Brew Brain Blog

The poker was much better in April. Well, it didn’t end with a spectacular bang; it was more of a sickly whimper. But, it’s better than barely eaking out a win like I did in March. Here’s a chart:

So, I made $845.80 from poker. Add to that $509 in rakeback, and […]

So, I’ve been drinking my latest pale ale and enjoying it, but have finally decided it is not the finished, final version of the Almaden Valley Brewing Raccoon Trail Pale Ale.  It needs work.
To start with, the carbonation did finish too light.  I cut back the priming sugar in an effort to get more beer […]

And just like that, I’m unstuck. I was really in a great groove playing the poker last night, so I just kept on playing. The tables were about as good as I’ve ever seen. When the dust settled, I had racked up just over 11 buy-ins and turned my numbers green for […]

In limited playing time, February was a very good month at the poker tables.  I decided to take the game seriously and turn it into a part time job.  Like clockwork, the downswing commenced.
It could be tons and tons worse given the horrible luck I’ve had, so I can’t complain.  I’ve had enough weirdos dump […]