morning off

So for those of you who missed the news, a power cable blew out downtown, causing some fires underground and some manhole cover explosions. Apparently no one was hurt, which is good. The power went out for a bunch of the theater district and back bay, including the Hancock tower, where I work. That meant, in a nutshell, that I had the morning off. I spent it bottling my pumpkin ale. I do not have high hopes for it. The taste I had had a very bitter bite to it—too much pumpkin pie spice, methinks. It reminded me of the spice beer referenced in Dune. I checked the mirror and what do you know? My eyes had already turned blue!

Oh wait, that's a recessive gene, not a dependency on [spoiler alert!] dead worm.

Anyways, I got it bottled, cleaned everything up, and by that time things were getting back to normal, so I grabbed dunkin' donuts and a veggie sub at the local sub shop and headed in. This really worked out in my favor, since I had meant to bottle that this past weekend in order to get another batch brewed before I went home for Thanksgiving.

The post regarding that brew is forthcoming.