Steven L Clark
@steven-l-clark.bsky.social
I'm a home brewer with an interest in making good beer, cider, fruit wine, sake & mead. I'm a film photographer on hiatus; I have a Bachelor of Computing & a fancy MBA (with an added specialisation in Journalism & Media Studies). Kampai!!
RAPT products not working after router upgrade and all the advice in every direction involves me having advanced IT skills and/or money to purchase something new. I don't think it's good enough that reasonably expensive products just stop working. Apparently it's my problem to solve.
December 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
RAPT products not working after router upgrade and all the advice in every direction involves me having advanced IT skills and/or money to purchase something new. I don't think it's good enough that reasonably expensive products just stop working. Apparently it's my problem to solve.
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Beer in Art #1738
A Merry Christmas, by W. Stocker Shaw, c. 1910s (United Kingdom)
A Merry Christmas, by W. Stocker Shaw, c. 1910s (United Kingdom)
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Beer in Art #1738
A Merry Christmas, by W. Stocker Shaw, c. 1910s (United Kingdom)
A Merry Christmas, by W. Stocker Shaw, c. 1910s (United Kingdom)
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It makes you so healthy!
Sanitätsbräu from the Bürgerliches Brauhaus Insterburg, 1912.
Sanitätsbräu from the Bürgerliches Brauhaus Insterburg, 1912.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It makes you so healthy!
Sanitätsbräu from the Bürgerliches Brauhaus Insterburg, 1912.
Sanitätsbräu from the Bürgerliches Brauhaus Insterburg, 1912.
Now for round 2 of the five hour epic I like to call - mowing and whipper snippering the garden. Double block, all sorts of uneven crannies and rocks and hedges... it's a mission.
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Now for round 2 of the five hour epic I like to call - mowing and whipper snippering the garden. Double block, all sorts of uneven crannies and rocks and hedges... it's a mission.
I used to shop at the brew shop (further away in the CBD) and was one of the people who started shopping at the closer one as it improved over time. Now the CBD one is closing and the guy who owns it seems to think I'm a cause because I shifted away. He failed at competing TBH.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I used to shop at the brew shop (further away in the CBD) and was one of the people who started shopping at the closer one as it improved over time. Now the CBD one is closing and the guy who owns it seems to think I'm a cause because I shifted away. He failed at competing TBH.
Of course, this morning I was meant to go to the dentist 45 minutes away and she's sick... and I put off buying hops for a pale ale on two days ago because I had that appointment. They are 50 metres apart in a straight line. So here I am wondering what beer to make... because it isn't a pale ale.
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Of course, this morning I was meant to go to the dentist 45 minutes away and she's sick... and I put off buying hops for a pale ale on two days ago because I had that appointment. They are 50 metres apart in a straight line. So here I am wondering what beer to make... because it isn't a pale ale.
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With the dust settled, I just wanted to thank @braciatrix.bsky.social for involving me in this project, LMG for hosting it, and Trouble for brewing the beers - a (very small) part of me wishes I'd have been there. I'm raising a mug of Irish historical-ish porter from a century later to you all ...
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With the dust settled, I just wanted to thank @braciatrix.bsky.social for involving me in this project, LMG for hosting it, and Trouble for brewing the beers - a (very small) part of me wishes I'd have been there. I'm raising a mug of Irish historical-ish porter from a century later to you all ...
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In 1882 two thirds of the farmers in Tohoku (northern Japan) bought home brewing licenses. In 1895 there were 1 million home brewing licenses in total. So Japan definitely had farmhouse brewing of sake.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In 1882 two thirds of the farmers in Tohoku (northern Japan) bought home brewing licenses. In 1895 there were 1 million home brewing licenses in total. So Japan definitely had farmhouse brewing of sake.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
Only 1 home brew shop left in Hobart after December 20... a second one in Huonville about 90 minutes away is the only other one in the South of the State. That's a sad day for home brewing here.
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Only 1 home brew shop left in Hobart after December 20... a second one in Huonville about 90 minutes away is the only other one in the South of the State. That's a sad day for home brewing here.
