Author Archives: Rob Friesel
About Rob Friesel
Software engineer by day. Science fiction writer by night. Weekend homebrewer, beer educator at Black Flannel, and Certified Cicerone. Author of The PhantomJS Cookbook and a short story in Please Do Not Remove.Homebrew #27: Cupid & Psyche
¶ by Rob FrieselInspired by Tazo’s Passion herbal tea, this brew was intended as an early Xmas present to my wife, 1 who had expressed a fondness for it, 2 and was looking for something special to drink over the holiday break. Thus was born the formulation for Cupid & Psyche: Regular readers will recall I did this […]
Homebrew #26: Sirius Moonlight
¶ by Rob FrieselWith my fermentation chamber proven out, it was time to try my hand at brewing with a lager strain. Granted, looking over my Untappd data, I tend to prefer ales — but I’ve been known to enjoy a Vienna from time to time. And since this is homebrewing and we can do whatever we want… […]
search term haiku: November 2016
¶ by Rob Friesela Yesod review the old Google Chrome logo the browser ghetto “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s log files and construct one or more haiku poems from search terms and phrases that led visitors to the site. Where possible, I attempt to keep the search phrases intact. However, as these […]
search term haiku: October 2016
¶ by Rob Frieselshare buttons share to my Evolv rock climbing shoes and linkdump passwords Even fewer search terms than last month; perhaps it’s time to retire this feature? Or start doing it quarterly? I’m hesitant to deep six the blog all together. I guess I’ve just lost my sparkle. “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I […]
Homebrew #25: Birdwatcher
¶ by Rob FrieselI experienced something of a miraculous windfall. A kind of homebrewer’s waking dream. My friend Donnie texted me one day and basically said: I have a garbage bag full of Cascade hops. Do you want them? And the rhizomes? We’re done with these. Um… hell yes. Thus was born Birdwatcher:
search term haiku: September 2016
¶ by Rob Frieselheadless JavaScript open callback never called GitHub family tree Almost too few search terms in last month’s Analytics to construct a haiku at all — so that’s a bummer. And I might be kind of cheating with “family” (i.e., fam-lee vs. fam-eh-lee) but… meh. “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s […]
Homebrew #24: Honestatis (Mk. IV)
¶ by Rob FrieselI was coming up on the second anniversary of my first homebrew; my twenty-fourth overall, and my twenty-first as Tilde Gravitywerks. I got the idea that since it was a red ale that started it all, and since I’ve been working on a red ale as my signature beer, that such a beer was what […]
Vicious H-Bomb: a second place winner!
¶ by Rob FrieselWhen I brewed Vicious H-Bomb, it was just to satisfy two things: H.’s lament that he should have a beer named after him; and My desire to experiment with some Belgian yeast. In other words, I never intended to enter it into competition but… when the Fair rolled around and I heard there was a […]
Homebrew #23: Let the Wookiee Win
¶ by Rob FrieselIt all started with a Firestone Walker. “What’s that one called?” my oldest asked. I told him. His eyes got all big. “Like Chewbacca? What if we made our own version and called it Let the Wookiee Win?” How could I resist?