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02/16/2011 23:32 #53629
HedgehogCategory: pets
02/14/2011 23:22 #53614
Me!Your boots are perfect.
tinypliny - 02/15/11 15:51
lol, totally missed that. I have a top and vest like that and I roll up my buttoned sleeves all the time to show off my stick-like-forearms.
lol, totally missed that. I have a top and vest like that and I roll up my buttoned sleeves all the time to show off my stick-like-forearms.
flacidness - 02/15/11 14:56
I almost picked that top. One of us would to have gone home to change, or someone would've been cocktailed!! ;)
I almost picked that top. One of us would to have gone home to change, or someone would've been cocktailed!! ;)
tinypliny - 02/15/11 00:29
nevermind, those are your arms and the antennae are the ears....
nevermind, those are your arms and the antennae are the ears....
tinypliny - 02/15/11 00:28
That is so cool - what are your android holding?
That is so cool - what are your android holding?
paul - 02/14/11 23:49
Awesome scarf. I didn't see the scarves.
Awesome scarf. I didn't see the scarves.
02/11/2011 20:17 #53591
BeerCategory: home
I'm at a nascar-themed neighborhood bar in corning, ny and the options are limited: busch, molson canadian, mic light, coors light on tap, bud, yuengling, and guiness in the cooler. Yuengling is shockingly sweet compared to my usual ipas.
heidi - 02/12/11 23:11
The glass museum is well worth the trip. :::link:::
The other major attraction is Market Street, a quaint Victorian-era street of shops, restaurants and bars (Market Street Brewing Co.). The Rockwell Museum of [American] Western Art is just off Market. :::link::: Corning is close enough to Watkins Glen and/or Ithaca to make a wonderful weekend out of it. They both have amazing gorges and trails. :::link::: Ithaca has Ithaca Beer Co.
Corning also only about 45 minutes from home, and 50 minutes from Wellsboro where the Pine Creek Gorge is.
I was there because A had a gig at the East End Pub (pix soon). It wan't Nascar-themed in an intentional or interior-designer way, it was just the stuff the bar had collected most of. Yuengling Lager is my default mainstream beer because it's so accessible in PA like Blue is here.
The glass museum is well worth the trip. :::link:::
The other major attraction is Market Street, a quaint Victorian-era street of shops, restaurants and bars (Market Street Brewing Co.). The Rockwell Museum of [American] Western Art is just off Market. :::link::: Corning is close enough to Watkins Glen and/or Ithaca to make a wonderful weekend out of it. They both have amazing gorges and trails. :::link::: Ithaca has Ithaca Beer Co.
Corning also only about 45 minutes from home, and 50 minutes from Wellsboro where the Pine Creek Gorge is.
I was there because A had a gig at the East End Pub (pix soon). It wan't Nascar-themed in an intentional or interior-designer way, it was just the stuff the bar had collected most of. Yuengling Lager is my default mainstream beer because it's so accessible in PA like Blue is here.
paul - 02/12/11 17:26
I always wanted to go to corning for the glass museum, but what else is there to do? Why are you in corning.
I always wanted to go to corning for the glass museum, but what else is there to do? Why are you in corning.
metalpeter - 02/12/11 14:28
I know some people who are fans of it "Oldest Brewery in the US" or something like that... On the side of a beer truck once it looked like they had about 8 different kinds. I admit I have never been to a Nascar themed bar.... Wait that might not be true I saw one in an Airport and can't remember what it was called think it was a chain and like officially tied in or at least allowed by NASCAR but I don't remember if I went in..
I know some people who are fans of it "Oldest Brewery in the US" or something like that... On the side of a beer truck once it looked like they had about 8 different kinds. I admit I have never been to a Nascar themed bar.... Wait that might not be true I saw one in an Airport and can't remember what it was called think it was a chain and like officially tied in or at least allowed by NASCAR but I don't remember if I went in..
02/11/2011 12:26 #53589
Baby cutenessCategory: home
02/09/2011 21:13 #53581
February beer clubReference
metalpeter - 02/11/11 17:28
Apple Cider is great Apple Juice not so much so it sounds like this might be a good place to start with Cider until I find the best one.......
Apple Cider is great Apple Juice not so much so it sounds like this might be a good place to start with Cider until I find the best one.......
heidi - 02/11/11 02:04
I liked this hard cider, but i'm finding most hard ciders to be disappointing in that they're more like champagne than cider. They're heavily filtered, which means it's really fermented apple juice. (The distinction between apple juice and apple cider is filtration.) I like cider to have stuff in it and be a nice toasty brown, which is not what you get with most commercial hard ciders. I'm open to recommendations! My fav is homebrew cider, of course. Yum yum yum yum with fond memories attached.
I liked this hard cider, but i'm finding most hard ciders to be disappointing in that they're more like champagne than cider. They're heavily filtered, which means it's really fermented apple juice. (The distinction between apple juice and apple cider is filtration.) I like cider to have stuff in it and be a nice toasty brown, which is not what you get with most commercial hard ciders. I'm open to recommendations! My fav is homebrew cider, of course. Yum yum yum yum with fond memories attached.
jason - 02/10/11 18:07
I can answer that, Peter. It's hard cider, not beer. Actually it's a very good hard cider, although I admit I don't try a bunch of them myself.
James - If you like sours, try Ithaca's Brute or Ithaca's LeBleu. I would say Brute is on the "less sour" side between the two - a sour apple flavor. When I had LeBleu (imagine what the fruit is - not very pronounced, however) it was all about the brett.
