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AH12 Golden Circle Classic Tour
We spent 3 days in Iceland, two of which were on Gray Line tours. The first tour we did was the South Coast with waterfalls and glacier hike. If your looking for a glacier hike DO NOT take this tour. The glacier part was more of a very slow picture taking walk. They let you put on crampons and carry an ice axe however for as slow as you walk you do not need them. We were rushed from one spot to another spending more time on the bus then at the actual places. We found ourselves running on multiple occasions to make it to the bus in time before being yelled at by our guide. The waterfalls were beautiful and the locations we visited were great however we barley had any time to explore them. The guide was very friendly (other then rushing us along) and very informative. The second tour we did on our last day in Iceland was the Golden Circle Classic. The day started out with pretty crappy weather but we made the best of it. The tour started to go downhill when going to the geyser we were informed it was going to cost extra to view them. This was a big surprise because it was not mentioned anywhere in the brochure. After paying extra to see the geysers we sat waiting for the bus to depart and it went nowhere. After waiting 30 minutes on the bus the guide informed us the bus was having problems and we were going to have to wait at least another half hour for another bus to get there. We waited at least that and then got back on the same broken bus. The guide then told us we were going to be skipping the last few stops because they didn't trust the bus. Then after riding for a ways the guide said we would be stopping at the geothermal plant (another stop that cost extra, this one was mentioned in the brochure). However making this stop got us back into the city over an hour later then expected leaving us unable to do other things we had planned. I would NOT recommend Gray Line Tours to anyone and will never take a tour with the company again.
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Thank you for your review of our tours. The tour of the South Coast and Waterfalls with glacier hike is a day tour with the intention to introduce the visitor to a short glacier walk. Most of our passengers have never even seen a glacier, let alone walked on one. The guides have to show extreme caution and a fast and far hike is not an option on this tour. Very sorry to see you had different expection. The distance covered in this tour is also rather long and many places covered in order to make the most of the tour. the stops at each site is considered adequate for most of our passengers.
As for the Golden Circle tour, an unfortunate unilateral decision of the landowners of the areas surrounding Geysir hot springs was to start charging entrance of visitors on the day of your visit. The dispute is ongoing and does unfortunately affect our passengers who want to get a closer look at the hot springs. The view from the road is clear but not as close up as we are used to.
All our buses are relatively new and a breakdown is rare during our tours. Our sincere apologies for this inconvenience and delay that resulted of one hour. The Skalholt bishop´s church was the only missing part of the tour, all other areas listed in our tour description were visited.
We can understand your frustration for the unforeseen request for entrance charges to the footpath leading to the hot springs, which was a surprise to us as well.
AH33 Northern Lights Mystery Tour
We did two trips on consecutive nights. The first was splendid - the second was brilliant. On the first night we were taken to a cafe several miles from Reykjavik where we didn't have long to relax and enjoy refreshments. By 10pm guides announced that the aurora was visible and we all rushed out into the freezing darkness to marvel at the spectacle. We were impressed - the guides less so. They ushered us into the buses and rushed us to a new location, along rumbling gravel tracks to a car park overlooking a mountain lake where, indeed, the show was much clearer. Clearly, the staff know their trade. After a while it was time to go home, but on the way the light show developed into something much more impressive, and a further, unscheduled stop was made. At this, the staff were satisfied that we had seen the lights properly. Up to this point, they told us, we would have been entitled to a further free tour - valid for two years - because the light show that had previously thrilled us was only just good enough. On the second night we went to the same cafe and had to wait much longer. We were on the point of leaving when the heavens burst into light and we were treated to the full works - shifting curtains of green, purple and red radiance. We had no need to move on. The guides were brilliant, explaining patiently, advising on photography and answering all questions. Our only grumble is about our fellow passengers. They were asked repeatedly NOT to use photo flash, yet there was so much flashing of cameras and flashlights that it was difficult to get our eyes properly accustomed to the darkness without moving well away from the main crowd. Meanwhile some of the staff were busy taking amazing photos of the lights - and guests - which now appear on the Gray Line web site. This trip was really good, and worth the money, but if you do decide to try it, please leave your flashlight in your pocket and make sure the flash on your camera is off, off, off.
AH101 Reykjavik to Keflavik Airport - Door to door
Excellent. On time and no problems finding the bus at the airport.
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Easter in Iceland 2014
Easter in Iceland is both a religious holiday and a sign that winter is over. The latter usually proves spectacularly wrong, but as long as we get our chocolate Easter egg on Sunday morning, we're ok. Over Easter all our tours will be running according to schedule, our service desks in Hafnarst
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Reykjavík Marathon & Culture Night The city center will be closed all day and evening for all motor vehicles making pick-up and drop-off from hotels in the area impossible. Passengers must therefore be at their nearest pick-up location 30 min. before scheduled time of departure.
