Hoosier Beer Geek: KOTBR Review #7 & #8: Unibroue’s Trois Pistoles & Maudite
Array-ne So to finish off my week 7 diary, here is an account of Venice and Geneva. After a 3 hour ride in a cabinet styled train (as in Anastasia- unfortunately they are not as cool as it looked in the movie) we finally reached Venice where water was everywhere. How gorgeous is this picture of sunset in Venice (right)?Everything was so pictueresque, especially the gondolas. On the left, we have a picture of the Bridge of Sigh. Other touristy things to see is the Basillica of San Marco (left) and the Palace of the Doges (right). In times of high tide, the piazza (left) is actually flooded and gondolas can actually float on it sometimes. But I settled for a simple white and gold half mask . . . . . Unfortunately they blocked off this official entrance, so we could only take pictures from this angle (left) and had to go in the back way. . . . Getting to drive a speed boat in the middle of a beautiful lake (even though it wasn’t going too fast) was definitely memorable ;).
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The single-color eyeshadow I have has a really great texture.For me, Lavshuca (and Shiseido’s Majolica Majorca) are the only two shelf-top brands that feature both top quality products and great packaging. Other nearby countries in East Asia have already caught on the trend and many people there want a piece of Lavshuca as well.As long as it keeps the dreaminess, the fun, and the coolness of the brand, I think Lavshuca will continue to be very popular.
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Then a big pizza that was half steak, tiny delicate onion rings, arugala and mustard aioli (amazing!) and half shrimp with an arrabiata sauce. We washed it all down with a tasty pitcher of sangria.Today we are off for a road trip up the New England coast and we leave for The Garden State tomorrow.We call to check on El Sid nearly constantly (she’s just fine, apparently).
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-ne The first birthday issue of The Shed magazine - the indispensable (and free) pdf lifestyle magazine for all shedworkers and those who work in shedlike atmospheres is now out.
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-ne Dear Roxie,Upon my homecoming from the Supermarket today, as I walked through the door with a 20 pound turkey hanging from one hand and a 20 pound girl tucked under the opposite arm, I saw laid out before me the evidence of gratitude. Your love is slowly driving me insane.Here’s what I saw on the floor of the kitchen when I walked in the door just an hour or so ago: an empty ice cream container, a plastic dessert tray, the crystallized remnants of a doubly soiled diaper, and a host of brown baby wipes.I remember that diaper when it was still intact. It usually is.I know you love The Boss and can’t get enough of her toddling goodness. Mealtime with The Boss is NOT a gift that keeps on giving. I’m sure the bacteria that remain, so gloriously invisible to the naked eye, are nothing a can of Lysol (or two) won’t eradicate. Or maybe you won’t quite make the connection, and will patter off huffily, in the dead of night, in search of something else to be thankful for.
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-ne In the spirit of overindulgence at Thanksgiving, the KOTBR decided to review not one, but two - count them TWO - beers at the latest Roundtable. If you have been there, go back and tell them you’re coming back is because we recommend it so highly.Not only does all that good stuff we’ve already said about them make them a great place, but they also have Humphrey, the Humping Dog on tap, and within reach of my barstool of choice, which is endless entertainment for me (if you want to know what I’m talking about, you’re just going to have to go in and see for yourself).So enough of the commercial for Deano’s - let’s get down to the brew review!JASON: There is an ongoing discussion amongst the Hoosier Beer Geeks about how to properly pronounce the name of the Canadian brewer Unibroue. Thankfully, the fruitiness of the beer subsides as you continue to drink it, so for me, the beer became better as I continued to consume it.The taste also had plenty of fruit to it, but like the aroma, the fruit subsided as time went on. It’s a beer that’s better when you just enjoy it instead of analyzing it.I initially was going to give this beer three mugs. But I’m going to give it a bonus half mug for the intangibles: being more enjoyable as you go along, being a good beer to just sip and enjoy, and being one of the better fruity beers that I have consumed. And I look forward to reviewing both beers in the future.Now, I know that many were disappointed that my beer review was not in haiku this time. And perhaps you Shakespearean prose experts can tell me if I’m doing this correctly…The first of ales reviewed by us was darkIts name was Trois Pistoles, a pungent brewIt held a nose of ripened plums so strongAnd tasted much the same but pleased me notA beer for others, those from northern landsThree tankards worth of ale this drink does rateThe second beer to pass my lips was calledThe name Maudite, a finer brew it wasA whiff of caramel and molasses strongA flavor same as nose, a lovely tasteI’d order yet another if I couldBut that would leave me sprawled upon the floorFour tankards worth of ale this drink does rateCHRIS: I’m going to recuse myself from an actual review.
