The writing is on the wall!

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CONCHO: I remember visiting family in the Midwest (Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan) during summer and winter vacations. I grew up in Northern California, and I thought these folks were backward hicks compared to how we did things up in the Bay Area.

My grandma still had her Victory Garden from WWII and raised ducks and geese (along with other barnyard critters). She DID make her own ice cream (and my grandpa made beer!). Life there had a slower pace and people had a different value system (they didn’t worship money or things, but family, friends and God).

I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.[/quote]

I’m cracking open my first batch later this week.

Costco has a home brew kit for $99.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.[/quote]

I’m cracking open my first batch later this week.

Costco has a home brew kit for $99.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.[/quote]

I’m cracking open my first batch later this week.

Costco has a home brew kit for $99.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.[/quote]

I’m cracking open my first batch later this week.

Costco has a home brew kit for $99.

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.[/quote]

I’m cracking open my first batch later this week.

Costco has a home brew kit for $99.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Coop: My grandpa was old school German (from the old country) and used to make some great brews. He and a group of his friends in Racine, WI used to make different types of beer, depending on the season.

They’d make the heavier darks during the fall and winter and the lighter brews during the spring and summer. From about 12 years of age on, I got quite an education in all the various types of German, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, French and English beers.

Gramps disdained ALL American beers and most of the British ales, stouts, porters, etc.

The best beers (in his opinion) were German, Czech and Belgian (in that order).

There are some great resources on the web for recipes.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Coop: My grandpa was old school German (from the old country) and used to make some great brews. He and a group of his friends in Racine, WI used to make different types of beer, depending on the season.

They’d make the heavier darks during the fall and winter and the lighter brews during the spring and summer. From about 12 years of age on, I got quite an education in all the various types of German, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, French and English beers.

Gramps disdained ALL American beers and most of the British ales, stouts, porters, etc.

The best beers (in his opinion) were German, Czech and Belgian (in that order).

There are some great resources on the web for recipes.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Coop: My grandpa was old school German (from the old country) and used to make some great brews. He and a group of his friends in Racine, WI used to make different types of beer, depending on the season.

They’d make the heavier darks during the fall and winter and the lighter brews during the spring and summer. From about 12 years of age on, I got quite an education in all the various types of German, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, French and English beers.

Gramps disdained ALL American beers and most of the British ales, stouts, porters, etc.

The best beers (in his opinion) were German, Czech and Belgian (in that order).

There are some great resources on the web for recipes.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Coop: My grandpa was old school German (from the old country) and used to make some great brews. He and a group of his friends in Racine, WI used to make different types of beer, depending on the season.

They’d make the heavier darks during the fall and winter and the lighter brews during the spring and summer. From about 12 years of age on, I got quite an education in all the various types of German, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, French and English beers.

Gramps disdained ALL American beers and most of the British ales, stouts, porters, etc.

The best beers (in his opinion) were German, Czech and Belgian (in that order).

There are some great resources on the web for recipes.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Coop: My grandpa was old school German (from the old country) and used to make some great brews. He and a group of his friends in Racine, WI used to make different types of beer, depending on the season.

They’d make the heavier darks during the fall and winter and the lighter brews during the spring and summer. From about 12 years of age on, I got quite an education in all the various types of German, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, French and English beers.

Gramps disdained ALL American beers and most of the British ales, stouts, porters, etc.

The best beers (in his opinion) were German, Czech and Belgian (in that order).

There are some great resources on the web for recipes.

[blahblahblah]

I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.

Oh yeah, definitely. It’s nothing to be afraid of, that’s for sure.