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Chunky Guacamole - For BlenderCuisinart Original Recipe
Yogurt contributes a creamier texture to this traditional Mexican dish. If you prefer a spicier flavor, add more chilies and chili powder."
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1 medium garlic clove, peeled, quartered
1 small scallion, trimmed, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 small green chili, seeded and quartered
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 cup non-fat plain yogurt
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 small plum tomato, cut into 12 pieces
2 small ripe avocados, peeled, pits removed, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
Place cilantro, garlic, scallion, chili, salt and chili powder in a Cuisinart® SmartPower™ 7 Speed Electronic Blender jar. Place cover on blender jar. Turn blender ON and pulse on Stir until coarsely chopped, about 5 - 6 times. Add yogurt, lemon juice and tomato pieces. Pulse on Stir until coarsely chopped, about 5 times, then run continuously on Stir until combined, about 10 seconds. Add avocado pieces and pulse on Stir to combine, about 10 times. Turn blender OFF. Scrape blender jar with a spatula. Turn blender ON. Run continuously on Stir until combined but still chunky, about 10 seconds. Turn blender OFF.
ServingsMakes 1-1/2 cups
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Per Serving
Calories 39 (69% from fat) • carb. 2g • pro. 1g • fat 3g • sat. fat 0g • chol. 0mg • sod. 30mg • calc. 5mg • fiber 3mg
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Edison, N.J.-based StrikeForce Technologies last week filed a patent infringement lawsuit against PhoneFactor, a Microsoft subsidiary, Fiserv and First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. in U.S. District Court.
StrikeForce claims its patent, "Multichannel Device Utilizing A Centralized Out-of-Band Authentication System (COBAS)," which relates to several key technologies underlying a multichannel security system for granting and denying access to a host computer in response to a demand from an access-seeking individual and computer, was violated.
StrikeForce claims in the lawsuit that PhoneFactor offers an account authentication solution that uses similar features and technologies as its patented product. The company further alleges that Fiserv and First Midwest have violated the patent through their use of the product.
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Kaggadasapura in Bangalore witnesses 20% rise in rental valuesNov 7, 2012, 02:10PM IST
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Kaggadasapura, a residential layout in East Bangalore has witnessed higher rental values than capital values in past one year. While capital values shot up by 10-15 per cent, the rental values witnessed an escalation of 15-20 per cent since last year. This is due the high demand for accommodation coming from the IT professionals working in Bagmane Tech Park.
Another reason is for an increase in rental values is the affordable rents offered in the locality in comparison to the neighbouring areas. The average rental values prevailing for 2BHK apartments sized 1000 – 1200 sq ft command on an average Rs 14000 to Rs 15000 rental values per month. Whereas rents offered in the neighbouring areas such as Indira Nagar and Old Airport Road range from Rs 16000 to Rs 20000 per month.
"Owing to transferable job of IT professionals, there are many professionals who come to city for short period of time. Thus, they prefer to take accommodation on rent rather than purchasing. Thus, the growth of rental demand and values is higher over outright purchase," says Manju Nath of Mayur Enterprises.
"There has been 20 per cent hike witnessed in average rental values in last one year. A 2BHK apartment which was available on rent for Rs 12000 to Rs 13000 per month is commanding Rs 2000 to Rs 3000 premium. The capital values also witnessed rise in values, however, it was lower than the escalation witnessed in rental values, "says Nath.
Owing to proximity to Tech Park, connectivity to city centre and availability of all basic facilities in the localities are too driving demand for properties in the area, adds Sindhu Suresh of TriAxis Colonnades. The realtors anticipate rental values to remain upbeat, owing to large workforce of IT professionals. The locality also offers good options for investors by offering gross rental return on investment ranging from 4.25 – 4.50 per cent.
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The hazards of sleep deprivation in EMS
Many states are looking at creating or strengthening laws that punish drivers who drive while overly tired/exhausted
By Jim Love
It was a very, very routine transport. It was the transport of a young, stable and sedated patient from an ER across state to a psych facility.
The family was following in their own vehicle. Mile after mile of the same highway. Mile after mile.
Not long after departure, the patient was sound asleep. Not long after the patient fell asleep, so too did the medic in the back. Not long after, the family witnessed the ambulance leave the highway.
They assumed the ambulance was pulling off for fuel or a bathroom break. That is until the ambulance hit a bridge abutment at full speed, its brake lights never coming on.
The driver died. The medic, sitting in the captain's chair suffered a lacerated liver and spleen, lacerated by the patient who slid out of the stretcher straps.
The conclusion was that the driver fell asleep.
A leading cause of death
According to a recent story on ABC News, and the video report in this article, more than 6,000 people fall asleep while driving, and die. Exhausted driving is the second leading cause of deaths on our highways, second to drunk driving and ahead of texting while driving.
