Brewing by bicycle.

Well, this may boarder on overkill.....but it can be done and it was done and there are pictures to prove it.  We were due for a brewing day.  There have been excuses for a few weeks now, busy social calendar, biking for farmers markets, biking for poker, a trip to wine country, a half finished brewery, and I could go on and on.  The real threat is we're down to three beers (and one wine) on tap and that means there is a tap with nothing flowing.  Seeing as this is considered unacceptable at our house, it was time to brew.  So Saturday morning after coffee and couch time we headed down the the Reno Homebrewer to visit with Rob and pick up the necessary supplies (and shockingly drink a beer or two).  I won't list the whole recipe but we ended up with 55 lbs of Munich pale malt, about 12 lbs of specialty grains, 18 eggs, a beer gun, a magazine or two, and a wine kit.  I don't know the exact total on weight here but lets say it is definitely the most I've carried.  While contemplating the load, a homebrew club member arrived (thank you Jason) and shared a few bottles of barley wine (aged 1.5, 2.5, and 22 years respectively!).  After this the load seemed less daunting and we piled everything on (between two bikes) and headed home.  Did I mention we live up a 400 ft hill from the valley floor....  Turns out it wasn't even that bad.  With a properly balanced load (and a wife who carried at least 12-15 lbs of it) the hill was conquered with relative ease.  We didn't set any land speed records on the trip home, but we were still smiling when we got there!  And upon arrival we promptly unloaded the whole mess (without taking a single picture)!  So because I'm sure you want to see this, we reloaded (maybe not quite as well balanced...but close) and posed for a few shots!