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Amtrekker: TALES FROM THE VAULT Premiere!
May 7th
Hey Team,
Okay! No more of that silly waiting for Brett to do his thing. Here it is! Let me know what you think!
“Amtrekker travels to Caruthers, CA for the Caruthers Nationals flattrack dirtbike races where he manages to (of course) crash multiply times and show the crowd why people should never get on a bike for the first time for a race.”
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I’m excited.
Brett.
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#14 Make Moonshine Pt. 2
Dec 14th
Hey Team,
Here’s the fun stuff!
“Amtrekker and Dr. Tiki travel into international waters under cover of night to show you how to distill moonshine.
Mistakes are made…not the least of which are actually tasting the booze.
(Part two of a two part series! Part one is right here.)”
Follow Amtrekker, Dr. Tiki and TikiTosca on twitter.
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And here’s the YouTube link.
Thanks Team!
I’m done.
Brett.
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#14 Make Moonshine Pt. 1
Oct 6th
Hey Team,
I decided to release the Moonshining with Dr. Tiki video in two parts (it will be a few weeks before part 2 rears it’s ugly head thanks to the fermentation process). So, here it is!
“Amtrekker travels to international waters to meet with the famed Dr. Tiki for some moonshining hijinks!
Uncertainty ensues.”
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I’m done.
Brett.
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Thanks!
AKPC_IDS += "381,";#13 Race Dirtbikes! [*updated with pictures!*]
Sep 30th
Hey Team,
Not that I’m not known for making bad decisions (who doesn’t love double negatives) but I’ve had better ideas than allowing the first time I’ve ever so much as sat down on a dirt bike to be the practice lap for a dirt bike race. Seriously. What was I thinking?
I can only tell you what was going through my mind after I had made my decision and I sat on the bike in a line of dozens of other riders all waiting for their turns at the track. (Everyone gets the opportunity to take a few laps before the races to get a feel for the dirt and the nuances of the track. Unfortunately for me…I got those same few laps to learn how to ride a dirt bike.)
“Well, at least this bike can’t kick me to death if I piss it off,” I thought aloud as I looked down to see if the bruise from the ostrich-racing escapade had healed yet. But as I looked down I saw the bike next to me and thought about how unforgiving that knobby-wheeled little machine must be when it runs you over after you fall on turn one like an amateur More >
“Moonshinery 2008″ Update
Sep 6th
Hey Team,
Here’s the update on “Moonshinery 2008.” You all know Jeff MacPherson (better known on the webbernets as Dr. Tiki) and I got the ball rolling late last week with an attempt at mash (which, for you non-hillbillies out there is the fermented liquid that gets distilled into moonshine). As far as we know (which isn’t very far) things went well…
Yesterday I got a call from Dr. Tiki saying that, after five days, our (more than likely poisonous) mixture of sugar, cornmeal and yeast definitely smelled like booze…and bread. And since I have to be in Virginia City tomorrow to ride an ostrich(!) we decided to jump the gun a little and see if we couldn’t manage to distill some grade A moonshine from what had already fermented.
We couldn’t.
Despite our ingenious still setup we had nothing to show for our early efforts after several hours. Which isn’t to say we’ve failed…yet. The yeast in our toxic brew is still doing it’s thing and as soon as that poison stops bubbling and things start smelling more like alcohol than bread we’ll jump back in and see what we can make happen!
Until then…I’m going to go jump head first into the terrifying More >
Is Horse Feed Really a Good Idea Anyway?
Aug 29th
Hey Team,
I’ve been reading quite a bit about moonshine lately since I’ve recently decided I don’t want to poison myself like so many ill-advised hillbillies before me. As a result I felt pretty confident when I set out this afternoon to hunt down some grain for the “mash” to start the fermentation process. A quick half hour to and from the Tack and Feed store and I’d be set. Easy.
Here’s the thing. Nothing is every easy in my world. (Of course I wouldn’t have it any other way. Where would the fun be in that? And where would I get all these ridiculous stories from?!)
When it comes right down to it, even after HOURS of researching moonshine making techniques and recipes, all I really new was that the recipe I had decided to use (because it looked simple) recommended a five gallon bucket of “MannaPro Hi Grain sweet feed.”
I have no idea what that means.
“Hi. Do you guys sell, MannaPro Hi Grain sweet feed?”
“What’s that?”
“I thought you were suppose to take it from there. I don’t even know what the words I just said mean…I’m just on an errand for my aunt.” Ha! That’ll throw them off the More >
Assault on Miners
Jul 14th
Hey Team,
Not everything on the list is adrenaline fueled (obviously). But a great case in point is #11 “Go into a coal mine.” I may have mentioned this before but a good portion of the list exists because I occasionally get that feeling that I was born in either the wrong time or the wrong place to experience everything I would like to experience. So rather than get my heart rate up, the coal mine is really more of a steep slide into Nerdville. A learning experience and not much more.
And that’s exactly what I got at the Lackawana County Coal Mine yesterday. Most important lesson learned: I now know exactly why so many people told me there was no way they were going to let me into a working coal mine. Turns out there are a billion and one easy ways to get yourself killed in a working mine. Good to know.
Besides the obvious black lung (which I avoided mentioning on tape mostly out of the shame created by a “too easy” joke) there where a hundred ways to get squished, crushed, or otherwise trampled before you even make it to the coal vein in the morning. Dynamite can More >
#17 Kiteboarding! [podcast]
Jul 2nd
Hey Team,
After a long wait I finally managed to stay in one place long enough to compress the kiteboarding video! Here it is!
“Amtrekker travels back to Charleston, SC to get dragged face first through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to “try his hand at kiteboarding.”
Calamity ensues.”
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Thanks!
I’m done.
Brett.
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