As much as I love making my own beer, there is a downside to it. Basically having all this beer laying around the house can lead to a little temptation for the kids. It would seem that Harley really likes “Berg’s Homebrew”. Can’t say as I blame him but still.

It all started when Lisa, being the great marketer that she is, decided to surprise us with new T-shirts, which have the logo on them. We got Harley into his and plopped him on the couch to show it off. In the middle of the photo shoot he suggested that it might be more of an artistic statement if he had a bottle showing the logo on the label to hold up beside the shirt. We agreed that it would be a nice shot so we gave him one.

Great shirts aren’t they! Send a check for $20 to get yours before they run out.

After a few shots we became a little uncomfortable with the way he was snuggling the bottle and calling it “My Precious” so we tried to take it away from him before Child Protective Services showed up. He didn’t want to let it go and started to throw a fit.

Lisa just couldn’t wrestle it away from him. Eventually, after a long struggle where some things were said that shouldn’t have been (I’m sure he didn’t mean to call his mother that), Harley just took the bottle, stormed out of the room and locked himself in his bedroom.

All we could hear through the door was the hiss of the carbonation as he opened the bottle with a bottle opener he had hidden in his toy chest. It’s sad but on the lighter side he did sleep in the next morning.

What I’m saying here is that Homebrewing is a wonderful hobby but make sure that if you have young, impressionable kids around the house only exposed them to something like broccoli flavored beer or there could be problems.

Anyway the next brews up are going to be a California Common and an American Red Ale. And maybe starting the keggerator project…