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- Our local guide shares deep insight into Peru's culture and ancient civilizations
- Machu Picchu: the incredible "Lost City of the Incas"
- Cusco, alive with the energy of the Inca and history of the Spanish conquistadors
- Hike to impressive ruins: Tambo Machay, Temple of the Moon and others
- Experience Quechua culture at an off-the-beaten path weaving community
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Cusco, the Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu: A Cultural Odyssey
It's about that picture. You know the one. Every website and coffee-table book has it. History, archaeology, anthropology guides all have it. You'll have it too. Standing above Machu Picchu, wispy white clouds floating by, the jagged Andes in the background, you'll snap the picture. But being there, feet firmly planted above that scene, will forever reset your view of humanity, society and history. How did they do this? When was this again? There are maybe ten places on Earth like this spot. And to think, it's only one moment in a week's worth of incredible moments.
We want to make sure you're on the right trip and that you have the best experience possible. Every Backroads trip is unique and this one is no exception.
Hiking the Inca TrailPermits to hike the Inca Trail are extremely limited. We recommend booking a minimum of 4 to 6 months prior to departure in order to significantly increase your chance of securing a permit.
Also, due to national park regulations and difficulty securing permits, your Backroads leaders may not be able to accompany you along the Inca Trail. Rest assured, you will always be well supported by our local Peruvian guide, who we've worked with for years, and a staff of porters.
Days 1-2 Hike to impressive Inca archaeological sites Explore Cusco, once the center of the pre-Columbian Inca Empire Visit Coricancha, a Spanish Colonial church built atop the ruins of an Inca temple Our local guide shares deep insight into Peru's culture and ancient civilizations as we journey through Puca Pucara, Q'enko, Temple of the Moon and Sacsayhuamán A long-time friend and Quechua shaman teaches us the meaning of his indigenous "Pago a la Tierra" ceremony Discover the superb collection at Cusco's Museum of Pre-Columbian Art.
Day 3 Pedal on paved and dirt roads through the Sacred Valley Explore the ruins at Pisac, offering sweeping vistas of the terraced hillsides Interested in shopping for alpaca sweaters or decorative gourds? You'll find plenty to choose from at the Pisac market.
Days 4-5 Experience Quechua culture in an off-the-beaten-path weaving community where master weavers work After an expert guide unlocks the historical treasure trove of Ollantaytambo's enigmatic ruins, climb the temple's 200 stone steps Visit the world-renowned ceramics studio of Pablo Seminario Enjoy a private dinner at the historical Hacienda Huayoccari Bike along dirt roads through the altiplano amid a panorama of snowy peaks and traditional villages Learn the secrets of Peruvian cuisine during our exclusive cooking class with Sol y Luna's chef, a highlight of our trip.
Days 6-8 Machu Picchu: the incredible "Lost City of the Incas" After taking the train to Aguas Calientes, hike to the Gate of the Sun for an unforgettable bird's-eye view of Machu Picchu (you may have the option to take the famed Inca Trail) Spend a second full day exploring the "Lost City" Got an intrepid streak? Ascend Machu Picchu Mountain (with a special permit that Backroads secures on your behalf) for a memorable view of the ruins A local expert provides insight into the exquisite stonework and mysterious astrological designs of this sacred site Stroll through the grounds of the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel with a local naturalist to learn about the local flora and fauna.
Call 800-462-2848, Every day 6am-6pm,PST
Guests Reviews About This Trip
When it comes to authentic travel experiences, Backroads' multisport adventure in Peru is really tough to beat. Everyone in your gang is sure to find inspiration on this trip, which features a great mix of stunning Andean landscapes, fascinating Inca history and captivating Quechua culture. You'll join longtime Backroads friend and local guide Aurelio, who shares insight into Peru's history and culture. And your visit to Machu Picchu will most likely be an experience you'll remember forever.- Regional Manager, Latin America
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Hotel Monasterio
Cusco (2 nights) "An outstanding Orient-Express property housed within a converted 16th-century monastery situated just a short stroll from the Plaza de Armas," says Andrew Harper. Condé Nast Traveler Gold List; Travel + Leisure World's Best.
Sol y Luna Lodge
Urubamba (3 nights) "An unpretentious but impeccably maintained lodge set in a wonderful garden surrounded by mountains," according to the Hideaway Report. (pool, spa, tennis)
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel
Aguas Calientes (2 nights) This hotel with Andean-style casitas is just minutes from the ruins of Machu Picchu. Condé Nast Traveler Gold List; Travel + Leisure World's Best. (pool, spa)
Private Trips Options & Pricing
This Trip Is Rated Level 1-3
Routes For All Abilities
Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next-and your traveling companion's may differ somewhat from yours. So we present a range of mileage options, and each day you decide exactly what and how much you want to do.
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|Level 2
|2-4 hours
|21-30 miles
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|Level 3
|3-5 hours
|31-40 miles
|21-25 miles
|7-9 miles
|Level 4
|4-6 hours
|41-55 miles
|26-30 miles
|9-11 miles
|Level 5
|5-7+ hours
|56-75+ miles
|31+ miles
|11-13+ miles
*Mountain bikes are used in locations where the best riding is on a combination of dirt and paved roads. View trip locations
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HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" is working on a story that's expected to paint the SEC as a cheaters' league. Former Auburn player Stanley McClover is expected to say in the story that he received benefits from a Tiger coach back in the mid-2000s. Former Alabama player Chris Keys — who was dismissed from the Tide team by Mike Shula — is rumored to be talking with HBO, too.
