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Renovations proceed on the exterior of our building at 472 North Greenbush Road.  All the windows and doors that were planned to be closed off are done. Exterior plywood is up and everything is caulked. We just about finished putting up the Tyvek wrap to seal the building.  That’s easy and should be done this[…]

We drove to the middle of Long Island on T-Day morning at 7am. Not a car on the Taconic or LIE.  We had a nice T-Day where we saw Anita and my family. Friday we had a small delivery to make at the New Rochelle store. On the way we visited Chris Seldon at his[…]

Road Trip: Peekskill Brewery 47-53 South Water Street Peekskill, NY 10566   We make a supply run every other week to stock Westchester Homebrew Emporium. This past trip Anita agreed to come if we made a few side trips on the way back. The plan was to visit Peekskill Brewpub and then a historic site,[…]

Hot Sauce It wasn’t a great year for peppers. But there’s enough to make some hot sauce soon. For variety I grew 4 types of peppers this year, which should get me enough sauce through until next year. Portuguese hot red peppers are just moderately hot, rated at 5,000 to 30,000 Scoville. They mature from[…]

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Like beer and wine, the origins of yogurt are unknown. But it is believed to have been invented in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC. Ogurt has been widely used throughout the world. The process was  industrialized in 1919 when a started a small yogurt business began in Barcelona, Spain, and named the business Danone , later known in the United States[…]

The unpacking of our New Toys Dom smacks open the plywood covering the crates. The shiny toys have been unwrapped and brought into the store. We’ve got 2 fermenters and a uni-tank and a bright tank. 4 faucet dispenser, 2 more are due.

Road Trip: Finger Lake Juice 2017: 850 miles in 2 ½ days. 3:30 PM October 5th. The view for the next 185 miles, driving to exit 42 on I90.  We found ourselves in Penn Yan just at sunset. Next morning it was too cold and rainy to walk along Keuka Lake for long, so we[…]

Delivery of our 100 gallon Psycho Brew system was on a beautiful morning. Jim and Russ set about unpacking and assembling it.     Oops, we got the wrong wheels. Oh well, a quick call and they sent the right ones. They are on now. The 40 plate chiller.   Russ is a happy, happy[…]