Author: Adam

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German Cardboard

Boardgame fanatics the world over know that Germany is the epicenter of our world. Sure, there are American publishers putting decent stuff out, but for fans of the Eurogame, Germany is where it’s at....

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Castle Crashing

After a few weeks of messed-up sleeping patterns thanks to a face full of new teeth, RAR seems to have settled down over the last few nights. Last night he fell asleep watching his...

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New Music

I toyed with calling this post ‘Newsic’, but it looks stupid, so I didn’t. I was in the gym yesterday (no, seriously) flicking through the music on my phone to find something to work-out...

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This recipe is Stol(l)en

Ok folks, my posting is less-than prolific of late, but there’s one I’ve got to do here – I have to preserve my favourite stollen recipe for posterity. Stollen, for the uninitiated, is a...

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A quick catch-up

It’s been one of those quiet times around here hasn’t it? It’s due to a mixture of not having too much to talk about and being crazy busy with work really, but I still...

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Back On Board

Now that the nights are drawing in at a rate of knots, and RAR is sleeping much, much better than he used to, I’m starting to get a bit of my old life back....

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Birthday Boy

I can hardly believe it, but my little boy is a year old. Where that year has gone, I couldn’t tell you, it’s gone by in a blur. Being the important little man he...

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A mild case of Goblins

Over the weekend I had a frantic few hours of brewing, which were very productive. I had two missions for the afternoon: 1. Bottle the fermented Hobgoblin. 2. Brew up a new batch of...

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Meanwhile, back at the Batcave…

A quick update from the brewcave. I had a few hours on Saturday afternoon, a big load of malt and some hops, so I got a brew done. I had a good Hobgoblin clone...

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Saffron Beer update

A week or so ago I brewed up a batch of light beer for an experiment. I’m trying to recreate the taste and smell of a Cornish Saffron Bun in a beer. Why? I’m...