He says those rumors are false.
"I haven't even talked to HBO," Keys told TideSports.com. "My mom told me about it when she first heard about it, but there isn't anything to it. I've had some people ask me about it, but I don't know what they're talking about."
A spokesperson for HBO would "neither confirm nor deny that the network's 'Real Sports' show is working on a segment on recruiting practices — or players being paid to play — in the Southeastern Conference."
So far, former MSU quarterback John Bond and radio host Scott Moore have said that HBO wants to talk to Bond about the Cam Newton scandal. And Former Auburn running back Ronnie Brown has said that he did talk with McClover and that his former teammate is talking to HBO.
Who'll actually go on the record — and with what — remains to be seen.
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FILE - In this May 21, 2012, file photo, honoree Alex Trebek, host of the game show "Jeopardy" holds a 71st Annual Peabody Awards in New York. Sony Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said Sunday, June 24, 2012, that Trebek is in a Los Angeles hospital recovering from a mild heart attack. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
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Opening ceremony a celebration -- of protest and dissent
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No one was sure if this year's opening ceremony could match Beijing's lavish event
With his music choices, producer Danny Boyle cleverly honored protest and dissent
Greatest U.S. moments in the Summer Olympics
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Somewhere amidst the traumatized pasture animals; and Mr. Bean's reenactment of Chariots of Fire on the beach; and the parachute jumps of James Bond and the Queen from a helicopter; and the joint lighting of the cauldron by seven young British athletes, each chosen by a former Olympic great -- somewhere, that is to say, between Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins' ringing of the Olympic Bell and the echo of Paul McCartney's final note of Hey Jude -- artistic director Danny Boyle smuggled into the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics a worthy and important thing.
He gave us a chance to celebrate protest and dissent.
Four years ago, after a comparable night on the other side of the globe, the rest of the world had a moment of collective sadness for the London organizers. No way could the stagers of the next Olympics possibly equal Beijing's lid-lifting spectacle. But tonight we learned that if the guy in front of you zigs, it's best to zag. Boyle, the Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire, spent almost four times less money and deployed roughly one-tenth as many people. But he outstripped the previous Olympic host city by flaunting what the Chinese actively suppressed.
This was pageantry as jiu-jitsu. While Britain's coalition government weighs further cuts to its government-run health-care system, Boyle went out of his way to honor the National Health Service, with real NHS employees as nurses capering on hospital beds.
The show also included a nod to the early-20th-century suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and the Jarrow Marchers, who in 1936 walked more than 300 miles from County Durham to London to protest hunger and joblessness. When Boyle made a point of inviting their descendants to the proceedings, he also made a point to us.
With The Queen in the house, we heard music from the Sex Pistols, the same band whose God Save the Queen was banned by the BBC. Boyle meant for us to take to heart that line from The Tempest, read early in the evening by Kenneth Branagh: "Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises."
On these isles of wonder, tumult is a good thing.
The Olympics, of course, have a long and troubling history with protest and dissent. The Games have mostly been hostile to them. Showing in other parts of London right now are two productions of a much more modest scale, each of which speaks to this. One is a documentary called Salute, which tells not only of black Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who were banned from the Olympic movement for raising fists on the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, but also of the white Australian silver medalist, Peter Norman, who got similar treatment for wearing a badge, in solidarity with Smith and Carlos, because he objected to the treatment of Aborigines in his own country. (Smith and Carlos served as pallbearers at Norman's funeral in 2006.)
The other, a play called 1936, was written by former British Olympic track coach Tom McNab. It makes the case that history would have followed a different course if the Olympic movement had stood up to Hitler before he turned the Berlin Games into the propaganda exercise that helped consolidate his power. Olympic blazer-wearer Avery Brundage, so appalled by the Mexico City protest years later, did all he could to suppress any disapproval of the Nazi regime, much less support organizers of a U.S. boycott.
Even today, you can't wear a Che Guevara or Jean-Marie Le Pen t-shirt into an Olympic venue. The sole instance in which the Olympic movement has stood up for protest and dissent was its shunning of South Africa's apartheid regime.
So all props to Boyle, the son of a boiler stoker and a school lunch lady, who lives in Tower Hamlets, one of the East London communities adjacent to the stadium where he let loose his colors and sounds on the world.
Somewhere in the cacophony of last night, during what might have been the world's largest Twitter storm, this nugget emerged: Hey Jude was No. 1 on the charts the day Smith and Carlos raised their fists -- and that single's B-side was Revolution.
To speak one's mind or assert one's rights is as irrepressible a human instinct as running or jumping. Of that, let us be not afeared.


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In addition to snow days, homework-free evenings, Sour Patch Kids, maple syrup and bacon, my little dude loves Christmas. I know, loving Christmas is not unique for a kid. But he takes the holiday to a different level, having consistently written his wish list before December every year that he's known how to form letters with a crayon.
He's the one in our family who starts talking about decorating for Christmas long before the Halloween pumpkins have thoroughly rotted.
For the past six or so years, putting up the Christmas stuff has been a bit of a challenge. I've struggled with balancing my desire to make things look pretty and his desire to display every last snowman figurine we own.
Today, as I prepared for the annual decorating tug-of-war, it occurred to me to give the little dude his own area to make festive, rather than argue about it and then remove half of the stuff he put out after he goes to bed.
