This is a post that, unbeknownst to you, can trace its roots back to February. See, during my bachelor party, my guys and I decided to brew some ciders that we'd crack into the night before the wedding. We all got our own ingredients and concocted some of the coolest cider's I've ever had. I was charged with keeping the stuff as it fermented and bottling it once it was all done.

My groomsmen all made rad ciders--with berries and teas and rose hips--but, since I'm me, I went with something out of left field. My cider had peanut butter and anaheim peppers. The final ABV of it clocked in over 8%.

I took it upon myself to sample my cider while bottling it. I was astounded by it--it was good! Who would've thought it? I posted about it on social media and one of my buddies from high school shot me a message. At the time, he worked for Probar, a food company that makes organic, non-GMO bars and nut butters. Having seen my post about the crazy cider I'd made, he wondered if I'd be interested in making some other crazy ciders with Probar goods. I agreed in an instant.




I came home from work a short time later to find a package from Probar waiting for me. It contained peanut butter, sriracha peanut butter, coconut almond butter, coconut almond bites, and chocolate coconut meal bars. A few days later I ran out to get some peppers, yeast, and pasteurized organic apple juice. Now, months later, I'm finally able to break into these ciders to see how they turned out. And you, lucky you!, get to follow along with me.

Oh, boy! It's time for another update post! Historically, these are things that few of you read and, if you read them, I don't know if you enjoy/want to read more of them. These are posts I mostly write to keep track of myself and to introduce some new things for the blog.

This is a photo of beer kegs used at our wedding. It's to entice you into reading this post.

Before going any further, let me say that this post will make a reference or two to my January 2018 Update, so, if you feel so inclined, check that out.

Now, up to this point I'd only known the concept of a shower beer as a Simpsons gag. But I figured hey, what the hell? I need to unwind a bit before I lost my mind completely. I opened the fridge, grabbed a Rolling Rock (which is, to this day, my favorite cheap macro), and hopped into the shower. The experience I had was eye-opening, and, ever since, I enjoy shower beers on a regular basis (like after I mow the lawn, for instance).

It's been a bit since I've gotten around to posting an update and, seeing as how there'll be things happening in my life soon that will impact the blog, now seems to be a good time to give you one. In this post I'll be talking about my plans for the blog this year, big events coming up in my life, and my social media management.

You do know I don't own The Simpsons, right? That'd be Fox or Matt Groening or whoever. This is just here as a fun, enticing picture.

Are you all set? Great. Here we go.