johan's Journal

I went for a 30-mile (bike) ride this morning. My third ride this year. (Which is also my third ride in the past week.) I am really out of shape. Sitting in a chair and typing for a living is not really good on-the-job exercise, except for your fingers. I got all the way to the District, but haven't figured out a bike friendly way to go any further after i get to about Bladensburg on the trail from College Park. (Along the Anacostia river.)

As of about 0700 this morning, the vapor-lock is in the Declaration of Cherry Ale, and the blow-off hose is out. It's already beginning to fall clear. I'm a little concerned that the fermentation is too short. It'll get another fermentation when we rack to the other carboy full of cherries, but still...

Started brewing "Declaration of Cherry Ale" yesterday night. Still haven't decided on the name. Went to see the Greenbelt fireworks last night at "Lake Greenbelt," which was pretty cool, but the ducks didn't seem to enjoy them very much. It's very humid and more than a little hot right now.

So today, i decided to begin an online journal. Oddly enough, at the moment, i feel compelled to write absolutely nothing.