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Monday- Thurs lunch 11-2:30, dinner 4:30-9:30, fri lunch 11-2:30 & dinner 4:30-10pm, Sat 11:30 am -10pm, Sun 11:30-9pm
Food is wonderful and service, so far, has always been good! Love it!
rude mngt – sorry for your bad experience Amanda. Overall I feel its still the food, the chef & the service that counts and from what I know, they have already replace the manager. I've always enjoy dining there. Don't let one person displace your night. The next time ask for the owner.
Completely discusted with RUDE Management. – I have been going to kobe in Fort O since they opened 2 years ago. I have always love my experiance there. UNTIL TONIGHT. The meal was wonderful the chef and the waitress did their best to make it a very nice experiance. I have been going to work and raving about how good it is to my co-workers so much that they wanted to go. So we went tonight. They drove up from Dalton just to eat there when there is a simular place in Dalton we could have went to and had a better experiance. It is the end of the meal and we have our to-go boxes and are just waiting on the waitress to bring us our credit cards back so we can sign the reciept and leave the tip. The other people at our table paid in cash and had already left. A man walks to our table and tells us to hurry up there are people waiting and we needed to hurry. We tried telling him we were just waiting on the waitress and then we would leave. He wouldn't listen to a word we had to say just kept repeating himself... First of all that was very rude of him to even try rushing us. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS HIS STAFF HOLDING US UP!!!!! Well it took the waitress about 5 more minutes before she came to give us our reciepts. As we were leaving I asked to speak to a manager cause the service we recieved at the end was uncalled for. I am usually not the type of person to say anything I just let it roll off my back. But... This rubbed me the wrong way. When I saw that the manager was the same man that came to our table telling us to hurry he had other people waiting and we needed to hurry. I got furious. I told him that we didn't appreciate being told to hurry so he could seat other people when it was the waitress holding us up. We weren't sitting there for our health we were there for a reason and it ws rude of him to tell us we needed to hurry and leave so he could fill that table again. All he said to me was ok,ok,ok,ok,ok,ok,ok,ok,ok,ok,ok... He didn't even try to appologize for his actions he didn't even try to listen to what I had to say. He just wanted me out of there so he could fill the table I was sitting at. Now I don't feel this is a way of doing business. If I treated my customers like that where I worked I would be fired. I understand that the customer is not always right but they are still the customer. And tonight I was right. I didn't deserve to be treated that way. And I wasn't treated like a paying customer. Needless to say I didn't take it out on the waitress. She did her job well and the cook did too. But the management there was awful and for that I WILL NEVER RETURN to KOBE in Fort O. I speak for my co-workers when I say this as well. We will go to Showgun, Kampi Tokyo or Fugi the next time we want hibachi. It is sad how one person can ruin a place you love to go eat all because he didn't bother to listen or appologize for his actions. So do I recomend this place as of March 17, 2011 NO I DON'T... There are other places that treat you like a customer not a # in a line and they even more busy than it was tonight. If the food is good and the service is good it is worth the wait. I have waited over an hour to eat at places cause it is worth the wait. But I have never been rushed from a place becuase they couldn't wait 5 more minutes for the waitress to finish up with us. I am discusted at the MANAGEMENTS behavior.
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Second Release Candidate for Open Office 3.0
The OpenOffice project has taken the next step toward version 3.0 of its free office package by publishing release candidate 2 (RC 2)
In a telephone interview, marketing manager Florian Effenberger told Linux Magazine the project was well within schedule, and the two week delay compared with the original timeline was normal, considering the extensive changes being made for major release 3.0. The project still hopes to release the finished openOffice version in the last days of September.
OpenOffice 3.0 RC2 is in Windows, Mac OS X and various Linux formats ready to download, although the project tells us some mirror servers are not yet up to date.
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In the wake of events from last night, I have a suggestion:
Assuming that the Cats build a large lead at home this season, I think the fans should rush the court and celebrate a basket with 2-3 minutes remaining. Test the Pac-12 and get some National attention regarding the (lack of) calls against asu and CAL.
It may result in a technical, but at the least...e media will start discussing the premature on-court stampedes.
This is only a 'half-sarcastic' post. Yes, technicals would likely be called and Miller would be upset...yet I would die laughing if our fans rushed the court during a "stoppage that doesn't result in a violation".
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PRINT 13 is September 8-12, 2013 in Chicago. Are you in town a littler earlier? EFI, Xerox and OutputLinks Communications Group are sponsoring the half-day EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK Conference on Saturday, Sept. 7.
In addition to some compelling economic and new technology presentations, this is also the venue where the MUST SEE 'EMS "Best of Category" and "Legacy" Awards will be revealed. Hal Hinderliter is mum on which vendors might have the inside track, but he did share some insights on what we can expect from the competition this year.
Almost 50 of the 491 or so of the exhibitors at Graph Expo 2012 entered their products in the MUST SEE 'EMS competition. Prepress & Premedia accounted for 27% of the entries followed by MIS (27%); Digital Presses (18%); Wide Format Finishing and Analog Presses had the fewest submissions with 2% each respectively. "This is an industry-wide roadmap to the most compelling product introductions on the show floor," says Hinderliter.
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This is a good read and compliments the Wildcats on the improved offense, which reminded me of the way they played earlier this season.
