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Christmas Beers

My lovely wife gifted me with a collection of individual beers for Christmas.  Her version of EPCOT around the world. Included in the batch were: Sapporo, Foster’s, Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, Duvel, Geary’s Autumn Ale, Red Stripe and Fuller’s 1845.  Now I shall ramble on about them: Sapporo is nice and light, nice to relax with after doing some physical work.  Foster’s (the good old oil can) was a nice easy drinking beer, nothing too special.  Geary’s Autumn Ale what can I say, Geary’s is a great little brewery in Maine, I have not had a beer from them that I did not like.  Red Stripe, a lot of people like it, but I have yet to really see the specialty in it, A little different taste, but nothing I would go out and buy a case of.  Fuller’s 1845, this was a good beer, if I could afford to drink this on a regular basis I would.  Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, says drink it now or drink it in a decade on the label, it’s just way too hoppy and has a way to long shelf life, I would not recommend this.  Finally Duval, comes in a corked bottle with yeast sediment on the bottom, I like this beer, good taste, good body, I typically enjoy these pint and half bottles with my Dad.  That’s all for now, thanks to my wife for making this beer tasting experience possible.

Urban Horseshoes (aka Washers game)

Today I started making a test washer box.  First item to do was miter the side walls, they were done on the table saw, basically because my table saw is a lot better than my miter saw.  After all four sides were cut, the base was cut based on the dimensions of the four sides put together.  Fortunately the design measurements proved to be accurate and the base was nice and square.  Finally for the day I cut the PVC pipe for the center.  Cutting a 4 1/2 in. pipe is not the easiest thing to do without the proper tools.  The table saw cannot go high enough.  The miter saw can cut deeper, but not all the way through.  I decided to use the miter saw with the 200 tooth blade installed.  With a stop block installed, the two cuts needed to cut through the pipe were accurate enough that a small bit of sanding will make the two cuts unnoticeable.  Since I had the miter saw set up, I cut 5 additional pieces for a wine rack project (to be discussed another day).  I will try to get some pictures up in the up coming days.