New Brews and Jews  

So I'm pretty excited. Actually really excited. I'm excited of course because I've decided what my next batch of brew is going to be. At first I was leaning towards a Belgium beer using a continual hopping technique that, as far as I know, hasn't been done before.  But now I've decided to do a stout instead. However this not just any stout its a chocolate cream stout. Oh but wait it gets even better...

Ok, so my buddy Lee has got me hooked on Acai juice while I've been fighting sickness over the last month. Acai juice has very powerful antioxidant properities and tastes like a really tart mixture of blueberries and raspberries. It also has chocolatey notes to it. Hmm perfect for my chocolate stout! So now I'm making a Acai Chocolate Stout!

I've also decided to make the transition to brewing my first all-grain batch of beer. The process is a little more complicated than what I have been doing and double the amount of time it normal takes to brew, but the end results are supposedly much better. Plus it cost half  the ammount of money for supplies! So hopefully it will all be worth it!

I'm also really excited because I just purchused a copy of The Voice, which is a new contempary translation of the New Testament by authors like Chris Seay and Brian McClaren. If you've never heard of it check it out @ http://www.hearthevoice.com/ They have the entire book of John for free to check out.  It features some of the most diverse and interesting translations that I've read in a while.

I also began listening up on some really great podcasts to go along with what I've been studying in 1 Corinthians. First off there's my home church  Bethel Church in Crown Point. Then theres Mark Driscoll's Church in Seattle called Mars Hill. Finally I just found out that Rick McKinley just started a series in Corinthians at his church Imago Dei.  Its very cool to have such good teaching and a zune to listen to it on. I'm so blessed!


JW


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