No. 2 Arizona snaps out of offensive slump in win over Oregon State
The offensive issues for No. 2 Arizona began before sophomore forward Brandon Ashley was lost for the season with a broken right foot. In the 60-58 loss at Cal in which Ashley suffered his injury the Wildcats shot just 32.3% from the field, but that was the third of a four-game stretch in which Arizona would shoot no better than 40% in any of those contests.
Accounting for the loss of a player who provided 11.5 points and 5.8 rebounds per game isnt easy, especially when considering how versatile Ashley is on both ends of the floor. Arizona will have to do so as a unit, with multiple players chipping in, and if that happens theyre still a team capable of making a run at a national title. On Sunday night against Oregon State that was the case, with the Wildcats making 50% of their shots from the field (56.5% from two) on their way to a comfortable 76-54 victory.
Arizona didnt shoot particularly well from three, making just three of their 12 attempts, but they made up for this by consistently looking to get the ball inside. The Wildcats scored 40 points in the paint, and Aaron Gordon led four players in double figures with 17 points. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson tallied a career-high 16 to go along with five rebounds and three assists, with T.J. McConnell (11 points, six assists) and Nick Johnson (ten points, three assists) also reaching double figures.
Also of note is the fact that without Ashley the Wildcats work on the offensive glass becomes even more important, and against Oregon State they corralled nearly 43% of their own misses and converted those opportunities into 13 second-chance points. With the lack of consistent lights-out perimeter shooters, paint touches and second-chance opportunities will continue to be important areas for Arizona to take advantage of as the season wears on.
Defensively the Wildcats were good, with Johnson being the primary defender of Oregon States Roberto Nelson. The Pac-12′s leading scorer, Nelson was limited to ten points on 3-for-12 shooting from the field. If theres one thing Arizonas consistently done this season its defend, and thats unlikely to change thanks to the remaining personnel.
But thats a known at this point for Arizona. The concern for the Wildcats in the aftermath of Ashleys injury was whether or not theyd be able to generate enough points against the teams theyll need to beat in order to be a title contender. Oregon State isnt the greatest litmus test but after the last four games Arizona needed to get back to creating quality looks inside by way of either the pass or dribble penetration, and they were able to do that.
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The hacking collective Anonymous released a document on Thursday marked "restricted" from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The 36-page document, which is dated Aug. 27, 2007, appears to be budget and equipment outlays for what was termed a new "HQ ISAF JOINT CIS CONTROL CENTRE." NATO's press office could not be immediately reached.
Anonymous claimed on its "AnonymousIRC" Twitter handle that it has 1GB of material from NATO but said that most would not be published because it would be "irresponsible."
In another Tweet, Anonymous said that the data was harvested via "simple injection," which usually refers to inputting malformed data in Web-based forms and seeing if the back-end database responds with information.
The group prefaced its release of the NATO document with an earlier comment on Twitter about its alleged trove of e-mail from the British tabloid The Sun, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media group that is under investigation for voicemail interception and paying police officers for information.
"We think actually we may not release emails from The Sun, simply because it may compromise the court case," according to a Twitter post from Anonymous.
LulzSec, known as LulzSecurity, claimed credit on Twitter on Monday for that attack, but the two groups are somewhat aligned. Although LulzSec said it was going dormant after a string of highly successful attacks against the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, PBS.org and Fox.com, among others, it appears to be back in action. LulzSec hit The Sun's website on Monday, posting a fake news story that Murdoch had died.
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Regular visitors to the BirdingInSpain.com blog might have noticed a lull in blogging activity over the last few weeks. Well, summer's here, it's close to 40ºC outside, and most birds are clever enough to be keeping a very low profile in this part of northeast Spain. Not just that, but the heat sizzles the brain a little, making it hard for an amateur blogger like myself to come up with something fresh and stimulating.
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3.51/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
For a Sam Adams product, I expected something a little more memorable. This was good and certainly has a time and a place, but it was largely vacant. The temperature with which it was served was a little warmer than I prefer, maybe 45F, and that may have affected the overall expectation, however, what struck me most was the lack of 'zest' in the body and bitterness. Good for a hot summer day, as a very light, refreshing alternative, I'd imagine.
Serving type: bottle
01-24-2014 14:17:33 | More by StewPedascho
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3.68/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Obtained a bottle from a "pick six" craft beer wall here in Calgary. This beer certainly looks like it diverges from other members of the lager clan, a murky peach color with a few inches of white head. One is immediately struck by the yeasty, spicy nose. Smells like bakery shop yeast, bready but with some peppery spice and green herb that perhaps recalls celery. You can discern some sweetness as well, perhaps stone fruit and mild citrus. Palate reflects all these components and this beer is something of a mishmash ... The aforementioned yeast jumps out first, followed by sourdough bread, honey sweet malt, weedy green hops that recall fresh grass, hints of unripe apple and quince, subtle orange and lemon citrus, vitamin tablets, and something else herbal that is hard to pin down (licorice?). Eventually these malty and fresh zesty flavors give way and things become sweeter, bringing the stone fruit from the aroma back to mind. Plenty fizzy and this serves to amplify the overall sour, fruity, and yeasty vibe than I can only assume is unique to lagers that have not been purged of yeast remnants. Alcohol is detectable. Hops were not as assertive as the label suggests ("Hopped With Tettnang"!) but there certainly is a citrus node in the flavor matrix. Medium bodied with a pleasant creamy mouthfeel. The total package is crisp and dry enough to pass muster as a pilsener family member but with considerable residual sweetness and more fruit elements. I'd enjoy this in greater quantities as a warm-weather sessional.