I can answer that, Peter. It's hard cider, not beer. Actually it's a very good hard cider, although I admit I don't try a bunch of them myself.
James - If you like sours, try Ithaca's Brute or Ithaca's LeBleu. I would say Brute is on the "less sour" side between the two - a sour apple flavor. When I had LeBleu (imagine what the fruit is - not very pronounced, however) it was all about the brett.
metalpeter - 02/10/11 17:01
Question? Original Sin Hard Apple Cider is that a beer that is apple cider flavored or is it a cider I guess this question is also about what it tastes like as well?
Question? Original Sin Hard Apple Cider is that a beer that is apple cider flavored or is it a cider I guess this question is also about what it tastes like as well?
heidi - 02/10/11 15:26
I hated the La Roja - more than slightly reminiscent of Robitussin. A couple people really liked it. I liked the Gueuze a lot and would definitely try it again. It was my first time trying lambics.
Next beer club: March 9. The focus will be on stouts. Not my fav, but I'd like to explore that type in more depth.
I hated the La Roja - more than slightly reminiscent of Robitussin. A couple people really liked it. I liked the Gueuze a lot and would definitely try it again. It was my first time trying lambics.
Next beer club: March 9. The focus will be on stouts. Not my fav, but I'd like to explore that type in more depth.
jbeatty - 02/10/11 12:29
I'm doing my best to drink more lambics these days. My first Gueze was the Cantillion and it definitely was a totally different beer drinking experience. I guess the term would be "it's an aquired taste". At New Years My brother and I shared a bottle of Girardin 1882 Black Label which was the most Barnyardy beer I have ever had. I have a bottle of the Fonteinen Oude Gueze on hand just waiting for the right moment and right crowd to be opened.
I'm really curious what you thought of the Jolly Pumkin La Roja. I haven't really had a whole lot of sours other than Duchesse de Bourgogne which I loved.
I'm doing my best to drink more lambics these days. My first Gueze was the Cantillion and it definitely was a totally different beer drinking experience. I guess the term would be "it's an aquired taste". At New Years My brother and I shared a bottle of Girardin 1882 Black Label which was the most Barnyardy beer I have ever had. I have a bottle of the Fonteinen Oude Gueze on hand just waiting for the right moment and right crowd to be opened.
I'm really curious what you thought of the Jolly Pumkin La Roja. I haven't really had a whole lot of sours other than Duchesse de Bourgogne which I loved.
jason - 02/10/11 11:37
Interesting, you tried the Schaerbeekse Kriek. Out of the three Lambics, that's probably the one that is going to be the most traditional representation of the style out of the three. It also uses the Morello cherries grown around Brussels that is traditional for a Kriek.
It's interesting you are trying out the sours. The most traditional representation of Lambic comes from Cantillon, with the taste not being sweet but sour, really sour. The Cantillon Kriek has cherry as sort of an accent flavor.
Gueuze is a different animal altogether. Blended lambics, no fruit added. Big boy and big girl beer. Given how sweet the Lindemans stuff is I wonder how that went. I've tried a few and they will pucker your freaking mouth up. I like the Lambics/Sours myself.
Interesting, you tried the Schaerbeekse Kriek. Out of the three Lambics, that's probably the one that is going to be the most traditional representation of the style out of the three. It also uses the Morello cherries grown around Brussels that is traditional for a Kriek.
It's interesting you are trying out the sours. The most traditional representation of Lambic comes from Cantillon, with the taste not being sweet but sour, really sour. The Cantillon Kriek has cherry as sort of an accent flavor.
Gueuze is a different animal altogether. Blended lambics, no fruit added. Big boy and big girl beer. Given how sweet the Lindemans stuff is I wonder how that went. I've tried a few and they will pucker your freaking mouth up. I like the Lambics/Sours myself.
heidi - 02/10/11 09:49
The whole list with our group's score of each:
Abita Purple Haze 6.33
Original Sin Hard Apple Cider 5.44
Unibroue Ephemere (Apple) 6.99
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence 5.55
Southern Tier Choklat 7.88
Lindemans Kriek 6.22
Lindemans Gueuze 4.66
Drie Fonteinen Schaerbeekse Kriek 3.22
Jolly Pumpkin La Roja 4.66
Pearl Street Belgian Sour 2
My three top were Unibroue, Original Sin, and Gueze sour.
The whole list with our group's score of each:
Abita Purple Haze 6.33
Original Sin Hard Apple Cider 5.44
Unibroue Ephemere (Apple) 6.99
Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence 5.55
Southern Tier Choklat 7.88
Lindemans Kriek 6.22
Lindemans Gueuze 4.66
Drie Fonteinen Schaerbeekse Kriek 3.22
Jolly Pumpkin La Roja 4.66
Pearl Street Belgian Sour 2
My three top were Unibroue, Original Sin, and Gueze sour.
jbeatty - 02/10/11 06:58
Three Lambics in one sitting wow! I do love Ephemere! and anything from Southern Tier. What is the second from the left?
Three Lambics in one sitting wow! I do love Ephemere! and anything from Southern Tier. What is the second from the left?
heidi - 02/10/11 01:04
Darn, there are only seven in the pic!
Darn, there are only seven in the pic!
What on earth is drug dog?! Like a drug mule but of the canine variety? Why would you put that in the comparable pet-list to the hedgehog? Is it used as a drug-mule too? How close is it to say, a hamster or a rat as a pet?
It was mad that we woke it up, snorting & huffing. It wouldn't put its pricklies down. Super cute tho.
they are so cute. Was it friendly?
Supposedly they are non allergenic.