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Finished Bottle

Label's screen printed. Now I need to figure out how to adhere paper to a bottle. I think spray adhesive is the only option. I think the paper I used may have been too thick and absorbent. Hmmmm

Talbrew No. 5 Sweet Amber

Tonight becky and me bottled the ale. I think she'll be posting some process photos soon. The bottles are all boxed up n' carbonating for the next two weeks. The last step is to use becky's gocco printer to make 44 of the fine labels you see on the box.

Can't wait to get drunk off of sweet sweet no. 5.

Mark, Brett

Mark rented a boat a while back and we tooled around the bay. What a great time that was. Cold though. Anyways - I posted a bunch of lomo's on flickr... click through to have a peek. If you don't have an account (and you aren't connected to me) you don't get to see all of them. I have taken to making a lot of photos private because I have become paranoid in my old age.

my new holga

i'd been talking incessantly about wanting a holga camera. jer finally had enough and got me one for christmas. yay! :) after forgetting to take the lens cap off for the first few, i finally starting capturing some of my first medium format pix. i really like medium format and may eventually have to graduate to an adult camera. in the meantime, the holga is awesome!

i took this pic in mendocino - an abandoned train in fort bragg.

?% Alc by Vol.

This afternoon I sat down and busted out the Talbrew label that I hope to print using Becky's Gocco screen printer. Maybe I can even convince her to help me. I think the batch will make about 30 beers... so thirty labels shouldn't be that impossible to pull off. I forgot how much I like graphic design, and can't wait to do the next.

Sweet Amber is her name, after the bad Metallica song, and Number Five just happens to be the best number to start with, because number one would make it seem like either a) I am an egomaniac and think my beer is number 1, or b) that I am a n00b and shouldn't be giving beer out to drink anyway. Erm... yeah, maybe it should be number 1 after all...

Again thanks to Becky for this awesome gift. I can't wait to post a picture of Becky, Me, Erica, Mark, and Brett all drinking a few of these badboys. Sweet, Sweeet Amber.

Also note that I have no idea how much alcohol will be in these puppies. Maybe I should look up how to measure that. Or maybe not. Fuck it.

Beer Makin'

Hopefully in a few weeks, we'll have some more pictures to show... but Becky bought me a beer kit for my birthday.

The day after Christmas I sat by the stove and boiled some 'fuggles' (a type of hops) mixed with some 'whirlfloo' - a clarifying agent, and 5 gallons of grain tea that will make us a good lot of amber beer.

By good lot, I mean 4 gallons or so. I have no idea how many bottles that is, but I am already commited to making 'Talbrew' labels using becky's gocco screen printer.

many rock

Happy new year errybody. We went to metallica the other week, which was epic. Becky posted this picture on her flickr site. Click the link to follow over to other images.

I haven't been good at keeping up with talblog for too many reasons this year. Hopefully we can all post a little something once in a while to keep people up-to-date on what is going on.

I'll be posting some info on my first music compilation I have done in a long time. I won't be sending out cds this time, so I have to figure out how to get something good up to share.

I am so glad it is 2009! happy new yarrrrrr!

Happy New Year!

Why the crab picture you ask? Because Jer had the great idea to have live dungeness crab on Xmas Eve and I think we should do it again, like tonight or something. Man it was soooooo good! And I usually don't like crab.

Hope everyone had a healthy, happy New Year's Eve and here is to a much, much better, wealthier, happier, healthier, successful, relaxing 2009. Miss you all. Don't be strangers.

xoxo,
Becky