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12-14-2013 20:37:40 | More by CalgaryFMC
3.85/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330ml bottle served in a tulip glass.
A: Pours a very cloudy color forming a big creamy, thin bubbled and solid white head. Good retention and lots of soapy and lingering lacings formed and left in the glass
S: Smooth and pleasant in the nose. Slightly sweet upfront. Notes of sweet grains, pepper, spices and flowery hops. Notes of oranges, orange zest, pumpkins and bready low fermentation yeasts
T: Slightly sweet upfront. Very malty and bready. Strong notes of orange and orange zest. In overall, a quite smooth and slightly sweet beer. Mild bitter hops bitterness
M: Light and very smooth body. Medium carbonation. Bready spicy aftertaste
O: Great drinkability. Smoothing ans refreshing. Another great Samuel Adams beer
Serving type: bottle
10-31-2013 21:01:19 | More by eduardolinhalis
3.36/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Sampled at Buffalo Wild Wings, Houston Airport
The beer arrives from the tap with a creamy, pale head. It is quite hazy with a gold amber color; it actually looks a lot like a hefeweizen. The aroma smells like unscented detergent (probably the glassware and the fact that this is way too cold), there is a touch of dried grassy grain, and some pale cracker like malt notes. After warming up a bit some earthy, herbal hop spiciness starts to become noticeable, but this never really gets very aromatic.
The taste is quite cold; it has a crisp hop bitterness and bite to it in the finish that is contributed by both the hop character and the effervescent carbonation. Light herbal flavors are here, and this is slightly hay like, with a clean spiciness. There are cracker like malt notes, and this has a touch of earthiness to it, as well as a nice fresh pale malt character.
This beer was served way too cold, which given the location was not completely unexpected. Still this is fairly enjoyable, and definitely serviceably quaffable. It definitely gets more flavorful and complex as it warms up from frigid initial serving temperature.
Serving type: on-tap
09-30-2013 02:50:25 | More by Gueuzedude
3.43/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: hazy golden/orange; medium sized white frothy head, long lasting, good lacing
Smell: malty; bready; slight citrus (orange); smells a bit like a subdued Radler, even though it's more orange than lemon; light honey, too
Taste: Creamy sweet malt on start; citrusy/bready in the mid; finishes slightly dry and citrusy with a bit of honey; seems to linger with a slight adjunct flavor
Mouthfeel: A little creamier than I expected given the name; but I like creamier beers
Remarks: Not bad overall and probably a good session beer for cooler months
Serving type: bottle
07-10-2013 23:21:27 | More by IchLiebeBier
3.75/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
It's been a little while since I've had a Samuel Adams offering, so this is the long awaited Alpine Spring, which hopefully will still be fresh. Date on label is marked to mid-July.
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle to the Samuel Adams Sensory glass. Served at 45º Fahrenheit.
(Appearance) Pours a creamy eggshell white head over a golden yellow body with moderate carbonation and moderate haze. Lacing is medium thick and spotty, retention is above average. There aren't hardly any significant visual flaws with the appearance of this beer. 4.25
(Smell) Biscuity German and pale malt build with a touch of lightly toasted caramel, notes of modest lemon zest and bitter orange peel for a mild acidity. I wouldn't consider it citrus-forward enough to be considered a shandy or a Radler beer, but the yeast character has given this beer a great deal of bright, citrusy flavor that balances out well with the simple, moderate malt profile. Low alpha hops give this beer a light grassy, floral and earthy notes and a moderate bitterness to balance. Potency is medium. 3.5
(Taste) First impressions reveal a smooth, clean and full-flavored biscuity German malt profile, followed through with a soft lemony sweetness, finishing with subtle bitter herbal hop oils on a fluffy grain bed. The malt flavor is a bit more revealing in the flavor and the citrus more subdued, revealing this beer to be even more like a beer than expected. It's quite tasty, considerably well-balanced and pleasingly simple to drink. It may not be the most traditional representative of a Keller Bier, but there's more reason to enjoy this beer in particular than not. I enjoyed it quite a bit. 3.75
(Mouthfeel) Despite being a lager, there's a great deal of fullness to the flavor and texture this beer provides. The texture is mellow, slick and chewy. Very subtle carbonation gives a touch of cream to the mouthfeel. Hop oils and a mellow lemon zest tartness do a fair job at balancing out this beer without imparting sharp contrasts. Body is medium+ for the style, medium overall. Alcohol presence is very low. It's a good pairing. 4
(Overall) I reviewed this beer last year and found it to have a lot of sharp spots and flaws- I may have even considered it a Shandy at that point due to the overwhelming presence of lemonade character. I'm pleased to suggest that the majority of balance issues have been resolved as of 2013. The malt body is perfectly balanced with the hop oils and the citrus is more in line with the other flavors of the beer. I hope this beer makes a return next year, I recommend this to anybody looking for a smooth, German-inspired style appropriate in both Spring and Summer months, and certainly could drink this any time all year. 3.75
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Serving type: bottle
07-10-2013 23:02:28 | More by Jadjunk
3.46/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Attractive pour in my Sam Adams glass. Slightly cloudy apricot colored with a respectable head.
Taste as well is reminiscent of light apricot. There is a slight bitterness, hops doing their job. After a while, a sourness develops on the palate.