I’m starting to suspect that a lot of this collapse fear you hear in the media is just the latest boogaboo to keep people running scared so that they are easily manipulated and fleeced. The War on Terra lasted for a little while and kept everyone good ‘n scared, then they tried to sell us Global Warming but that ain’t working so well since it is currently snowing in Dubai. There is also the old Peak Oil scenario, that one’s good too. Bottom line is, they trot this stuff out knowing that a bunch of geeks will read it on the internet and move their savings into gold or oil or euros or yen or whatever and then they make the market move the opposite way and run off with all the loot. I’m sure everyone here will tell me that I’m a fool and that the sky’s really falling and pretty soon Mad Max and the Humungous will be doing battle in an improvised Thunderdome in the Sports Arena but I’m not buying it. Is the economy crashing? Yep. Are we currently being ripped off? You betcha. Is the government inept, corrupt, and inefficient? No doubt. Are we all gonna die? Probably not.

Just my $0.02…

[blahblahblah]

I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.

Oh yeah, definitely. It’s nothing to be afraid of, that’s for sure.

I’m starting to suspect that a lot of this collapse fear you hear in the media is just the latest boogaboo to keep people running scared so that they are easily manipulated and fleeced. The War on Terra lasted for a little while and kept everyone good ‘n scared, then they tried to sell us Global Warming but that ain’t working so well since it is currently snowing in Dubai. There is also the old Peak Oil scenario, that one’s good too. Bottom line is, they trot this stuff out knowing that a bunch of geeks will read it on the internet and move their savings into gold or oil or euros or yen or whatever and then they make the market move the opposite way and run off with all the loot. I’m sure everyone here will tell me that I’m a fool and that the sky’s really falling and pretty soon Mad Max and the Humungous will be doing battle in an improvised Thunderdome in the Sports Arena but I’m not buying it. Is the economy crashing? Yep. Are we currently being ripped off? You betcha. Is the government inept, corrupt, and inefficient? No doubt. Are we all gonna die? Probably not.

Just my $0.02…

[blahblahblah]

I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.

Oh yeah, definitely. It’s nothing to be afraid of, that’s for sure.

I’m starting to suspect that a lot of this collapse fear you hear in the media is just the latest boogaboo to keep people running scared so that they are easily manipulated and fleeced. The War on Terra lasted for a little while and kept everyone good ‘n scared, then they tried to sell us Global Warming but that ain’t working so well since it is currently snowing in Dubai. There is also the old Peak Oil scenario, that one’s good too. Bottom line is, they trot this stuff out knowing that a bunch of geeks will read it on the internet and move their savings into gold or oil or euros or yen or whatever and then they make the market move the opposite way and run off with all the loot. I’m sure everyone here will tell me that I’m a fool and that the sky’s really falling and pretty soon Mad Max and the Humungous will be doing battle in an improvised Thunderdome in the Sports Arena but I’m not buying it. Is the economy crashing? Yep. Are we currently being ripped off? You betcha. Is the government inept, corrupt, and inefficient? No doubt. Are we all gonna die? Probably not.

Just my $0.02…

[blahblahblah]

I think a return to that style of life is actually a good thing. Especially the making your own beer part.

Oh yeah, definitely. It’s nothing to be afraid of, that’s for sure.

I’m starting to suspect that a lot of this collapse fear you hear in the media is just the latest boogaboo to keep people running scared so that they are easily manipulated and fleeced. The War on Terra lasted for a little while and kept everyone good ‘n scared, then they tried to sell us Global Warming but that ain’t working so well since it is currently snowing in Dubai. There is also the old Peak Oil scenario, that one’s good too. Bottom line is, they trot this stuff out knowing that a bunch of geeks will read it on the internet and move their savings into gold or oil or euros or yen or whatever and then they make the market move the opposite way and run off with all the loot. I’m sure everyone here will tell me that I’m a fool and that the sky’s really falling and pretty soon Mad Max and the Humungous will be doing battle in an improvised Thunderdome in the Sports Arena but I’m not buying it. Is the economy crashing? Yep. Are we currently being ripped off? You betcha. Is the government inept, corrupt, and inefficient? No doubt. Are we all gonna die? Probably not.

Just my $0.02…

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