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Beer Saints: St. Nicholas, Patron Saint of Brewers tinyurl.com/mr24f5rx
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Beer Saints: St. Nicholas, Patron Saint of Brewers tinyurl.com/mr24f5rx
Salena Estate The Best of 2018 BFR Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale Shiraz
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Salena Estate The Best of 2018 BFR Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale Shiraz
12 litre keg soaking and kegerator beer lines to clean... that was only my second best doppelbock (of two doppelbocks I've ever made) so I'm looking forward to backing the next one off a little closer to what the first one drank like... that small keg went in a heartbeat.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
12 litre keg soaking and kegerator beer lines to clean... that was only my second best doppelbock (of two doppelbocks I've ever made) so I'm looking forward to backing the next one off a little closer to what the first one drank like... that small keg went in a heartbeat.
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SHARP have been excavating an Anglo Saxon Maltings for a few years. Here is the report on 2025 excavations. With four or five kilns and several floors excavated it looks like it was an important place 1000 years ago supplying several breweries or brew houses. #malt
www.sharp.org.uk/single-post/...
www.sharp.org.uk/single-post/...
Huge progress made on the Malting Site in 2025
Despite the obvious interest in the car park trench and all the finds/exciting discoveries being made there, the malting site trench was never disserted. Some weeks we even managed to have more volunt...
www.sharp.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
SHARP have been excavating an Anglo Saxon Maltings for a few years. Here is the report on 2025 excavations. With four or five kilns and several floors excavated it looks like it was an important place 1000 years ago supplying several breweries or brew houses. #malt
www.sharp.org.uk/single-post/...
www.sharp.org.uk/single-post/...
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@larsga.bsky.social pouring a farmhouse beer from Voss. No frills, no fancy packaging, just a great brew.
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
@larsga.bsky.social pouring a farmhouse beer from Voss. No frills, no fancy packaging, just a great brew.
I feel sympathetic to all those guys who aren't allowed a kegerator in their lives. Having yet another beer for them. And mostly me.
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I feel sympathetic to all those guys who aren't allowed a kegerator in their lives. Having yet another beer for them. And mostly me.
Sparkling Meyer Lemon Nigori from the basement
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sparkling Meyer Lemon Nigori from the basement
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Schmutzwortsuche [SHMOOTZ-vohrt-ZOOCH-eh]
(v.)
- Looking up naughty words in the dictionary.
Used in a sentence:
"Low-key schmutzwortsuche, scrolling through the OED Online, is my favorite way to get through these dull lectures.”
(v.)
- Looking up naughty words in the dictionary.
Used in a sentence:
"Low-key schmutzwortsuche, scrolling through the OED Online, is my favorite way to get through these dull lectures.”
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Schmutzwortsuche [SHMOOTZ-vohrt-ZOOCH-eh]
(v.)
- Looking up naughty words in the dictionary.
Used in a sentence:
"Low-key schmutzwortsuche, scrolling through the OED Online, is my favorite way to get through these dull lectures.”
(v.)
- Looking up naughty words in the dictionary.
Used in a sentence:
"Low-key schmutzwortsuche, scrolling through the OED Online, is my favorite way to get through these dull lectures.”
OK Wifi fixed... Wifi booster fixed... still no reason for the RAPT Wifi gear not being able to connect to WiFi. I've done all the recommended fixes and zero success. A big hand to Inkbird, though... their gear just needed reminding they are loved and worked seamlessly.
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
OK Wifi fixed... Wifi booster fixed... still no reason for the RAPT Wifi gear not being able to connect to WiFi. I've done all the recommended fixes and zero success. A big hand to Inkbird, though... their gear just needed reminding they are loved and worked seamlessly.
It's Friday again thank heavens (even though I did have a couple of sneaky little doppelbocks yesterday)
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's Friday again thank heavens (even though I did have a couple of sneaky little doppelbocks yesterday)
After all options of trying to fix the WiFi issues that made my RAPT devices useless after upgrading to FTTP NBN with a new router... the items will not under any circumstances connect to WiFi. I now need a replacement booster because resetting that fucked that up along the way.
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
After all options of trying to fix the WiFi issues that made my RAPT devices useless after upgrading to FTTP NBN with a new router... the items will not under any circumstances connect to WiFi. I now need a replacement booster because resetting that fucked that up along the way.