Not a big lager fan, but Sam Adams probably does a job near the top of beer producers in this category.
Part of the recent seasonal pack. Having flashbacks to the maple pecan porter in the same box. Now that was a good one.
Serving type: bottle
06-30-2013 05:37:26 | More by artdob
3.75/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I'm not a fan of American lagers for a variety of reasons, including the way macros look. However, this is a nice change from the ordinary. The pour is a soft peach color, but it's cloudy and hazy as opposed to the ultra clear crap I normally see from Sam Adams. The head is a frothy white mixture of foamy bubbles. Retention is good and lacing is thick.
Like most lagers, the scents aren't strong and this is no exception. There's a crispness from the wheat and a slight citrusy note, but I can't pinpoint the fruit.
There's symmetry between the smell and taste. Wheat and citrus dominate with an earthy note from the Noble hop.
For a lager, I like the feel in that there's more than just a crisp bitterness. Both a tanginess and a spiciness are present in each sip. It's medium bodied with a nice hop bite in the finish, though it lacks carbonation.
I don't like much from Sam Adams and I don't typically care for lagers, but this was pretty good. Not as aggressive as an ale, it's fairly full-flavored.
Serving type: bottle
06-20-2013 02:55:12 | More by RickS95
New York
3.46/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a pretty honey gold. Cloudy with great retention and lacing. Really engages the eye. Nose is soft. Yeast, a little floral and citrus hops, not really bright. Considerable malt profile in the nose. Bread and biscuit, sweet honey, cracker and lots of doughy malt. Hops come back to the nose with some sweet citrus as it warms and a little earth. Opens up with orange and lemon. The taste is grassy hops, the tart fruits in back of the hay and earth and hardy with toasted grains and doughy breaddy malt. It's lightly dry, soft and pleasant enough. But, while it drinks friendly, it is a little bland. It doesn't really linger and seems to be a kind of mix of styles. Looks like a belgian, smells like a lager, drinks like a bit heavy pils. Nothing really stands out as excellent but it is rich and smooth. Low alcohol content and if you like malt you could drink a few of these.
Serving type: bottle
06-12-2013 09:02:15 | More by utopiajane
3.86/5 rDev +10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Once poured into my special Samuel Adams Lager Glass, it appears a cloudy amber capped with a spongy marshmallow crown. The nose is a mish-mash of banana and mango esters, while the palate is greeted with a cloying hint of lemongrass and malt.
The mouthfeel is light and crisp, much like the usual kellerbier would taste; this is a spectacular beer to quaff on a hot day: a splendid sessional beer; sweet and citrusy.
Just the way we like it. Jim Kocj strikes again.
Serving type: bottle
06-09-2013 00:16:30 | More by jjboesen
New York
4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Hazy, light copper color with one finger of head that fades to a ring with little lacing.
Aroma: Lots of floral and citrus hop notes over a light, grassy malt aroma. The most prominent aroma is orange rind, but there's some nice, fresh hop notes mixing in as well.
Taste: Light, sweet malt and a lot of citrus tartness and crisp bitterness up front, fading into some breadyness and then a fairly fast, crisp finish that is slightly astringent.
The Rest: A very strong offering from SA. More body than I was expecting and great balance that kept me wanting more of this one. Very solid.
Serving type: bottle
05-31-2013 22:03:57 | More by curasowa
West Virginia
3.34/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A- pours a cloudy pale golden color with a large foamy white head that retains long after the pour, leaving a bit of short-sticking lace
S- citrus hop with sharp lemon graininess, similar to the smell of a wit, some earthy hay provides some malty aromas
T- toasted bread with some graininess, sharp lemon zest with an herbal touch on a finish that is sweet-yet-dry with a toasted linger
M- light-medium body with medium carbonation, slightly foamy mouthfeel and easy finish
O- not quite sure what to think if this one, tastes similar to a wit, but a few other random flavors just seems to set it off a bit
Serving type: bottle
05-04-2013 01:09:46 | More by Treyliff
North Carolina
3.4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Pours a hazy honey color with a rocky meringue of a head that leaves a few shards initially and then quite a few sheets toward the end
Smell: Bready, with hints of toffee malt and lemon
Taste: Toasted bread, sweet toffee and bananas, up front, with a bit of lemon developing in the middle; perhaps an herbal edge is detectable, after the swallow
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation
Overall: If I had a blindfold on, I would have pegged this as an American take on a Wit; too sweet and not enough tang to make the style work; as it is, I have no idea what the brewers are going for beyond the combination of a bock, lager and kellerbier (and why is that a worthwhile combo?)
Serving type: bottle
05-03-2013 00:47:46 | More by brentk56
3.35/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
(Served in a sam adams glass)
A- This beer has a hazy lemon yellow body with a slow big carbonation of egg shell hue that turns rocky toward the end of the beer.
S- The clean nose has an herbal hop hint with some Noble hop hints in the finish.
T- The slight lemon herbal hops have a big sulfur finish that is dry. There is a pungent note lingering and some iced tea flavor in the hops aswell.
M- There is a medium mouthfeel with a gentle fizz in the finish.
O- The sulfur quality is pretty strong with a most of the hops flavor just being bitterness and not much flavor/aroma.
