I will post more as the process continues, but for now, I finished the crush and in a couple weeks the initial fermentation will be complete.
While I am here, and since it has been so long since I have blogged (who knew retired life would be so busy!), I guess this is a good time to mention a couple adds to the Dave-Cave. If you ever read my prior post regarding the history of my car addiction, you may have read about my motorcycle days and the 1985 Kawasaki Ninja I rode back in the 80's. I crashed that bike, unfortunately, and apparently so did many others. So you don't see them around much. But I found one for sale last year and picked it up with the intention of fixing it up and keeping it around for non-riding aesthetic enjoyment. It has just 15,000 miles and looks pretty dang good for a bike that is about to celebrate it's 30th birthday. Nice to have one back in the family...
And just a few weeks ago, I added a new car to the stable - the first one in a few years. A 2012 McLaren MP4-12C. I appreciate this car for the fact that it was ground-breaking with its carbon-fiber chassis/tub and 3.8 liter twin-turbo engine putting out 600 HP. But also for its historical significance. Bruce McLaren is a legend in auto racing and his cars from the Can-Am era were some of the first racing cars I really was aware of as a kid. The MP4-12C was the first car built for consumers after the critically acclaimed but very limited McLaren F1 car. That car has become very collectable and maybe some day the MP4-12C will be as well. It has now been replaced with a new model (650S), so there are only about 1500 of these that got imported to the U.S. And to drive it is... unexplainable. The speed and handling is unlike any other car I've driven. It is faster and more capable on track than the competition from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi, Corvette, Nissan, etc. I will post more about this car as I become more familiar with it. I have a track day coming up where I will get to really explore its capabilities. More blogging after that...
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