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My brewing buddy Curt Bird and I live on the same street. The street is shaped somewhat like a horseshoe, and while our backyards don’t meet, they’re only a few houses apart. So when Curt’s out on his back porch brewing and drinking homemade beer, I can hear him from my back yard. The smell of the boiling wort was irresistable. Here’s pics of Curt and Bruce at their kettles.

I heard this the other night listening to a Brew Strong podcast. JZ and Chris White will have a new book this year, title I think “Everything You Need to Know about Yeast”.

This was taken at John Tipton’s house a couple years ago, and the pic has been on my fridge out in the garage getting wet and warped. Here’s a scan before it gets too messed up. From left to right is Vern Wolfe’s belly (Vern owned a small vineyard in California, is BJCP certified and is Alabama’s best meadmaker), Todd Swearingen (my sensei, but the student has become the masta), Adam Arnett (badass Marine Major.. don’t mess with him), John Doe (Brant doesn’t want the ABC Board to know that he is associated with law breakers, and since they are monitoring this website, I won’t provide his last name… It is definitely not Warren), me, and Scott Oberman (featured in the L.A. Times for his blatant Alabama law breaking).

It must be tough to be away from family. But I bet you have some really good friends over there. I hope you guys enjoy as much as you can while staying safe at the same time.