Serving type: bottle
05-02-2013 21:16:56 | More by rhoadsrage
Quebec (Canada)
3.99/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle: Poured a slightly hazy dirty golden color lager with a relatively large foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma consists of dry floral hoppy notes with lightly sweet malt base. Taste is also dominated by lightly sweet malt base with some nice floral hoppy notes. Body is quite full for style with good carbonation. Very well brewed with easy drinkability and enough complexity form the dry floral hoppy notes with light citrus undertones. This is a lot more hoppy then I would have expected.
Serving type: bottle
04-30-2013 17:30:05 | More by Phyl21ca
New York
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle into a standard pint glass to a nice hazy straw/orangish color with a quarter-inch head (it was a fairly aggressive pour). Looks good.
Not getting much of a smell from it. Some hops; not much else.
Slight bitterness to it, but a nice mellow flavor overall. There are hints of something beneath the surface--something earthy, but I can't tell what. It adds a nice quality to this--balances out the hops.
It's the usual fantastic mouthfeel I've come to expect from BBC. It's got a creaminess, a good body, and no bite. Bery nice.
Overall, the taste is interesting and complex, and it shows that the right amount of hops can add to and enhance a beer (too often we see way too many over-hopped micros).
Serving type: bottle
04-30-2013 01:04:43 | More by Kooz
3.68/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2-12 ounce bottles
Served in a mug
A - It is orange with golden highlights. It has a slight haze to it. It is topped with a rocky, off-white head.
S - I get oranges, wheat, and unknown spices, probably coriander.
T - The orange and coriander theme carries over to the taste.
M - Moderate
O - I'm not sure what I expected, but this didn't hit the spot. This style isn't in my wheelhouse.
Serving type: bottle
04-28-2013 17:42:51 | More by buschbeer
Rhode Island
3.36/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
From bottle to glass golden color with 2" head.
a: Golden color, 2" head
s: Mild citrusy smell
t: Sweet citrusy taste, but too strong
m: Medium body, un-filtered taste is too strong for me
o: Acceptable, but too strong for my taste
Not my favorite Sam Adams beer
Serving type: bottle
04-27-2013 15:37:41 | More by CorvetteMike
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Best before Feb 2014. First time reviewing live on a phone.
A - Pours a hazy dark golden colour and a fluffy two finger white head. Strong carbonation. Good full finger of retention and spotty chunks of lace.
S - Citrus, stone fruit, a little grass, biscuity malt and a sweet fruit aroma.
T - Peachy sweet stone fruits. Biscuity malt.
M - good carbonation, light to medium creamy body. Sweet fruity finish.
O/D - A pretty decent take on the style. Definitely not breaking new ground, but it's got a solid flavour. Not overly drinkable though, as the flavour doesn't really hold your attention all that well. A good effort though.
Serving type: bottle
04-25-2013 23:27:36 | More by tbeckett
2.93/5 rDev -16.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden-orange color. Moderate white head with good retention. Aroma is lager yeast and flowery hops. Flavor is similar--notes of yeasty bread with a slight floral soapiness that, unfortunately, lingers longer than the other flavors. Medium bodied and clean mouthfeel.
Serving type: bottle
04-19-2013 23:04:07 | More by BeerRefugee
3.66/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured a 12 oz bottle into a Sam Adams glass. Poured a cloudy gold with about two fingers of creamy white head that lasts quite a while and leaves nice lacing on the glass. Aroma was pretty nice, sweet with fruity notes and little bit of hop bitterness. Taste is primarily malty, with bready notes balanced out against the hops. It has a nice, if slightly understated, flavor and it's obvious it was well made. The mouthfeel has some slight carbonation at the beginning but is otherwise quite smooth and a little bit thicker. The flavors don't knock you out, but it is still a well-crafted and flavorful beer.
Serving type: bottle
04-19-2013 07:44:02 | More by delta490
3.74/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Orange gold cloudy with one inch of white head. Well laced.
Smell is yeast, citrus, and grain.
Taste is malts, lemon, wheat, a slight amount of euro type bitter hops. Alcohol is well hidden.
A medium body beer with good carbonation. Finish is very slightly dry. Very refreshing. Has a nice lemony tang. Overall a tasty beer that requires me to have another.
Serving type: bottle
04-15-2013 04:35:30 | More by Spikester
3.59/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Served in a pint glass.
A: Was a golden orange color, with a short off white color head with small amounts of lacing, had good retention though, was there the whole time.
S: Crisp floral smell to it, grass, citrus peels, wheat, yeast
T: Fairly sweet, very enjoyable, light flavor. Tastes of wheat, citrus, grass, grains, yeast, tinge of hops
M: Bit on the carbonated side, but fairly fell balanced, very crisp, more of a spring/summer beer but since Michigan just skips over spring, basically a summer beer. Medium bodied.
O: Overall this is pretty good. No complaints. Affordable too. Recommended by me.
Serving type: bottle
04-12-2013 20:42:01 | More by Mavigo
4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
found this one in the fridge
a: poured into a lager cylinder, the pour gives a dense, fluffy-looking white head over a well hazed body of a deep golden color, good retention
s: a pleasant fresh grassy, citrusy noble hop aroma rides a body of pale malt showing subtle notes of honey, an interesting honey coated grain aroma really comes out after warming - the honey malt in action I presume, sweet lemon, yeasty and bready, nice
m: carbonation riding the low to moderate line, with a body on the full side of the lighter range, nicely smooth and a little creamy
t: pale and lager malts form a slightly sweet underlayer, really like the honey malt - kind of a honey coated grain flavor (honey nut cheerios?), very grassy-fresh noble hops show a strong presence - lots of steeped hop pulp in the flavor, some bright candied citrus, malt sugars linger with hop flavors and a mild bitterness
o: a nicely full, round lager aroma augmented with lots of yeasty, bready character as a result of being unfiltered, nicely hopped as well drinks well
Serving type: bottle
04-12-2013 03:12:38 | More by blackie
3.88/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A - Not bad, clean but not totally clear. A nice hue. Decent head that rapidly fades; some foam flecks on the side of the glass, but no pretty lacing.
