Ross E. Lockhart's Blog, page 54
November 26, 2011
Adult Beverage: Damnation Batch 23
It's been a crazy couple of weeks. Last weekend, I was up at Bizarro Con, sharing good company, good beer (including some incredible home brews), and a love of strange literature with a hundred awesome people. I returned to Petaluma via train (reading an outstanding manuscript on the ride back), arriving home revitalized and re-energized (in spite of an impending nasty cold) and kicked off a Thanksgiving Twitter fundraising challenge, #FeedCthulhu, that raised more than $750 for hunger relief. Now, the cold has caught up with me, plus, Maddie was in the vet for a few tests and some minor surgery this afternoon. So we're laying low, hiding out with the fireplace lit, jazz radio playing, Maddie sleeping it off, and Jennifer napping on the couch. I'm in my comfy chair, having a Russian River Damnation Batch 23 while I ponder reading another chapter or two of W. H. Pugmire's Some Unknown Gulf of Night.
Damnation Batch 23 is an "ale brewed with oak chips," which pours a pale coppery yellow with a fluffy, finger-thick white head. Yeast, malt, and oak on the nose, with undercurrents of fruit and spice; very pleasant and inviting. Sweet and bready on the tongue. Suggestions of crisp apples and winter pears, with dominating yeastiness and cloves, and a touch of vanilla. Medium bodied, no where near as light as the color suggests, with high carbonation and a boozy burn. A very well balanced trippel. Tart, dry finish, with lasting wood and yeast aftertastes. Highly recommended.
Adult Beverage: Damnation Bach 23
It's been a crazy couple of weeks. Last weekend, I was up at Bizarro Con, sharing good company, good beer (including some incredible home brews), and a love of strange literature with a hundred awesome people. I returned to Petaluma via train (reading an outstanding manuscript on the ride back), arriving home revitalized and re-energized (in spite of an impending nasty cold) and kicked off a Thanksgiving Twitter fundraising challenge, #FeedCthulhu, that raised more than $750 for hunger relief. Now, the cold has caught up with me, plus, Maddie was in the vet for a few tests and some minor surgery this afternoon. So we're laying low, hiding out with the fireplace lit, jazz radio playing, Maddie sleeping it off, and Jennifer napping on the couch. I'm in my comfy chair, having a Russian River Damnation Batch 23 while I ponder reading another chapter or two of W. H. Pugmire's Some Unknown Gulf of Night.
Damnation Batch 23 is an "ale brewed with oak chips," which pours a pale coppery yellow with a fluffy, finger-thick white head. Yeast, malt, and oak on the nose, with undercurrents of fruit and spice; very pleasant and inviting. Sweet and bready on the tongue. Suggestions of crisp apples and winter pears, with dominating yeastiness and cloves, and a touch of vanilla. Medium bodied, no where near as light as the color suggests, with high carbonation and a boozy burn. A very well balanced trippel. Tart, dry finish, with lasting wood and yeast aftertastes. Highly recommended.
November 25, 2011
My tweets
November 24, 2011
My tweets
#FeedCthulhu Deadline Extended
This just in… we’ve had a few requests to extend the 24 Hour #FeedCthulhu Feed the Hungry Twitter Challenge.
Some people just got the note, couldn’t #FeedCthulhu on time, or were planning to make a donation before meeting up with friends and family.
That’s fine. If you keep giving, and keep Tweeting #FeedCthulhu, I’m happy to keep the doors open until midnight Thanksgiving.
Please help spread the word, and ask your friends to help spread the word. Let’s make a difference.
All you have to do is make a donation–any donation, so long as someone gets fed–then Tweet: I fed Cthulhu [your donation] to [organization] #FeedCthulhu @lossrockhart
That’s it. You #FeedCthulhu and you’re entered to win a copy of The Book of Cthulhu, either an e-book or a signed, personalized copy.
November 23, 2011
My tweets
November 22, 2011
24 Hour #FeedCthulhu Feed the Hungry Twitter Challenge
—H. P. Lovecraft, in a letter to Robert E. Howard, November 1932
Hi, my name is Ross E. Lockhart, and I’m the editor of The Book of Cthulhu, an anthology collecting twenty-seven tales of cosmic horror inspired by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. Many consider Lovecraft to be one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. Literary movements from supernatural horror to magical realism to cosmicism to Bizarro have been influenced by Lovecraft’s body of work and his grandest creation… the Cthulhu Mythos.
H. P. Lovecraft died in 1937 at the age of 46. His decline and early death can be blamed, in part, on poverty and malnutrition.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a holiday where we celebrate our national prosperity and providence. But people in the United States still go hungry. And hunger sucks. So I have a challenge for you. You have twenty-four hours to make a difference. The clock starts at 12:01 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, November 23, 2011, and runs until 11:59 pm PST.
During that twenty-four hour period, twenty-four randomly selected people who make a food or monetary donation—no matter how small—to a food charity—this can be a local food bank, church, temple, coven, a bin outside your grocery store, or national hunger relief organization—doesn’t matter, so long as they’re feeding people—those twenty four people will each get a free e-book of The Book of Cthulhu via e-mail (ePub format). If you were planning to make a food donation anyway, that’s great. If you’ve never done it before, even better. All you have to do to enter is make a donation, then Tweet the following:
I fed Cthulhu [your donation] to [organization] #FeedCthulhu @lossrockhart
Don’t forget to include the hashtag (#FeedCthulhu) and my Twitter handle (@lossrockhart) so that I can see the post.
I’ll choose and contact the winners through Twitter on Thanksgiving Day, and arrange to e-mail you your e-book copies of The Book of Cthulhu.
But there’s more. For three randomly selected entrants I will also send a signed, personalized copy of The Book of Cthulhu anywhere in the United States. This can be for you, or this can be a gift for a friend, it’s just my way of saying thanks for making a difference.
#FeedCthulhu and Feed the Hungry this Thanksgiving. And thanks.
http://twitter.com/lossrockhart
http://www.thebookofcthulhu.com