Basically, we are in the middle of the big three end of the year eating holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Since my family missed out on the FriendsGiving I had, I will fry a turkey in their honor this morning. I have the bird prepped on the counter, a tasty Hefeweizen (just in case you’re interested, it’s a Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse, technically a weizenbock )in the fridge and a big ol’ pot of oil waiting for me in the back yard.

MERRY XMAS!