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Recipes Sides

Squash Salad

Spinach 1 butternut squash Container of crumbled feta cheese Raspberry/garlic vinaigrette dressing (or other) Dice and cook squash (toss in oil and bake at 450F for 30 min) Cut/tear up spinach Spread squash, feta on spinach So, the first time I made this I cut up the squash into about 1″ cubes and fried it […]

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20 Gauge Brews

Brew 60 – 20 Gauge (Pumpkin Spice Ale)

Steeped Grains (30 min) 1.0 lb Munich 0.5 lb Crystal 80L 0.5 lb Carapils Additions 90 min: 75 oz Libby’s 100% Pure Canned Pumpkin 60 min: 7.75 lb Golden Light LME 10 min: 2.5 tsp Cinnamon 10 min: 1.5 tsp Nutmeg 10 min: 1.25 tsp Allspice Hops 60 min: 1 oz Northern Brewer 30 min: […]

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Recipes Sides

Snicker Salad

3-6 apples 8 oz cool whip 3/4 c peanut butter 1 t vanilla 1 c peanuts 7-9 oz snicker bars, refrigerated Mix together cool whip and peanut butter Add vanilla Cut apples in chunks and fold in Fold in peanuts Cut candy bars into chunks and fold in

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Backpacking

Manistee River Loop Trail

On Monday & Tuesday, June 8-9, 2020 I backpacked the Manistee River Loop Trail in the Manistee National Forest. From Alltrails (https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/michigan/the-manistee-river-trail): The Manistee River Loop Trail is a 19.3 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Mesick, Michigan that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity […]

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Cocktails Recipes

Agave Margarita

4oz silver tequila 2oz fresh lime juice (2 large limes) 1oz orange liqueur 1oz agave syrup Cut limes Put kosher salt on plate Rub limes on rim of glass Dip glass in salt Fill glasses with crushed ice Mix margarita ingredients and pour into glasses

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Brews Diplodocus

Brew 59 – Diplodocus (Double IPA)

Steeped Grains (30 min) 1.0 lb Crystal 20L 0.5 lb Cara-Pils Sugars 9.0 lb Extra Pale (Pilsen) Malt Extract 2.0 lb Table Sugar (Sucrose) Hops 75 min: 1.0 oz Summit 20 min: 1.0 oz Simcoe 10 min: 1.0 oz Summit 5 min: 1.0 oz Simcoe 5 min: 1.0 oz Amarillo Dry hopped in secondary: 2.0 […]

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Entrees Recipes

Spinach Pizza

From Michigan Country Lines. 2 T olive oil 1 small red bell pepper (or aloha), chopped 1/4 c onion, chopped 3/4 t salt 1/4 t black pepper 1/2 t garlic, minced 10 oz spinach, washed and coarsely chopped 12in pizza crust (I use half of Stromboli Dough recipe) 1 1/2 c shredded mozarella cheese fresh […]

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Brews

Brew 58 – Iguanodon (Double IPA)

I started by going to the brew store to get ingredients for Diplodocus. But they were out of some hops, LME, and the yeast I needed. So I decided to sub out all of those, which was really an entirely different recipe, rather than not brew at all. Steeped Grains (30 min) 1.0 lb Crystal […]

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Brews Motor Oil

Brew 57 – Motor Oil (Russian Imperial Stout)

I got the ingredients from Brewer’s Edge instead of Siciliano’s. They did not have bulk Dark LME so I used Golden LME instead and increased the amount of chocolate, black patent, and roasted barley grains. I did not crush up the flaked oats with the grains. I used my large grain bag and I lost […]

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Entrees Recipes

Quesadilla – Tomato Hummus

shell hummus sliced/diced cherry tomatoes diced onion salt pepper