Yet another

I found another bike I want.
Diamondback Scapegoat. Yes.
http://www.diamondback.com/bikes/mtn-full-suspension/scapegoat-09/
It retails for $5,200 so I better start saving my pennies! :)

SNOW

OK, it is March 31st and the snow needs to stop. It is really beautiful to watch from inside the nice warm library, but I really think it should all just go away. I want to ride my bicycles! I really wish I would have ridden to school today because my bus missed the transfer to the other bus to get to campus today so I had to walk from downtown to campus. I hate walking! Whenever I walk anywhere, the only thing I think about is how much faster I could be going on a bike. Snow is just such a bummer because now the single track is going to take even longer to dry out. Lame.
Well, I better get back to writing my 10 page paper that is due tomorrow. Haven't exactly written anything yet...

Duvel

My Duvel did not turn out as planned. It tastes like a mixture between a Belgian and Blue Moon. There is way too much sugar left, and the poor little yeasties had too much trouble and they just couldn't pull through. My target alcohol was 8.5%, but I think I'm at about 4.5%. Also, I did not mix the priming sugar enough and now some of the bottles are volcanoes.

I was hoping to enter this beer in March Mashness, but I did not. It is quite a dissapointment to spend a lot of time and money on a beer and have it turn out poorly. It is still drinkable, but not what I was planning on. I think I am going to take a simpler, cheaper route next time instead of getting too far ahead of myself. Still, for my second batch it wasn't horrible.

As far as the Passion Fruit goes, I haven't had time to rack it yet. Oh bother. I'm pretty sure I am not going to reach 25.5% though, because the yeast won't be able to survive that long. I will update.