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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2010-02-07

February 7th, 2010
  • Yeast starter has been made, grain has been milled. Will be brewing my first all grain batch tomorrow. American Brown ale! #
  • All ready to brew in the morning. Had to make one final stop at the home depot from hell. #
  • Heating water to calculate the thermal mass of mash tun, then I brew. http://twitpic.com/11330l #
  • Half way through the mash. Sparge water heating, getting ready to recirc and sanitize the fermenter. #
  • http://twitpic.com/114a10 safety hazard yet? #
  • http://twitpic.com/114rtf almost at the boil! #
  • All done and the yeast is pitched, SG of 1.053. Hit a snag with the pumps and therminator had to use old immersion chiller. #
  • Gotta fix my sleep schedule again, school on Saturday in PDX. Full brew day at Rock Bottom #
  • Laundry folding, it's my version of meditation, requires no brain function at all. #
  • At Rock Bottom PDX, waiting on lunch and drinking beer at our class on mashing #
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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2010-01-31

January 31st, 2010
  • All the gear for my all grain system is finally here. Gonna put it together when I wake up and heat up some water to test the pumps. #
  • Who wants to bet that apple will overshadow the state of the union in this news cycle #
  • DreamHost giving away $10k worth of whatever the hell apple announces today. http://dhurl.org/68 #
  • iPad is a disappointment for me. $839 for one that still doesn't have enough storage, gps, or camera. Plus it can't share my iPhone internet #
  • Lynnwood PD looking for someone, 20 cars in a 1/2 mile radius near 196th and 64th #
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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2010-01-24

January 24th, 2010
  • The all grain setup hit a snag, forgot to check if keg would sit on smaller burner I got for free, it doesn't. Ordered 3rd from blichmann #
  • http://twitpic.com/ys8u5 – in progress #
  • To PDX in the morning. Also doing energy consumption tests on my keg fridges to see who eats more energy and how much. #
  • In Portland ready for class #
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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2010-01-17

January 17th, 2010
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Nate ”Glocks Cocked” McLaughlin

January 11th, 2010

This is a portrait of me by Jeff McComsey, a talented artist and a fellow redditor. Check out his website for more “pulped” pics and even hire him to draw one of you.

I got my inked sketch, and colored print in the mail today and it looks awesome. Now I have to get them framed.

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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2010-01-10

January 10th, 2010
  • Thanks for missing two delivery deadlines FedEx #
  • Well we may see the end if my old coldspot keg fridge, replacing with more efficient and spacious keezer. 2x the beer capacity #
  • Lunch time at Bridgeport brewing. Then we're off to Widmer. The Scottish seasonal Bridgeport has is amazing. #
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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2010-01-03

January 3rd, 2010
  • Carbonating stone lid is assembled, now to carbonate with science!! #homebrew #
  • The Silverback "Pathogen" album is now FREE – http://www.natemc.com/news/?p=475 #
  • CHI co forgot my o-ring for the carbonating lid, good thing I have a spare. The Honey Wheat is now carbonating with the new stone. #
  • Two burners one tank http://twitpic.com/vn288 #
  • Going to brouwer's in a few. Heard they have some dogfish head brews on tap. #
  • New Belgium Brouwer's Imagination #1 was excellent as well as The Trip IV #
  • 2009 don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Good riddance. #
  • Why do Seattle homebrew stores seem to have poor cust service. They wonder why I mail order 90% of the time. #
  • However Larry's in Kent and Homebrew Heaven in Everett are great just more than 5 miles from home. #
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The Silverback – Pathogen – Now FREE!

December 28th, 2009

Released in late 2006, this second collaboration between Tony Sonic & myself, and teamed with singer Angela Faro marked the last full musical project I had taken on. We have decided to release this album as a digital download for free like the rest of my back catalog.

The Silverback

Download The Silverback “Pathogen”

More The Silverback downloads can be had as well…

The Silverback – Initiation (Nate MC Remix)
The Silverback – Genrenation (Full Album)
The RemixFight where talented remixers all took a shot at Remixing “Virus”
See the Music section for more downloads.

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Update: Conical Fermenter Donations

December 18th, 2009

14-Gallon-Fermenator


Currently at $300!! (Updated 12/25) towards the goal of $600! Thanks to those who have donated so far. If I can reach the goal by the end of the year I will remove all advertising from natemc.com for two years.

My all grain brewing system is near fully operational status. The only snag I’ve hit is a small leak on the Hot Liquor Tank sight that I’m going to have to get welded or find a smaller high temp o-ring. Luckily I can figure out how much loss I have and just put that much more water in. I brewed a extract batch of Honey Wheat Ale this week to test out the boil kettle and it’s working great.

There will be an invite only party for those who donate and live nearby to come drink the first batch made in the conical when I get it.

Also, furthering what I hope to turn into a career in brewing someday, I will be attending the Craft Brewing Production course in Portland, OR for Winter quarter at Chemeketa Comm. College to help build some base knowledge of what it takes to run a commercial brewing operation.


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As The Tweet Turns for week of 2009-12-05

December 5th, 2009
  • No word from Midwest today on the bad gear I was sent. Which pushes my all grain brewing back prolly 2 weeks #
  • New sights are in transit but doesn't look like they will make it here this weekend. #
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