Iron Thistle Scottish Ale pours slightly hazy dark ruby red/brown color with a single finger fairly dense head. This dense head is light khaki with good retention. This reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown
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5 O’Clock Pils
5 O’Clock Pils Pils is described as this “The pils malt is light yet with a pleasant bready character, emphasized by the decoction mash wherein a portion of the mash is removed, boiled and added back. Saaz hops, the only hop that has never been hybridized dating back to when it was first cultivated from a
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The Beers of Texas part 10 Saint Arnold Endeavor Double IPA
This is a very good beer. Double-IPA, very hoppy but tasty. The color is so beautiful, “coppery gold” like another person described. I feel like this is the definition of a very good beer (at least for me): “bold and hoppy” (like its label says), very tasty (malty/hoppy IPA), beautiful color and aroma and, last
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The Beers of Texas Part 6 – Shoofly Coconut Lime Ale
This is a seriously funky beer. If Jimmy Buffet was not making Land Shark Larger, he would be brewing this. This is a really tropically flavored beer. Shoofly Coconut Lime Ale is a refreshing golden ale blended with natural flavors of coconut and lime. Floral notes complement the mellow coconut and understated lime flavors. The
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The Beers of Texas Part 5 – The Fort Worth
This is an American Session Ale brewed to honor the crew of U.S.S. Fort Worth. U.S.S. Fort Worth is a Freedom Class littoral combat ship named after the city of Fort Worth, Texas, the home town of Rahr and Sons Brewing Company. This was my first American Session Ale and I must say it is
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A Family Day out in Gruene.
In our quest to get out and see more of Texas, we headed for the former town of Gruene. Located about 25 miles Northeast of San Antonio, Tx. Gruene is no longer its own town, it is a historic district with ion the city of new Bruanfels, Tx. Listed on the National Register of Historic
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Provident Doral at The Blue Miami
I got to spend a few days in Miami on a business trip, lucky for me the Provident Doral at The Blue met the Per Diem rate I am allowed to spend for hotels. This turn out to be a great choice. The hotel property reminds me more of a residential property than a hotel.
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Indpendence Day in the United States
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which
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Amateur Traveler – Episode 464 Travel to the Tennessee Valley (Tennessee, Alabama)
Recently I was a guest for the second time on The Amateur Traveler Podcast hosted by Chris Christensen. I talked about where I grew up and the great things to see,do and experience in the Tennessee Valley. You can listen to that episode or read the transcript at the link below. http://usa.amateurtraveler.com/travel-to-the-tennessee-valley-episode-464-transcript/
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