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Happy Sunday/Easter, everyone! :) Blustery, rainy, chilly - thunderstorms on the way (supposedly). Enjoying an inside Sunday with a log on the fire, rewatching Father Brown Season 5, and a nice beer. Pizza Port Brewing - Swami's IPA

Happy Friday, everyone :) Chores are done, just chilling on a sunny afternoon and sipping a crisp IPA Brouwerij West Brewing - San Pedro, CA

Happy Sunday, everyone! :) Cloudy, windy, rainy, log on the fire, crockpot simmering, and enjoying a cold beer. Karl Strauss Tower IPA

It's a really good recipe - it's from when he was still doing shows for the Food Network - I saved it as a PDF. Not sure if it's still on-line. Alton's website has a slightly different recipe now. Here's the saved recipe I have: Ingredients 1/2 pound elbow macaroni 3 tablespoons butter 3...

I run my WSM without water and foil wrap the water pan with several layers of foil. After each cook before storing: 1. Scrape the grates, let the debris fall into the water pan and the base section 2. Remove the water pan and peel off the top 2 layers of foils that have grease and bits, re-foil...

We had both sons home for the weekend and they wanted ribs - so they got ribs. 2 Full racks of St. Louis ribs trimmed and rubbed for the WSM I had to mound the ribs over aluminum foil balls to get them to fit, WSM loaded up Harry Soo donut style with buried chunks of hickory and pecan Done...

Happy Sunday, everyone! :) A picture perfect Sunday here - enjoying another local beer (Vista, CA) BattleMage Brewing Co - Shroud of Mist/Hazy IPA It was a must buy just on the can! (y) It's really good!

Happy Saturday! :) Enjoying a quiet peaceful day at home with some jazz music and tasty beer. Burgers and grilled corn later for dinner. Full Count IPA from West Brew just up the road in Vista, CA. Thought it fit the mood with MLB about to start. Enjoy your day!

That is so cool! I hope your neighbor's son is successful - beer is a good thing! 👍

Happy Saturday, everyone! :) Went to Ballast Point Brewery/Restaurant yesterday for a late lunch and brews. Enjoyed a flight (right to left) Fathom IPA, Sculpin, Aloha Sculpin, and the Manta-Ray Double IPA The only difference between their flagship Sculpin and the Aloha Sculpin was the...

Check to see if the barrel section is out of round and check if the upper grate can wobble and fall in. I had that happen on my WSM with a rib cook. :oops::confused:

I'm in. (y)

Happy Sunday, everyone! Enjoying a quiet Sunday at home and one of the Stone Beers from Friday's visit to their Escondido brewery Hop Engineer w/ Riwaka single hop

Finally made it to Stone Brewing up in Escondido - it's been on my list of breweries to visit for a long time. Big full service restaurant, gift shop, brewery, and outside gardens. Looks empty but everyone was sitting outside enjoying a nice day and overlooking the garden/pond area -...

Happy Friday everyone! Found a new to me brewery in the Miramar area in San Diego (aka "Beer-a-Mar"). Fall Brewing - used to be the location for St Archer Brewing located in an industrial park area. Generous selection of beers, relaxing tasting room with a chill vibe, 80's punk/new wave sound...

I have a very distinct memory of that - I'm still recovering from that one.

From an age long ago, practically lost in the mists of time and distant memory... Mickey's wide mouth comes in 6paks - that's a lot of pizza dough ;)

Went to Harland Brewing Scripps Ranch/San Diego yesterday. The rain finally stopped and had a nice afternoon sampling a flight along with a pizza (wood fired food truck outside) From right to left Even Flow: West Coast IPA - Citra, Amarillo Cryo hops 6.7%ABV Indian Pale Whale: West Coast...

Went to Alesmith Brewing Co yesterday - one of the older craft beer establishments in San Diego. Nice day, small crowds, cool vibe. Sampled a flight while munching on sandwiches we brought (outside food ok, but food trucks do show up later in the afternoon). Came home with a growler of...

Every brewery I've been to in San Diego that doesn't serve food is ok with outside food. Most of the smaller breweries have contract food service like food trucks or limited kitchens for simple (but tasty) foods - even they still allow outside food. The big breweries like Karl Strauss or...