Pellet heads!! What's up today?

STB hasn't been able to hibernate since the pellet roaster was installed, before that I actually could hibernate. Might get to hibernate this winter by doing in a 'saur or two instead of my pellets. Everything is ready to go.

 

I hear ya! These girls will be taking care of me so I will be taking care of them!

 

A word of advice to you who are in the throws of or will shortly be looking at bills from xyz school, remember if they don't have any of their skin in the game you are pouring your $$$ and your skin down the black hole, likely without any return.

 

I paid my own way, and even then I may have come pretty close to getting no return

 

I see, you studied beer drinking? Brewing man, brewing, not drinking provides a decent return

 

Kinda rough for a guy who doesn't press his own cider.

The mashing went easy. Using a bucket and a 2x4 actually worked really well. The whole family got in on it. The pressing....that was a whole other thing. If i decide to make large quantity's I'm thinking a better and or bigger press is in order. We had trouble with it this one. Additionally, this pass we used some cheesecloth we could find quickly so not ideal stuff. Ordered some nylon bags and see if that helps smooth out the operational difficulties.

 

I brewed my first batch ever in my dorm closet sophmore year. Drank all the profits!

 

Now you understand why I don't press my own cider.

I can take all the apples I can scrounge to a place a bit south of here and use a large press that all you do is load the apples, press a button and fill several bottles at a time, however I usually go up to Apple Acres and buy several gallons at the end of season, along the way to there I stop for a rather large dose of fried seafood washed down with a Tuckerman's. At the place that allows one to use their press it is $5.00/gallon to use their press.

 

Gloat now.......be sorry you did later.

 

Come on Pops....you know what the answer is: more HP!!

 

A bottle of octane booster doesn't cost that much. And warranty, shmarranty.....get 'er done so the kid can have some real fun!

 

OR.......convert it to run pure racing methanol!!!

 

Or pops can go on a diet and exercise program. Notice, I didn't use the word or.

 

Will likely leave the boat in until at least mid November. Usually don't pull until the shore ice threatens to grow into ice. Some of our best fishing has been Thanksgiving weekend.