Highs/Lows for the week...

[Brendon]

Ok - so this might seem a little weird and PC by my usual standards but in team meetings at work I encourage people to give a quick "barometer" check of their week to see how they are going. It helps people crystallize their thoughts into the essential things that are going on. So I thought I would try it here on the forum.
There are only 3 rules:
1. You must provide an answer when asked as you would in a team meeting at work - if you are lucky enough ;-) (volunteer out of turn - it's fine on a forum);
2. You may have as many highs for the week as you can reasonably think of but at least one is compulsory; and
3. You may have a maximum of only 1 low for the week.

So what are my items this week? Glad you asked....

Highs:
1. California Lager yeast (Wyeast 2112) - wow, just loving it and the fact that beers take so little time to condition up!
2. Quick disconnects for my gas on my corny kegging system - how did I live before hand. If people want to get you a cheap but valuable present for birthday/father's day/any other reason then get them to buy you a QD's for less than $35.
http://craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=964

Low:
1. Promising 15L of beer to a friend on Friday 30th May and knowing that you don't have a hope in hell as it's that good it won't last that long! ;-)

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[Rusty Chch]

Not a worry mate.

highs/lows of the week:

Highs: A Hobgoblin and ESB bought at the Halswell New World. Hobgoblin tends to get a bad rep as all style and non substance but it was very pleasant.

Lows: Nothing beer related

[HerrSchnapps]

High: New Years Eve, what more needs to be said?
Low: Twisted Hop closing at 1am, and the bouncer being a complete c*nt abusing my girlfriend. Very pissed off at the moment...

[Greig McGill]

Whoa, wait, what? First bad story I've ever heard about the hop. They have bouncers now? I know it's Corpsechurch and all, but wow...

[Kempicus]

that'd be standard on new years eve i'd say....?

[James P]

That could have been after I told the f*cker to do his job and get rid of a very tall drunk wanker who was pushing people out of the way to get to the bar!

[Ged]

Lows - Wakening up this morning to find the glass shelf in my fermenting fridge has shat itself, divided into two and dumped my nice new AG batch ( 18 litres of it) all over the garage floor ( and it was tasting the dogs bawz from the fermenter as well)...Especially since this was the inaugural batch for the CChurch boys...See photos...Now looking to acquire some steel sheet to replace said glass shelve. One consolation and funny as hell was opening the garage door to find it had poured its way down the drive as well and there were 3 local cats sitting licking the sticky gunk from the road...at least someone had a good time on it

[jt]

Oh, that's low, very, very low. Commiserations Ged ....

[JoKing]

Damn - thats gotta hurt. Please explain: "Dogs bawz"?

[Mike Neilson]

If it was 'Dogs bawz' why were 'cats licking the sticky gunk' from it? Elaborate?

[Ged]

From the land of scotsmen..maybe its different this side of the world??..

Dogs Bawz ( bollocks) is generally referred to when something reaches a pinnacle of perfection, desirability or 'must haves..eg...a great night out, a great looking girl, a car etc...All generally referred to as being the dogs bawz.... Probably directly related to the innordinate time dogs spend looking at, licking and munching on their balls leading us to believe they are things of precious beauty.

When I tasted it from the fermenter it was fabulous and hence the phrase dogs bawz...

[Doublehoppy]

Ouch! Good that you can see the funny side to it.

[Kempicus]

Highs: Moore Wilson’s and their pricing schedules

Lows: Still no Golden boy or brewers reserve at Regional, also they had none of that plum beer by three boys or any Smokin bishop so my weekend’s libations went down the toilet