bachelor weekend

Band of Horses kicked off their tour in Colorado, and I was sort of on the fence about going then they sold out pretty quick, and I was not too bummed. But then I scored a pair of freebies for the Denver show at the Ogden, so hey free show. They were good not great. I dug the material from their first album the most. Their newer stuff has a bit too much twang and starts to sound same-y after a while. But all in all, not bad for a free show on a tuesday.

Stepha went to Moab with the ladies for a half marathon so it was a bachelor weekend for me and the Ruggler. Friday night I just chilled out and caught up with some tele. Saturday, I headed up to Breck with Greg & Andy. It was the beginning of spring break, but the slopes were deserted. Our best guess was that everyone went to Vail because they reported 9", but the storm was really friday morning, hence our Breck choice. Vegged out the rest of the night with some more tele.



Sunday morning I stopped by hillside to wish my dad a happy b-day. When I got home, I finally got around to bottling my first batch of beer. The recipe I used was called Crested Butte Porter (Crestys), but since I added to the recipe by dry hopping the batch for a few weeks, I figured I had earned the right to call them Preo Cresty Porters (PCP). Anyway, naming aside, bottling was immensely satisfying. The batch yielded 6 bombers, and 35 regular bottles worth. Now I just have to wait another 3 weeks before I can try them out.

Drying the bottles after sanitization:



Lunch & boiled bottle caps:



Bottling bucket: