The color of the finished wort
I use the name Studious Dwarf as my brewing name. And I do this because I feel like it does a fine job of capturing my thoughts and persona as it relates to brewing: A brewer should be attentive to details, clean, organized, and precise. I feel that this is well reflected in the modern mythology of dwarves. So I use the name. Today I made my 2nd ever batch of beer, which I am entitling Brown Barbazu Ale. Barbazu is the name of a D&D monster, a bearded devil. This is fun. 
My previous beer (which came out really well) was called Red Kobold Hunting Ale, and is a red, light ale. This current batch will be more bitter, with hoppy bites to it.
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Beer, Food and Drink, Things I made
I’ve been doing a lot of self-study in Light: Science and Magic; a book about the use of light in photography. Some of that has been a study in the behavior of photographing glass on dark backgrounds. See, glass isn’t photographed by capturing what it looks like, but rather, the effect it has on the light passing through it. On a light background, the lack of brightness shows itself in dark portions. In a darkfield study, such as at the right, the glass is shown by the light reflected off of it.
The light bends through the glass, its path wrought in the camera’s sensor. The strobe shows where the glass bends the light.
A few nights ago, I set up the following still life to practice on. It’s composed of a Disk’s Working Man Brown Ale, a small wine glass full of the beer, and a martini glass full of mountain dew (for the color.)
On a semi-related note, Dick’s Variety pack of beers contains a lot of yummy stuff. They’re out of Centralia, so they’re local.
Go see the full-size image on flickr.
Food and Drink, Photography