting for the bus to the airport on my way to this years EuroBSDCon in Basel, CH. Like last year, there will be a BOF on FreeBSD ports. If you have something to discuss or just are interested in hearing the discussion, see the wiki page on the BOF for more information. See you all there!

52. XXX Ale

7,5kg Fawcett Maris Otter

Mash for 90 min. @ 68°C

175g East Kent Goldings 6,4% for 60 min.

1026 WYeast British Cask Ale
20L
OG: 18,3 brix (1.075)
FG:
11 EBC
81 IBU

Notes:
Added 1 tsp. Burton water salts and no pH adjustment.
Based on Belhaven1871 (Old English)

XXX Ale

No, not XXX as in the top-level domain .xxx, but the old english term for a strong ale. Again a recipe based on a recipe from Old English Beers and how to make them (last on page) and brewed only from Fawcett Maris Otter malt and East Kent Goldings hops, this will be a strong beer of 7,5% vol. alcohol and lots of bitterness (81 IBU). More.

51. Capital brown ale

4kg Pale ale malt
500g Cara-hell
90g Dark crystal
45g Black patent

Mash for 60 min @ 68°C

35g Fuggles 4.8% alpha for 60 min.

16 IBU
23 EBC

Fermentation:
WYeast 1028 London Ale
22L
OG: 13.0 brix (1.053)

 beercalc

Capital Brown Ale

It’s been a few weeks since I last brewed, so high time to fire up the stove. A couple of months ago, there was a recipe in BYO magazine for a Capital Brown Ale clone, which was what I brewed. Now let’s wait a month or two for the beer to get ready for drinking.