S - Notes of citrus and banana, but nothing strongly stands out.
T - Sweet, light, smooth; citrus but not sour, mild hops (enough to taste, not enough to make it a bitter beer). Very light banana feel (less than the scent implies), some citrus. A very easy beer to drink. Flavors come in hints instead of overpowering presences and are well-balanced.
M - Again, light. With the flavor, this almost leaves you thinking of a wheat beer, but it is a little thinner (not at all cloudy), and flows more like a pilsner. A nice balance.
O - This is a very good, tasty beer. I can take this as a one-off on a warm day outside, or a three-beer night out with friends. It's just flavorful and sweet enough to surprise you and make for a nice day in the sun, but light enough that you can drink it in volume (if you so choose).
In my first experience with Alpine Spring, I was a little surprised my the sweetness, mild tart, and forward flavor. The novelty has since warn off, but it's still a good beer.
I usually drink this on tap, but have been known to grab the occasional six-pack.
Serving type: on-tap
04-09-2013 20:13:05 | More by Roguer
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Today, more than 250,000 service members are transitioning each year from the military to civilian life. These men and women are proven leaders and they have the skills and experience needed to be outstanding business leaders. Veterans over-index in entrepreneurship. One in seven veterans are self-employed or small business owners, and about one quarter of veterans say they are interested in starting or buying their own business.
That's why all across the Administration we are focused on making sure that these brave individuals have the tools and resources they need to succeed.
In his speech today in Reno, President Obama highlighted the valor and the sacrifice of our nation's military. And the important role that we have as a nation in making sure that these men and women are able to seamlessly transition back into their communities.
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The past few years have seen dozens of articles, reports, and so-called "expert" testimony claiming that continuing medical education activities are biased. The source of this bias? The pharmaceutical companies and other grant funding organizations, of course.
Never mind the evidence, the bias accusers know it when they see it. Trust them.
The concept sounds reliable at first. Pharmaceutical and other organizations with a "commercial interest" must be turning CME content into a commercial somehow. We all know that pharmaceutical advertising is in short supply. And it just wouldn't make sense that drug manufacturers would fund CME so physicians could fully understand scientific advancements and safe practices related to specific therapeutic areas.
The bias accusers have seen the light, and it does not reflect well on CME funding. Never mind that accredited providers have to identify and resolve faculty conflicts of interest. Forget that brand names are forbidden. Pay no attention to content validation requirements or the updated Accreditation Council for CME Standards and policies prohibiting a grant funder's influence over faculty selection or CME content.
The argument remains simple. Bias occurred seven years ago (when many of the current rules separating education from promotion didn't exist), so it must still exist today.
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The 2009 Institute of Medicine report, "Conflicts of Interest in Medical Research, Education and Practice," identified the seemingly pervasive but mysterious concept of "unconscious bias" caused by CME grant-funding.
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The American Medical Association took it a step further in its 2009 "Report of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs." The CEJA report stated that grant-funding soiled CME content by creating both "unconscious" and "subtle bias."
There are two important non sequiturs plaguing these "subtle bias" arguments. First, if CME bias is so subtle that physicians can't detect it, how is it that the authors of these reports can do so?
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duckfiasco wrote:All of us are deluded to some extent. I'm not sure how helpful a highway will be to someone with very little skill in concentration versus said mountaintop. Do we let them stay with "well my mind is just deficient" or suggest means to compensate for deficiencies so a little wisdom can grow?
Falsely imputed or not, said impediments apparently exist so we must work with them. So in this context, does modernity significantly impede practice?
FWIW I think a lot of modernity DOES contribute to absentmindedness and impatience at the very least. The advent of scientific influence in our society has also brought a mindset that says if it can't be measured and turned into data, it doesn't exist or has no meaningful impact. I think that is very unfortunate.
Huseng wrote:Last year I lived for three and a half months on a mountain top in Ladakh ...
PadmaVonSamba wrote:Is modernity bad for practice?
1. Tell me, how did you come to learn about Buddhism?
2. What is modernity, and how does it reduce one's ability to developing compassion?
Astus wrote:Should rebirth be part of education?
Johnny Dangerous wrote:Then again, paradoxically it is elements of that same modernity that made the Dharma available at all to those of us not born near it. Undeniable there are more people practicing the Dharma now (however imperfectly) due to it.
tobes wrote:And though I broadly take your point, I think there are certain dangers in reifying the mountaintop. Being attached to beauty, stillness, calm - even the highest of formless meditative states - is still being attached.
I think it is a very romanticist mindset that conceives of Buddhist liberation as somehow apart from or agonal to modernity. Ironically, such a mindset is one of the hallmarks of modernity - the longing for a past golden age, where the pressures of speed, instrumental rationality et al were not manifest.
Huseng wrote:In ancient times as well many believed liberation was best achieved away from people and civilization. The forest and mountains were their monasteries.
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