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Array-ne So to finish off my week 7 diary, here is an account of Venice and Geneva. After a 3 hour ride in a cabinet styled train (as in Anastasia- unfortunately they are not as cool as it looked in the movie) we finally reached Venice where water was everywhere. How gorgeous is this picture of sunset in Venice (right)?Everything was so pictueresque, especially the gondolas. On the left, we have a picture of the Bridge of Sigh. Other touristy things to see is the Basillica of San Marco (left) and the Palace of the Doges (right). In times of high tide, the piazza (left) is actually flooded and gondolas can actually float on it sometimes. But I settled for a simple white and gold half mask . . . . . Unfortunately they blocked off this official entrance, so we could only take pictures from this angle (left) and had to go in the back way. . . . Getting to drive a speed boat in the middle of a beautiful lake (even though it wasn’t going too fast) was definitely memorable ;).
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The single-color eyeshadow I have has a really great texture.For me, Lavshuca (and Shiseido’s Majolica Majorca) are the only two shelf-top brands that feature both top quality products and great packaging. Other nearby countries in East Asia have already caught on the trend and many people there want a piece of Lavshuca as well.As long as it keeps the dreaminess, the fun, and the coolness of the brand, I think Lavshuca will continue to be very popular.
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Then a big pizza that was half steak, tiny delicate onion rings, arugala and mustard aioli (amazing!) and half shrimp with an arrabiata sauce. We washed it all down with a tasty pitcher of sangria.Today we are off for a road trip up the New England coast and we leave for The Garden State tomorrow.We call to check on El Sid nearly constantly (she’s just fine, apparently).
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-ne The first birthday issue of The Shed magazine - the indispensable (and free) pdf lifestyle magazine for all shedworkers and those who work in shedlike atmospheres is now out.
link
-ne Dear Roxie,Upon my homecoming from the Supermarket today, as I walked through the door with a 20 pound turkey hanging from one hand and a 20 pound girl tucked under the opposite arm, I saw laid out before me the evidence of gratitude. Your love is slowly driving me insane.Here’s what I saw on the floor of the kitchen when I walked in the door just an hour or so ago: an empty ice cream container, a plastic dessert tray, the crystallized remnants of a doubly soiled diaper, and a host of brown baby wipes.I remember that diaper when it was still intact. It usually is.I know you love The Boss and can’t get enough of her toddling goodness. Mealtime with The Boss is NOT a gift that keeps on giving. I’m sure the bacteria that remain, so gloriously invisible to the naked eye, are nothing a can of Lysol (or two) won’t eradicate. Or maybe you won’t quite make the connection, and will patter off huffily, in the dead of night, in search of something else to be thankful for.
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-ne In the spirit of overindulgence at Thanksgiving, the KOTBR decided to review not one, but two - count them TWO - beers at the latest Roundtable. If you have been there, go back and tell them you’re coming back is because we recommend it so highly.Not only does all that good stuff we’ve already said about them make them a great place, but they also have Humphrey, the Humping Dog on tap, and within reach of my barstool of choice, which is endless entertainment for me (if you want to know what I’m talking about, you’re just going to have to go in and see for yourself).So enough of the commercial for Deano’s - let’s get down to the brew review!JASON: There is an ongoing discussion amongst the Hoosier Beer Geeks about how to properly pronounce the name of the Canadian brewer Unibroue. Thankfully, the fruitiness of the beer subsides as you continue to drink it, so for me, the beer became better as I continued to consume it.The taste also had plenty of fruit to it, but like the aroma, the fruit subsided as time went on. It’s a beer that’s better when you just enjoy it instead of analyzing it.I initially was going to give this beer three mugs. But I’m going to give it a bonus half mug for the intangibles: being more enjoyable as you go along, being a good beer to just sip and enjoy, and being one of the better fruity beers that I have consumed. And I look forward to reviewing both beers in the future.Now, I know that many were disappointed that my beer review was not in haiku this time. And perhaps you Shakespearean prose experts can tell me if I’m doing this correctly…The first of ales reviewed by us was darkIts name was Trois Pistoles, a pungent brewIt held a nose of ripened plums so strongAnd tasted much the same but pleased me notA beer for others, those from northern landsThree tankards worth of ale this drink does rateThe second beer to pass my lips was calledThe name Maudite, a finer brew it wasA whiff of caramel and molasses strongA flavor same as nose, a lovely tasteI’d order yet another if I couldBut that would leave me sprawled upon the floorFour tankards worth of ale this drink does rateCHRIS: I’m going to recuse myself from an actual review.
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