What R you doing today?

[Boatboy24]

Celebrating my birthday with a Prime NY strip and some Amarone tonight.

Tom: I'm using Bacchus on both the Carm and Malbec.

 

[ffemt128]

Most likely heading out to the Zoo with the family today. First thing in the morning when they open is the best time to go. It's going to be a brisk one today. May have to head up to Arsenal Cider and try out their Cranberry Cider.

 

[Hokapsig]

Finally home from a trip in Florida, though I was able to bring back 2 bottles of Key Limen wine for my wife's birthday. I enjoyed a nice D&O Cellars Malvasia Blanc, while my wife would only share a gulp out of a bottle of Running Wolf Winery Peach wine.

Off to celebrate the wife's birthday today, then to a grad party and working in DC tomorrow.

 

[GreginND]

Great day. Had about 25 people out to help plant vines. Couldn't have done it without them.

 

[Pumpkinman]

Boatboy - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

 

[ibglowin]

Fired up the smoker pit this AM. Marinated a whole pork tenderloin overnight in my blackberry-habenero sauce. Also threw on a small beef brisket as well as a couple of slabs of baby back ribs. I figure if I am going to all the trouble to fire this bad boy up for the day, going to make it worth the while. Cooking over a mixture of pecan, apple, cherry.

 

[grapeman]

Mmmmmm. Meaty goodness.

 

[Runningwolf]

That looks awesome Mike!

 

[olusteebus]

I racked 21 gallons of wine. Pitched the yeast on 5 gallons of blackberry jam wine that I will blend with 6 gallons of muscadine that is ready.

I am also grieving. I busted my first and last carboy! Full of white grape and peach skeeter pee. Man I was looking forward to that.

 

[jamesngalveston]

testing sediment

 

[Pumpkinman]

Mike, damn that looks good!
olusteebus, sorry to hear about the lost carboy and wine.

 

[CBell]

Drove to Boston today to pick up 5 Orchard Breezin kits and a few extra carboys on the cheap from someone who bought and then didn't want them. Probably starting up one of the kits tonight but I am still sans hydrometer and all the brew shops were closed on Sunday, so maybe waiting until Tuesday so I will have accurate readings.

Also racked a Cab kit and a Welch's juice wine off their lees and oak for some further aging.

 

[Hokapsig]

Stuck working in DC today so that I can attend my wife's, son's and sister in laws birthdays with a belated Mother's day celebration. Hopefully we can bottle 5 gallons of Cranberry Pomegranate tomorrow, as I need to backsweeten the Skeeter Pee and 11 more gallons of Cran Pom.

 

[Hokapsig]

and olus, be careful. Losing carboys sometime comes in 2's as I found out.....

GRRRRRR.....

 

[Boatboy24]

Boatboy - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Thanks Tom. Here's the meal I mentioned. Prime NY Strip with crab stuffed portabellas, corn on the cob and Caesar salad.

Once a year, I splurge on a prime or Wagyu steak - they are heavenly.

 

[Pumpkinman]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[vacuumpumpman]

BoatBoy -,
I noticed that there was more wine missing than everything else - LOL

 

[Runningwolf]

OMG that looks so good!

 

[ibglowin]

I second the fact that that definitely looks good enough to eat. Nice job!

 

[ibglowin]

Here is a snap from last nights BBQapalooza....

We had grilled corn on the cob, potato salad, watermelon/cucumber salad and of course a little WINE!