I attended a funeral a few days ago for my Uncle Jim who I always got along with well. Jim enjoyed his Guinness and I have a soft spot in my heart for Guinness. At the funeral, I was talking to my cousin Anne who was in town to attend the funeral. Anne's father Frank is also an uncle I am fond of, but never had the opportunity to spend much time with (he lives in England). In the few times with him we enjoyed a few pints. Uncle Frank isn't doing so good either, so I figured I would brew something in honor of my two uncles.
I brewed a 1923 Courage Stout from Ron Pattinson's blog "Shut up about Barkley Perkins".
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2013/11/lets-brew-wednesday-1923-courage-stout.html
I love Ron's blog which contains his old brewing log research and an interesting view into his world.
Brew day went well and I just beat the deep freeze as a nasty cold front rolled in. Two days later we had a high of 7 degrees, coldest in a few decades.
Guinness, my chocolate lab of 13.5 years is also not doing so well. Here's a shot from when he was a puppy.
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