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All posts for the month January, 2014

BMW i8, I wish I had $135,000 to blow

Posted by imus on January 27, 2014
Posted in: Technology.

BMW i8
The BMW i8 is no ordinary sports car. It’s an icon of progress — an extraordinary evolution of The Ultimate Driving Machine®. As a plug-in hybrid, this revolutionary vehicle combines the power of a TwinPower Turbo engine and the efficiency of an all-electric motor for an exhilarating driving experience that’s every bit BMW.

Starting at $135,700*

  • 0–60 mph in 4.4 seconds
  • Combined max. power – 362 hp and 420 lb-ft torque
  • Boasts up to 94 mpg fuel efficiency
  • Fully recharges in 1.5 hours from a 220-volt Level 2 charger

BMW i – BMW North America – BMW North America.

BMW i8 Interior

beer list: week ending 01/26

Posted by imus on January 26, 2014
Posted in: Beer. Tagged: .
Sweetwater Happy Ending 2014

mmmmmmm beer

Consumed: Cellared:
Monday Night Eye Patch -Hoot Sweetwater Dank Tank 2econd Helping
Lagunitas Sucks IPA -H Samuel Adams Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout
New Holland Monkey King Farmhouse-TM Southern Tier 2XMAS
Red Brick Chai Tea Milk Stout -H New Holland Cabin Fever
BeerName -MM Lagunitas Sucks IPA
Red Brick Beard Envy -H Red Brick Beard Envy
BeerName -TM Red Brick Chai Tea Milk Stout
BeerName -MM Sweetwater Happy Ending 2014
Ballast Point Amber Ale -TM
Red Hare Long Day Lager -TM
Stone Arrogant Bastard -H
Stillwater -H
Lagunitas Sucks Brown Sugar Substitute -H

beer list: week ending 01/19

Posted by imus on January 19, 2014
Posted in: Beer. Tagged: .
Founders

mmmmmmm beer

Consumed: Cellared:
Sweetwater IPA -MM
Ballast Point Big Eye IPA -TM
Ballast Point Fathom IPL -TM
Victory Hop Devil Nitro IPA -TM
Dogfish Head Sixty-One -TM
Ballast Point Sculpin Imperial IPA -TM
Blue Point Oatmeal Stout -TM
New Holland Cabin Fever -MM
Monday Night Eye Patch IPA -Hoot
Red Brick Sacred Cow Milk Stout -Brew
Red Brick Hot-Lanta IPA -Brew
Lazy Magnolia Gulf Porter -TM
Great Divide Orabelle -TM

Terrapin Doubles (Cubes) Rye Squared For Bigger Hangover | Beer Street Journal

Posted by imus on January 13, 2014
Posted in: Beer. Tagged: , .

Terrapin Beer Co’s (Athens, GA) Rye Squared has a boozier, bigger family member on the way. It goes by the name of Rye-Cubed.

This initial idea was to square the Rye Squared ingredients, that was until they thought about the math. Brewmaster and co-founder “Spike” tells Beer Street Journal:

We were trying to figure out how to cube the ingredients. Basically, we are doubling everything going into Rye Squared. It will be big. Very big.

At 10.3% ABV, big is an understatement. Terrapin Rye Cubed will be “destroying palates from Athens to Tokyo” in June, 2014.

Style: American Strong Ales (w/ Rye)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Arrival: June, 2014

10.3% ABV

Terrapin Doubles (Cubes) Rye Squared For Bigger Hangover | Beer Street Journal.

beer list: week ending 01/12

Posted by imus on January 12, 2014
Posted in: Beer. Tagged: .
Terrapin

mmmmmmm beer

Consumed: Cellared:
Southern Tire Pumking -H
Jekyll Hop Dang Diggity -H Terrapin Cinnamon Bun Wake & Bake
New Belgium LOF CAscara Quad -H Rogue Double Stout
Lost Abbey Carnevale Double Amber -H
MOA Imperial Stout -MM
Red Hare Gangway IPA -TM
Port Santa’s Little Helper -H
Founder’s Breakfast STout -TM
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter -TM
Terrapin Moo Hoo -MM
BlueTarp Mother Hoppin -Brew
BlueTarp Last Place Stout -Brew

Terrapin Side Project #22: MoonRay | Beer Street Journal

Posted by imus on January 10, 2014
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Side Project #22 “MoonRay” is already in planning, with the test recipe being tweaked as you read this. Per brewery co-founder “Spike” Buchowski, he intends on making this beer a bit like the chocolate orange candy. (the chocolate that splits open like orange slices).

He hopes to the do this with the addition of orange peels, chocolate malt and cocoa nibs. The weizenbock yeast will give the beer a touch of banana flavor too.

Expect this offering by Summer, 2014

Style: Weizenbock (w/ Chocolate, Oranges)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA

8.34% ABV

Terrapin Side Project #22: MoonRay | Beer Street Journal.

Archeologists Find Tomb of Ancient Beer Brewer | Beer Street Journal

Posted by imus on January 7, 2014
Posted in: Beer, History-Science-Interesting.

Egypt made an announcement this week that’s of beer world interest. The country’s minister of antiquities announced that Japanese archeologists have unearthed a 3,000 year old tomb of a beer brewer in the city of Luxor.

The tomb is dated back to the Remesside period. The later part of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties (1292–1069 BC) is known as Ramesside period, after the eleven pharaohs that took the name of Ramesses. The brewer was the chief “maker of beer for the gods of the dead.”

The tomb was located near statesman Amenhotep III, the grandfather of famous pharaoh Tutankhamun. The walls depicted scenes of the life 3,000 years ago including statesman drinking. (Presumably beer, seen above.)

Archeologists Find Tomb of Ancient Beer Brewer | Beer Street Journal.

beer list: week ending 01/05

Posted by imus on January 5, 2014
Posted in: Beer. Tagged: .
Three Taverns

mmmmmmm beer

Consumed: Cellared:
Weyerbacher Quad -TM
Jekyll ‘American Ale -TM Three Taverns Theophan the Recluse
Lonerider Red Spur -TM Evil Twin Lil’ B Stout
Spaten Ocktoberfest -TM
Terrapin Moo Hoo -MM
Jekyll Hop Dang Digity -H
Sweetwater Red Hot Mama -H
Crown Valley Lone Valley DIPA -H
Rogue Mogul Madness -TM
Duck Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Ale -TM
Ommegang 3 Philosphers -TM
Moylan’s Hopsicle -TM

Elysian Brings Back Coffee Milk Offering | Beer Street Journal

Posted by imus on January 3, 2014
Posted in: Beer. Tagged: , .

Elysian Split Shot Espresso Milk Stout combines the talents of Elysian Brewing and Stumptown Coffee in a beer you don’t want to miss.

You first saw Split Shot in 2012, when it was made the official beer of Seattle Beer Week. Here in young 2014, Elysian promoted to spring seasonal.

Style: Milk Stout (w/ Coffee)
Hops:
Malts: Northwest pale, C-15 and C-45 dextrine malts, Franco-Belges kiln coffee malt, Black, Roasted and Chocolate malts and flaked oats.

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Nitro Draft. All of Elysian’s Distribution Network

7.25% ABV

Elysian Brings Back Coffee Milk Offering | Beer Street Journal.