Brews, Barbells, Badassery, and Bohurt

525# 1RM Squat on 1/5/2015 What a great day. After a couple hours of catching up on work for my client, I jetted off with the wife to get our first batch of grain for our all grain recipe we plan on attempting next week. I found a good basic Porter recipe that I felt pretty confident in how to make. I say pretty confident as I have watched numerous videos on Youtube in hopes to ramp up my education. Regardless, it will be an interesting experience and one that I am excited to make. Oh, and Youtube brought me a new band to start listening to. Check out Alestorm... One thing about extract brewing is that it is pretty simple. Easy to duplicate, and do again over and over. The kits you can buy take a lot of the worry away from home brewing. Up to now, I have been absolutely happy with the extract process and the beer tastes awesome. I have been told that all grain brewing is like Starbucks coffee compared to instant Folger's coffee. I will say that after sampling some ...

My name is Jeff Barnes. I am an atypical athlete. I am comfortable lifting heavy, doing OCRs, ultra marathons, and long endurance event training (Peak Death Race 2015). I am a former Heavy Weight Kickboxing Champ, Masters Rank in Kung Fu (Yes, for real), and have learned from several of the greatest master instructors that you will never see in a movie. I am a big guy, with a big heart, with four kids, and the best wife a man could have. I am fine with not being the best at any of those things. I follow my passions, experiment, and learn to live, love, and experience all that I can. This blog's purpose is to help combine my passions, document my life, and share with others who might want to dip their toes into the pool of what has become a most fulfilling life. I will TRY to keep things open minded, non political, and fair. However, be warned. This is MY blog. I write words. I will use them, and often incorrectly. So you are here, probably wondering what is next. Well stra...