Bottle the brew!

So today with some help from my good buddy Craig we bottled some of the home brew. Think I used too little priming sugar, but drink I will drink it!!!

Beer Brew - day 2.5

So we have some beautiful active fermentation which can barely be contained in the bucket...i have had to wrap it up in a blanket to keep it at the recommended temp which has made the lady a bit sour :-P

Beer brew - the Canadian Blonde

So after much deliberation I decided to give this brewing thing another go. With some inspiration from a recent visit to a craft beer fest...and payday...i managed to order the second batch of bear necessities which I did not have thirst time round. The site I used was www.beerlab.co.za - a wide range of goods at good price and cheap delivery.

My order of PVC hose, Canadian Blonde Malt Extract, Brew Enhancer #1 and a two lever bottle capper arrived on Thursday and all that was left was to get a Hydrometer and start prepping. I have been looking forward to brewing for weeks now watching youtube videos and reading up everything I can...really getting in the spirit of things.

Today after work I managed to get all the cleaning and sanitizing out the way and then hit the shops for some bottled water...just in case the tap adds a funny taste. All in all I had a good time, prepping, planning and finally starting off my batch.

Hopefully this one one reaches the bottles and eventually my mouth !..!,

Drumnastiks

Wow, this guy deserves a medal...



Check it!

Sprachen sie deutsh?

Scratching off another one on the list for 2013 - Inge and I attended our first in a series of German lessons at the Deutshe Schule in Tamboerskloof.

It is a beautiful building with amazing views of the city, harbour and mountain and definitely exceeded expectations! As for the lesson: the first one was pretty good and was the basic greetings scenario. We got homework...have not had that for a while.

Anyway, quite keen on this new experience and hoping to learn quite a bit from it.

Auf wiedersehen!

It's been a year already!?

Today, exactly one year ago marks the day we packed our two little Citi Golfs with all they could handle and made our way to Cape Town. The only certainty was that we had use of a bedroom for a week...otherwise Inge had a bit of savings and we had cars...

Fortunately for us we have managed to get quite a lot done in the first year: Inge and I each found a job, we have managed to land an epic flat near the beach, entertainment hotspots and work all at once! We have started to buy our own furniture and appliances and have found old lost friends amongst some of the re-united ones from back in PE.

As always this year has passed really quickly and we decided to celebrate this meaningful day in our lives starting with a climb of Lion's Head, heading off to the Waterfront for some craft beer and Subway lunch and finishing off the day back at the flat with the awesome view, home made Italian and a 2006 Webersburg Cab Sav we discovered when we first arrived in CT. It has been a really great day and we hope for many many more!

Thanks to everyone who has supported us and been kind/lucky enough to visit - for those that we love and have had to leave back in PE know that you are never forgotten...

Some pics from our day

XBox Live Gold

Some of the cheapest and best entertainment I've had!!! R50 per month to join the online gaming community...def worth at least a one month trial if you're a sceptic.

Ensure to register in the ZA region else you going to be paying R90 for the same thing after conversion. Oh and of course we do not have all the services available to us, but still worth it.

Word of warning: be sure to have plenty Hard drive space available as everything you open suddenly requires an update...not to mention all the cool downloadable demos and videos!!! And online gaming becomes quite addictive quite suddenly so be alert - especially when jamming up some Modern Warfare III bitches!

FRAG OUT !..!,