BEER mom says her dad wants to watch me make my next brew. I recently ordered 10 lbs of Kona coffee, so a Kona coffee beer isn’t out of the picture.

As for Kaden, he’s finally getting more teeth and will be 17 months next weekend.  The last 17 months have been amazing. I am definitely glad we had a boy first instead of a girl. Here are a few pictures from the last couple months.

I will share more homebrew pictures next time.

The coffee beers I made previously were all Stouts, which is darker, and more like a Guinness.  I chose Porter this time to have a slightly lighter beer to compliment the lighter Brazilian coffee beans I had on hand.  If all goes well, we will be bottling the beer this weekend and will end up with a dark amber, Brazilian coffee beer that has a bit of a nutty taste.

Over the 4th of July we took the new car on our first family roadtrip, which was a nice 14-hour car ride to Grand Lake, CO and back.  Kaden didn’t mind the ride too much until the 13th hour or so each way.  BEER mom has a vacation recap and pictures on his site and hers.  I will post video once I covert the DVD.

Here are a few of my favorites:

He also ate cake for the first time when we got home.

Kaden loves cake.

We got 1 year pictures taken last weekend which we expect to get back soon, and brewed more bitter which we are bottling tomorrow.

If you haven’t heard already, my wheat beer has been done for a couple weeks (I’m drinking one now actually), and  turned out well. I shared some over the weekend and so far the response has been good. I also ordered another 10lbs of coffee that I’m selling on Wichita Coffee, so my next brew will be either porter or another coffee beer.

This past weekend we took Kaden to visit his grandparents and cousins in Overland Park, and brought home a few gifts since they won’t be able to make it to Wichita for his birthday celebration.  He got a SpongeBob chair from my parents and almost came home with a puppy.  We’re getting him a wagon for the big 01.

In about a week I am going to brew an amber wheat beer for BEER dad brew #11.

For those of you wondering about Kaden, he’s fine. He has 4 teeth now, is crawling everywhere and will be 10 months old on Saturday.

No, there are no pictures of babies drinking beer on BEER dad, but now that Kaden is 7 months old he thinks he’s old enough to steal my mug. Not cool.

Kaden and I both tried on our Halloween costumes yesterday.  Mine still fits and his almost does.  He should be big enough just in time for trick or treating.  He learned to hold his own bottle now too.

I’m close to running out of amber bock, but won’t be able to make porter or coffee beer again until after bills are paid the beginning of the month.  We are still paying a few hospital bills which is never fun.  You’re welcome to fund our bill paying and homebrewing accounts if you’re feeling generous.

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