The Past Few Months

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

 

Well, unfortunately I haven’t been keeping up to date on this much… but I’m going to try to focus a little more on it. Obviously free time has been space… and my new year’s resolution was to help the Everything I Learned From Movies podcast to take off… and it kind has, we’re up to averaging about 50 downloads an episode when previously hitting 10 was pretty f**king awesome, so a big shout out to our fans!!! In the meantime though, let me catch you up on the… I guess ten weeks since Iceland.

 

First up was a quick trip up to Sacramento to have fun at Dinosaur Days at Sierra College, where they had a bunch of kid-friendly activities all in the name of learning about prehistoric animals… so Izzy & I loved it…

 

Then we had a table at Jack of All Trades in Oakland to sell Izzy’s wonderful wares…

 

We also stopped by the Torpedo Room in Berkeley to try samples of the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp 2017 Edition… as well as checking them & hundreds of other breweries at Beer Camp Across the World in Pier 48…

 

Then we ran up to Sacramento during the ballsiest heatwave to experience the annual Portuguese Festival & Parade…

 

  

But then we also decided to spend the night up there to check out Jackrabbit, YOLO & Bike Dog Breweries as well & spend a relaxing evening in a cheap hotel room…

 

A week or so later, we traveled to Utah for my brother’s wedding, but first Izzy, my mom, my grandma & I went to see my cousin Alicia in a production of “Hairspray” at the Grand Theatre!!! She was a fairly small part… but got the best lines in the show in my opinion… and the production value was quite amazing for as affordable as the show was. Check out the productions down there through Salt Lake Community College! They’re legit!

 

Then of course the event of the weekend… my Brother’s wedding!!!

Then over the last few weeks, Izzy’s art has been spreading all over the Bay Area with a quickness!!! You can find her at Treasure Island Flea Market…

 

Her Art is also on display at Elevation 66 Brewery through August…

 

Then we were also back at Jack of All Trades again…

 

Yes, it has been busy… but hey, we’re doing good things!!! So come check us out!!! Until next time, have a great day everybody!!!

Ketchup for Thanksgiving

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

 

Well damn… it’s been a few weeks… you may be wondering what the hell has happened to me since then? Well… here are a few things:

 

IRON BREWING!!! – As briefly mentioned last entry, Izzy & I are making Extinction Fennel Event for Ferment.Drink.Repeat’s Iron Brewer event… and it’s coming along great so wish us luck next week the judging.

 

We also started a Cider, kegged the California Common from Big Ben & Lone Cicerone, made a pair of SMASH beers, and FINALLY bottled our 2^nd barrel aged Imperial Stout (and it’s very whiskey-y). Here are some pictures of those adventures…

 

We’ve also had a booth at the Treasure Island Flea Market twice and have had a little weather each time… but overall, a pretty great experience where we made some money & learned things…

 

 

… and we also had a booth at the Jack of All Trades festival in Oakland, and going to do it again in just over a week! Here are some pictures of that…

 

 

Oh, there was also Halloween (mostly spent at the Flea Market) but we had fun at the Lake Lady’s Going Away Party…

 

There was also the California State Homebrewing Competition Finals at Anchor Brewing… and I was among the top winners, even though I didn’t enter a single beer this year. How you ask? Well, here are some pictures of the event, including some of my winnings from the raffle in which I entered $100 of tickets which include:

 

 

·         $50 gift card to Oak Barrel Brewcraft

·         $25 gift card & glass from Barrelhead Brewing

·         4 bottles of Speakeasy Brewing’s Scarface barrel aged Imperial Stout

·         Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest T-shirt

·         9 bottles of Henhouse Brewing’s Saison

·         11 bottles of Freewheel Brewing’s beer (4 different kinds)

·         2 bottles of Almanac Brewing’s Peach de Brettaville

 

…and then a few things that I got in the Anchor Gift Shop… so a pretty good day!

 

What else, what else? Oh yeah, one of the worst game show hosts in American history is now the President of the United States… no pictures of that.

 

We followed that surprise up two days later by watching one of our favorite comedians in the world, Dana Gould, at Punchline SF again. He’s always a treat and an incredible performer. If you don’t listen to his podcast, The Dana Gould Hour (never an hour), then you should absolutely start downloading and listening to it now. He’s just a very interesting & funny man with many layers! He also has great taste as he loved my “I didn’t mean to offend you… that was a bonus!” T-shirt that I was wearing that night. So much so that he liked my photo of him on Instagram which… is basically fantastic.

 

There was also the San Francisco Homebrewers Guild Annual Brewery Bus Tour which included stops at Uncommon Brewers in Santa Cruz…

 

Corralitos Brewing in Watsonville

 

Highway 1 Brewing in Pescadero

  

… and ended at Beach Chalet Restaurant & Brewery at Ocean Beach. Not quite the turnout of years past but… a great bunch & a great time was had by all on an otherwise pretty dreary& rainy day (which is also awesome).

 

I also received something unexpected… a 25^th Anniversary Letter hand signed by Mr. Bill Marriott himself!!! Yes, I know, I started early… like when I was 10 years old.

 

This past weekend, Wingman Scott came to visit and spent Thanksgiving with us… and we had a lot of fun hanging out with him, also a surprise visit from C&H&KJ on Black Friday, we had the booth at the Flea Market doing some pretty good business, and then on Sunday Scott & I met up with C for some Tailgating at the Oakland Raiders game…

 

As you can see, I’ve been pretty busy… and I’m trying to keep you