Minority Gov't

Well, looks like even more of a minority government here in Canada again. At least that means the Conservatives won't be able to pass some of the crazier "ideas" they had. But all in all, things will remain the same, we'll just have that post Harper as our leader. Eh, hes better than George Bush I suppose.

Anyway, in my riding we had some interesting results:

DISTRICT: Calgary West
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
Rob Anders	CON	26594	58.56%	X
Jennifer Pollock	LIB	10089	22.21%
Danielle Roberts	GRN	4695	10.34%
Teale Phelps Bondaroff	NDP	3754	8.27%
Tim Cayzer	CAP	185	0.41%
André Vachon	ML	100	0.22%
January 24, 12:39:44 AM EST 225 of 292 polls reporting

Its not quite final, but it looks like Mr. Robby Anders gained voter ground from the Liberals this time out. Man I hate that guy. Oh well, I'm moving to Edmonton anyway.
Nicely, the Green Party gained ground, up like 2.5-3% over last year, even beating the NDP, a "real" party. See, the riding of Calgary West is (1) rich old people, (2) poor old people, and (3) students due to the University of Calgary being in the riding. Makes for a little balance, this riding has one of the highest Green Party vote in the country.

Well, thats it for politics.
Now for beer:
I racked off two beers yesterday, and I was quite impressed with the results. For my Best Bitter, the gravity after primary was 1.012, its looking like 4.7% alcohol. The flavour is quite good so far! Good balance between malt and hops, with a not-too-overpowering hops bitterness nor aroma or flavour. Just right. I can't wait to carbonate it. My Old Ale is going along quite nicely. After 20 days in 2ndary with 50 g of whole Goldings hops + oak chips, it has a pretty complex flavour. I calculate the new OG to be 1.079 and the final to be 1.020, which sets the Alc vol at 7.8%ish. Not bad, but not the 8.5 I was aiming for. It has pretty thick head retention, and nice dark colour. Helll yeah.

Job Details
Well I got the offer in writing now, so that means I'll officially (eventually) be the brewer at Alley Kat in Edmonton (see last post). I had to tell my new boss at my current job today, man that wasn't easy. I felt like I was breaking up with a girlfriend or something... "Its not you, its me". Ha.

Cheers!