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Merry Christmas

December 25th, 2009 Mark Ranes No comments

Another year is on the horizon, and it’s time to reflect on everything that is good in my life.  My family loves me and puts up with all my eccentricities, and I’m truly blessed to have some of the best friends in the world. I have a fun and challenging job. I get to travel [...]

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Teach a Friend to Brew Day 2009 A Success!

November 7th, 2009 Mark Ranes 3 comments

Today’s Teach a Friend to Brew Day event was successful in several ways.  First and foremost, it was a wonder social event – many good (old) friends, some good (new) friends (I got to meet some local Twitter folks – Hi @AlexisDias !) and many friends of friends.  Homebrewing just seems to attract high quality [...]

Teach a Friend to Brew Day 2009

November 3rd, 2009 Mark Ranes No comments

Saturday, November 7th, is Teach a Friend to Brew Day.  The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day is an international event to introduce people to the hobby of homebrewing.  For the fifth time, I’ll be inviting friends – and their friends – over to learn how to brew beer.  We’ll be [...]

Dust Bowl Brewing Tasting

August 23rd, 2009 Mark Ranes No comments

Friday night, a group from the Central Valley Brewers Guild descended on our local BevMo for a tasting with our local up and coming brewery, Dust Bowl Brewing.  It was exciting to see our buddy, Don Oliver (of Sam Adams Longshot fame), standing in the 6′ x 6′ tasting box as we entered the store.  [...]

Such a Slacker…

June 5th, 2009 Mark Ranes No comments

I’ve been a terrible blogging slacker lately.  I’ve brewed twice – 10 gallons of Two Hearted Ale and another 10 gallons of my house German Hefeweizen.  Unfortunately, work has been very busy as we prepare hundreds of new computers for a brand new middle school that is opening in early August.  I’m off until mid-July, [...]

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Happy Birthday to the Lazy Brewer!

March 14th, 2009 Mark Ranes No comments

Today marks the one year anniversary of The Lazy Brewer!  I really wondered if I’d see this day.  I started this site as an experiment – of myself.  I wondered if I’d take the time to post regularly.  At this point, I’ve exceeded my own expectations and have posted 87 times.
If the Lazy Brewer has [...]

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