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In Main Category
Beer: Thirsty Dog Siberian Night
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#7
 03-30-2008 09:17 PM |
Thirsty Dog Siberian Night
This is a "Russian Imperial Stout" with a 9.0% alcohol rating. It's a winter seasonal release and still currently available. It's a very dark beer, with almost no hint of coloring even when held up to the light. The aroma hints at being slightly bitter. I drank two of these and couldn't get a sense of the beer other than perhaps some distant chocolate. It poured thick (almost like a thin syrup) with almost n
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In Beer
Beer: Great Lakes Blackout Stout
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03-23-2008 12:15 PM |
Great Lakes Blackout Stout
This is a "Russian Imperial Stout" with a 9.0% alcohol rating. It's a winter seasonal release and still currently available. It's a very dark beer, with hints of brown in the coloring. The aroma is strong of coffee (espresso perhaps) and roasted malt.
The taste is complex: First off there is a deep chocolaty flavor which is followed up by the taste of roast coffee. Some traces of fruit are detectable,
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In Beer
Beer: Dogfish Head 90-Minute IPA
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03-21-2008 07:25 PM |
Dogfish Head 90-Minute IPA
This is an American Double / Imperial IPA with a 9.0% alcohol rating. It is available year-round. It has a beautiful clear copper color that may be poured with little to no head, depending on who is pouring. It has a strong floral smell, with a little tart fruit laced in it: Grapefruit and dried apricot.
The taste is definitely hoppy, but the malt is detectable too. It has a slightly bit
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In Beer
Beer: Samuel Adam's Double Bock
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03-19-2008 07:20 PM |
Samuel Adam's Double Bock
This is a "Doppelbock" with a 8.80% alcohol rating. It's a winter seasonal release and still currently available. It's a very clear beer with a color between a dark cherry and a copper brown. It has a complex aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, and perhaps some dark fruits (raisins, dates).
The taste is exquisite: dark chocolate, caramel, malts, apple, and spices with a creamy texture. The alcohol is hardly n
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In Work
Windows Vista Firewall Client
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#3
06-26-2007 12:44 PM |
This is a rant. You have been warned.
At last! At long last! Microsoft appeared to to have gotten their act together and implemented a very functional Firewall Client in Windows Vista. No longer should corporate entities (and their IT Client Engineers, such as myself) have to struggle with third-party vendor's and their poorly managed addons, additional licensing costs, and terrible support. Now we can push firewall policies down to workstations via Group Policy, assign OU's unique configura
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In Backpacking
Bears and Deer and Woods, Oh My!
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06-11-2007 03:05 PM |
Right. So I was supposed to be on a three day/two night tour through Shenandoah Nat'l Park. Supposed to be. A few factors kicked in that I wasn't prepared for and couldn't anticipate which caused me to shave off that third day:- Spotting five bears in the first two and a half hours
- Not sleeping well due to the 90 degree heat index at 11:00pm
- Realizing there is no water source for nine miles or more on the last loop of the trip But hey, there's a silver lining in everything. As a result
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In Backpacking
Life on Inactive Reserve: Inactive Activity 1
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06-06-2007 11:43 PM |
A week ago or so I made the request to be placed on inactive reserve with the 3rd Special Forces so that I can be more focused on some other aspects of life in the near future without dropping any commitments.
So my first activity while 'inactive' is coming up this weekend: Three days/Two nights solo in the backcountry of Shenandoah Nat'l Park.
To say the least, I'm excited about it. I spent much of the winter acquiring some new gear and just this week blew a few bucks getting the last li
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