Monday, September 1, 2008

Long Weekend Update

Long weekends are great, but don't we always want another day at the end. I know I do. On Saturday before the Huskers took the field we bottled our Black and Blue Brown Ale. Then on Sunday Marcie and I headed to Soaring Wings Vineyard in Springfield for the 2008 Mud Run. We did the 1 mile fun run and everything was going great until we were headed down a slope that preceded the 40 foot mud pit when Marcie stepped on some uneven ground and her ankle gave way. We headed back to Lincoln and the emergency care clinic took x-rays which revealed no fractures but a nasty sprain. At present time she is sitting on the couch with a bag of frozen vegetables on her wrapped ankle. Both of us were running about a 10 minute mile pace, which is ahead of her treadmill pace, but since she can barely walk right now, she will not be running for a while.

As unfortunate as her injury is, we weren't going to let it stop the rest of the weekend plans. We did go ahead and brew our vanilla porter again on Monday. We used the same kit that we purchased last time from Kirk's, but added 8oz of cara-pils to add body. We have become quite adept at the extract kit brewing process, enough that if needed, an extract could be done on a Friday after work if the weekend was going to be particularly busy. All in all, this brewing thing is fun.

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