The waters are receding and river road is open. My fears of the pavement being washed away were not realized. Although the road may not be as smooth as it was last summer. The Weston and Sherman farms have the largest sheets of smooth ice I’ve ever seen, I know the local kids that play hockey are already out playing. Here are 2 pictures of the Weston bridge pylon and the ice dam. The camera didn’t really show the height of the ice, behind the bridge pylon, very well. It looks like it is about 15 feet high and according to Maine department of transportation is about 1/2 mile long.

In other news, I’m going to tap a new keg of beer tonight. This is the recipe that I’m working on for the Boston Brewing Company contest, Longshot. We’ll see how the new beer tastes and if it follows the beer guidelines for an English ESB. Keep an eye out for brew class dates. Brewing is fun and really satisfying. I’m amazed each time I taste a home brew beer at the quality. I know that sounds silly, but the way the wort changes through fermentation into beer still fools my taste buds. I can look at a food recipe and pretty much figure out the taste of the final dish just from looking at the prep. Fermentation however does some really different things and so far it’s still like opening a Christmas present, always a fun surprise.