Pete Czech

My theory on being a sports fan in NJ is that, if the team is from NJ, you must support them.  Otherwise it’s all up for grabs.  I don’t feel that because I’m close to NY I should be a Mets, Yankees, Giants or Jets fan.  I identify with NYC as much as I identify [...]

So, it took me this long to comment about the Devils/Rangers series.  Very disappointing…  I think in LIST form so here are my observations:

I hate the Rangers more than the Yankees.  There are players on the Yankees I can tolerate but I pretty much hate all the Rangers.  Though Drury is a class act, Avery [...]

I have 3 batches fermenting for the early spring…  All Northern Brewer kits: Bavarian Helles, Raspberry Wheat and the Patersbier.  Here are some observations:

I did a yeast starter for the helles (a lager).  This is completely necessary; if you don’t do a starter it takes like 5-10 days for activity to start in the fermenter.  [...]

I haven’t posted these because I was recovering from the FLU which I got while up in Vermont.  The flu that caused us to cancel our Parisian Vacation.  Sucks!  But check out these photos anyway: