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The Wife and I spent last Sunday in Talkeetna, Alaska...a beautiful blue sky day in the mid-70s, which is sweltering for us thick-blooded folk. While there, we took the “deluxe tour” of the Denali Brewery. Founded in 2009, they are now the second largest brewery in the state, behind the...

After weeks of searching and asking at the local spirit mongers, I finally found it...at the Base Exchange Shopette, of all places: I had a dram last night with a metric dollop of water. Not a terribly focused tasting but my first impression was floral nectar, honey, and spice on the nose...

Sitting on the deck and looking up at my now snow- and ice-free roof, I think back to last Saturday when it wasn't so ice-free. I was sitting in the "office" absorbed in some 3D modeling for a new project, when all hell started breaking loose. I thought at first that a plane had crashed into...

...and what have I been doing? Good questions. What with not smoking so many cigars in winter, moderating another forum, and throwing myself into woodworking over the past couple of years, I just fell off of the radar for a while...a while that turned into 2½ years. I know, I'm a shit. I...

To all my cigar smoking friends in the Anchorage area: now that the weather is finally nice, I'd like to set up a date in May to hold a whiskey herf at my place here in Peters Creek. I've reserved a small and eclectic selection of whiskeys for from which to choose: Buffalo Trace Kentucky...

Dry Aged and Smoked Rib Roast — After hearing about smoked prime rib from a customer, my wife suggested I take a crack at making one for us. So we bought a nice, untrimmed, select grade rib roast (3 bones worth) and dry aged it for two weeks. I then prepared it a day ahead of time. I trimmed...

On Saturday, October 9th, I attended my first formal bourbon tasting event at a local restaurant, The Spenard Roadhouse. The $40 ticket bought a seat to taste 5 whiskeys brought back from the bourbon chef's recent trip to Kentucky with a few appetizers in between. However, while the Roadhouse...

Somebody mentioned bacon in another thread which reminded me of dinner this past weekend. The Wife® and I dined at the Spenard Roadhouse Friday evening. Everything was great up until we had dessert. That's when things took a turn for the fantastic. I draw your attention to the following menu...

When The Wife® and I were last in Homer, we stopped for breakfast at the Two Sisters Bakery (a great little place!) where we had a killer pastry. Last night, we made our first attempt at replicating it...with some embellishment. The result was quite tasty... ...puff pastry filled with brie...

My Flyfishing Acquisition Disorder has flared up again. I've been in the market for a float tube since last fall, after the old girl developed another leak. So on Saturday, I headed off to the annual Great Alaska Sportsman Show in search of an Outcast Super Fat Cat. I searched the entire show...

Woohoo!!! The postman delivered the long-awaited upgrade to my shaving kit today. Not only did I finally get the Spanish point straight razor I've wanted, I upgraded the old brush and strop, too. Rooney 1/2 "Super Silvertip" shaving brush Tony Miller 3" Artisan latigo/linen strop Heribert...

Just a couple of the latest batches of home made sausage to come out of the smoker... Summer sausage: Kielbasa:

A few weeks ago, a Steller's Jay started hanging around the deck, scoring raw peanuts that The Wife® puts out for the the neighborhood squirrel. We had friends over for dinner on Labor Day weekend and while we were sitting on the deck, Jay showed up for more eats. Within the span of a few...

I'll be in Redondo Beach, California during the week of July 13th on goobermint business. I'm not sure of our exact evening agenda but I should be able to meet at least one evening: either the 14th, 15th, or 16th.

We dodged it as long as we could but we finally had ashfall from Mt. Redoubt over the weekend. Fortunately, it was very light and as of this morning, it was covered by a little bit of snow. (Click for larger images) Redoubt has been burping quite a bit today so it doesn't look to be...

One of these days, I'll get my act together and give a BOTL more notice. :blush: I'll be in Phoenix area on business next week...Monday afternoon through Friday morning...staying at the Tempe Mission Palms. From another recent thread, I learned I won't be very far from Stogie Cutters. Maybe...

I finally reached a milestone in our master bath remodeling project: the shower area is pretty much done. The last obstacle to putting the shower back in business was the shower door I installed today. After, the silicone bead cures overnight, we can shower upstairs again. Next week, I get to...

I'm late in sharing this with y'all but it's been a busy time and I just plumb forgot... It's no replacement for CP but I've been a member of an astronomy/science forum for several years. Just like my tenure here on CP, I'm not one those high post count kind of guys...but when I do post, I try...

While we Alaskans were recently herfing it up with him at our B&M, the subject of Moki's impending entry into the Fellowship of Fatherhood came up. He explained that he had it all figured out, about he and his wife were going to divide baby duties based on their schedules. After a mild fit of...

As I mentioned back in May, I'm planning to build a new PC with our annual dividend check. That's still a couple of months away but I've started putting my wish list together. I haven't been keeping up with component thrends lately, so I'd appreciate feedback on my tentative choices from the...