Dunno if can attribute it to APEC, but had a total idiot driver in Sentra, no lights on, glow of navi on windscreen, turns left cutting off oncoming traffic by going on left/wrong side of road in order to make the turn behind pedestrians who were smack dab in the right side of road!
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So I dunno if Halloween now heralds in the holiday season, but it sure seems to have herald in the crazy traffic and idiot driver season. Traffic this past week suddenly got maddening, and so did idiot dirvers. I like the person who got the lane change sequence totally backward. It’s signal intention, look, then iniate lane change, when clear. Not initiate lane change, look, swerve to avoid car, then signal intention! Oh, and this coming week should be fun with the APEC convention too!
(0)Saw a beat-up BMW Z3 roadster at New Eagle Cafe on Nimitz, vanity plate “PDLGRL”. Piddle Girl? She should go hang out with “JZZMAN”…
(0)Pier 38. United Fishing Agency. Bad TLA for Hawaii or anywhere with a Samoan-speaking population…
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The other beer unique to this collection is the Pumpkin Ale. Pours a medium dark orange with medium head that persists. I’m not sure about the blurb on label of subtle pumpkin and spice, you can smell it as soon as you lift the glass and bring it up for a quaff, pumpkin pie, right there between the eye! And this is with Mr. stuffy sinus! So yes, there is a good amount of spice aroma. Nice moderated bitter and a slightly astringent finish. A moderately heavy mouthfeel which is brightened by the carbonation that stays. I haven’t had the greatest experience with previous pumpkin beers, but I like this one. Perhaps Hoegarten has made me more receptive to spiced beers? Anyway, I figure since I’m being boring and doing nothing tonight, might as well do something fitting the occasion. 3 out of 4 spooky monkeys.
Pours medium amber with medium head. Carbonation is not very strong. A medium mouthfeel, accentuated by the weak carbonation. The roasting has made for an interesting beer. It doesn’t have an immediately identifyable roasted taste, it almost tastes of spice. I’m rather enjoying this, it almost reminds me of a Scotch with its aromas. I’m enjoying it even though it has now gone almost completely flat. I like this variety pack, we like fall. Included in the pack that I’ve already had is the Sam Adams Boston Lager, Oktoberfest, Black Lager, and Irish Red. I will review later the last flavor of this collection. The Rauchbier gets a solid 3 out of four hearty monkeys, and might even score a 4 if on my second bottle I still feel the same!
A few months back I inherited a few boxes of light bulbs from ckuke and dave, sorted through and was going to craigslist the lot but instead found that its the blue planet 100,000 bulb blitz month!
So I exchanged mine; for this!~
Thanks dave and ckuke!
Beck’s entry into the Oktoberfest fray. A medium amber, pours with a strong head that does not persist too long. There’s a fair amount of bitter, hint of roasty, but barely. Mouthfeel is medium thick. Oddly I quite liked it when I first bought it, but my smell for some reason has cleared a little the past day and I’m not enjoying it as much tonight. Perhaps the hops is coming on stronger now, although I don’t really detect floweryness. Funny because I’m down to my last one! I’ll have to go middle of the road and give it a 2 out 4 oompa monkeys, although when I started I would have given it more. Weird.
Woo boo, cheap buzz at OGG. Actually not, that was a $9 Blue Moon! Bummers that no longer have Guinness!. Time to tank the rest of it & run to boarding gate.
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