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about the site...

Thanks for visiting my website! I hope you enjoy your stay and are able to find your way around without any problems.

I created this site as a project, but it turned into a different few things. First off, it is a blog; simply a place where I can write some of my scattered, random thoughts, and occasionally rant a little bit, about how the man is keeping you (and me) down.

Secondly, it has become a place where I have posted some photography, so feel free to check some of that out as well. And lastly, This site will be used as part of a a few different projects for my masters degree. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, comments, concerns during your stay: (benhelms@gmail.com)

about me...

A little about me, let’s see...Well, I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then moved to Los Angeles for college and about halfway through that I moved out to Boston. After falling in love with New England (go Pats/Sox!), I made my way back to SoCal and got two degrees from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, CA (a BA in English-Writing & an MS in College Counseling and Student Development). Then I moved up to Oregon and woked as a Hall Director at the University of Portland in Oregon. From there, I moved down to Mt. Shasta, California. Man, I love this place. Mountains, sun, snow, and family. What more could a man ask for?

Besides all that, I love writing, backpacking, photography, homebrewing, music (recording, composing and listening), playing/watching sports, and exploring new lands.

Tag Archives: homebrewing

Take Five…

Taking a break from the blog for a few weeks. All apologies. Might upload a few pics here and there, but for now, life’s just a bit too chaotic to manage two blogs. Feel free to see  a few updates on my other site: TEN BOTTLE BREWING God Bless, Ben Related Posts:Photo of the Week...

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Dreams and Aspirations

I’m a passionate guy. When I enjoy something, I try to enjoy it to the fullest. And that goes for just about everything in my life. As a kid, more than anything else, I wanted to play in the NBA. Seriously. I used to play 6+ hours a day in the summer, working on techniques...

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Clever Girl – Bourbon Barrel Stout

This is one of the first beers I ever thought of after I started homebrewing. I remember texting with Hannah during the first few months we were dating, regarding many different beer ideas and the Jurassic Park concept was one that consistently came up again and again. We eventually came up with the label, and...

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Five Iron Frenzy: The End is Beer

Not going to lie, I’ve been inspired by Michael Tonsmeire (The Mad Fermentationst) to start writing more about my homebrewing on my blog. Now, I promise that this won’t become solely a homebrewing blog, at least not anytime soon, but it will probably start becoming a bigger part of my site, just as it’s becoming...

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New Is ALWAYS Better (Homebrewing Edition)

[This post is brought to you by the generous and consistent insight of the Mad Fermentationist, Mike Tonsmeire] Of course it is. And while always maybe be going a bit too far, I’m still going to stick with at least: “New is OFTEN better.” What I mean to say is, there’s a lot of new...

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