http://www.confucianbrewer.com Fermented Thoughts From A Brewing Monk In Transit Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:07:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brewed Beverage of Choice: A Stange of Rock Bottom Kolsch or a pot of green tea depending on the time of day... The ocean is a bitch! Try to control her, corral her, put a leash on her and you will lose her. She is a Bull Mastiff carrying you ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/07/01/the-ocean-is-a-bitch/ Brewed Beverage of Choice: A pot of Oolong Tea Some of you may have been wondering where I have gone to these past few weeks. For anyone who knows me I am very introspective and periods of quiet are quite normal for me. And that is where I ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/06/21/in-another-mans-wordsand-perhaps-i-have-found-a-voice/ Brewed Beverage of Choice: Henry's IPA in a polished pint glass Thelonius where the hell have you been? It has been far too long since last we met and I was beginning to worry. Perhaps we just missed each other on the bus, you getting off at 6th ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/06/21/i-found-my-friend-thelonius-sitting-at-the-counter-of-a-cafe/ Brewed Beverage of Choice: A Pot of Green Tea and the return of the Spring Sun The past few weeks have been chaotic to say the least, something that usually leads my mind to the far-reaches of the cosmos and returns with some ramblings of philosophy and a sense of ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/05/20/a-random-thought-and-notes-from-a-conversation/ Brewed Beverage of Choice: Any good pint you would like to drink during a philosophical discussion It has been a few days now and I believe it is time for the story that lead up to the previous statement about the talents of assholes. It is one of those ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/05/06/the-story-behind-the-last-post/ It takes talent to be an asshole...Thankfully I am talentless... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/05/03/a-mere-observation/ Brewed Beverage of Choice: A pot of Green Earl Grey Tea Got up at 8:15 this morning and after a while of diddlin’ ‘round doing this and that – more of this than of that – I decided to take the dog for a walk while the sun was still ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/04/15/inside-the-olio-of-the-morning/ Brewed Beverage of Choice: A Pint of Cask Conditioned Stumptown Porter from Lucky Lab Today as I was riding Tri-Met (Portland's local PubTrans) to run some errands, I pulled out the Northwest Brewing News from my bag and started reading. I have many guilty pleasures in my life including: ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/04/10/89/ Brewed Beverage of Choice:  A glass of Biere des Sans Coulettes Biere de Garde, La Choulette Earlier this year I gave you a list of my goals for the year as it comes to marketing myself as a brewer in Portland, Oregon.  I thought it would be a good idea to ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/04/06/shameless-self-promotion-for-the-selfless-part-2/ Brewed Beverage of Choice:  A Pint of Hopworks Seven Grain Stout For months I have been contemplating the idea of a beer style that was uniquely Portland.  That is right!  I am advocating adding another beer style to the 140+ styles already out there.  Munich has the Municher lager.  Vienna has ... http://www.confucianbrewer.com/2008/03/27/in-search-of-the-portland-beer-style/