Sleep deprivation is not only a hazard while driving, it also affects judgment, mood and job performance and may cause up to $31 billion a year in industrial accidents.
I think back to my old days on the road, first working 24-hour shifts. I remember one shift responding to 33 calls in 24 hours, 11 after midnight. I remember as this was the busiest shift I ever had.
Way back in the very old days, when ambulances also transported bodies to funeral homes, following a very busy shift I recall getting a frantic call at 7:00 AM from a funeral director, demanding to know where his dead person was.
I assured him we made the delivery a couple of hours earlier and promptly went back to bed. An hour later, the on-coming crew woke us up asking, "what's with the dead guy in the back of the truck?"
Later, after I stopped working 24-hour shifts, I recall sitting on post, hour after hour, falling asleep, not because I was overly tired more like just bored.
So my point is…been there, done that. I've been sleepy behind the wheel, likely fallen asleep behind the wheel and made errors due to exhaustion.
I've investigated many a collision where the only explanation — but one that cannot be proven and is rarely admitted to — is that the operator fell asleep. I have also seen many in the EMS field work multiple jobs, 90-100 hours a week, every week.
The ABC story also discussed the phenomenon called "Micro Sleep," brief transitions from a wakeful state to being asleep, perhaps in as little as a second. Sleep error can follow only one poor night's sleep. In the cases of Micro Sleep, the eyes may still be open.
Many states are looking at creating or strengthening laws that punish drivers who drive while overly tired/exhausted. I'm not sure this is the best answer but I am sure that it will come.
The report goes on to say that neither opening the windows nor turning up the stereo will help. These were my two most common strategies. They did state that coffee (caffeine) will help but only for a period of time.
Open communications
So what is EMS to do? First we need to foster open communications. We should have an environment and culture where an employee can call a supervisor and say, "Man I just can't stay awake."
It seems this might be a good ruse for an employee to get out of work, to get off early. It's also a way to possibly save a life. Consider that they are telling the truth and consider the alternative to not taking action.
Fore knowledge can take a claim of negligence and turn it to gross negligence. Partners should watch out for each other and should speak up. Be aware of long shifts and the off-duty activities that may impact sleep.
Post a safety message about the hazards of sleep deprivation. Invite employees to let you know. Remember too that sleep not only affects driving; as it affects judgment and mental acuity, a medic suffering exhaustion may make an error in drug calculations and/or make other patient care mistakes.
As humans, we might always suffer some level of sleep deprivation and exhaustion from time to time. In EMS at least we do not work alone. We can look out for each other. We can speak up and we can set a culture that makes it OK to say, "I need some rest."


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Seventeen-year-old Imogenes rebellious nature has caused her more harm than goodso when her family moves to Newford, she decides to reinvent herself. She wont lose her punk/thrift-shop look, but shell try to avoid the gangs, work a little harder at school, and maybe even stay out of trouble for a change. But trouble shows up anyway. Imogene quickly catches the eye of Redding Highs bullies, as well as the schools resident teenage ghost. Then she gets on the wrong side of a gang of malicious fairies. When her old imaginary childhood friend, Pelly, actually manifests, Imogene realizes that the impossible is all too real. And its dangerous. If she wants to survive high schoolnot to mention stay aliveshe has to fall back on the skills she picked up in her hometown, running with a gang. Even with her new friend Maxine and some unexpected allies by her side, will she be able to make it?
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Neighborhoods: Northeast, University District, Northeast Seattle
Really great movers – I stay here when i come back up for business. THis is the greatest hotel in Seattle. It has the most welcoming and helpful staff. It has a great atmoshphere and there is alot to do in the surrounding area! Great for small business trips
Thin walls for your ears, the smell of urine for your nose – We stayed on the 5th floor in room 512. We were at the mercy of the sounds from the elevator, and because the walls are thin those sounds dominated our time there. In addition to that the smell of urine (from a previous guest) seemed to grow more pungent over the course of our overnight. This is a glorified party hotel, and the young staff doesn't seem to mind. On a positive note the rooms do look nice, and if you get a room facing southwest you'll enjoy a great view of the city and Mt. Rainier. Be sure to inspect your room before accepting it.
A beautifully decorated oasis. – Granted, the layout of the room was fairly standard. Nothing exciting. But, the decor of the room overcame the layout. It felt like a luxury room (and, for the price, I admit I expected that). But, despite being downtown, the room was quiet and restful. The location is great. Walking to the UW campus was easy. Walking to Husky Stadium wasn't as easy, but it was pleasant. Just leave in plenty of time for the game. We really didn't take advantage of all the hotel had to offer, but it was a relaxing oasis in a busy weekend and the staff were incredibly nice and accomodating. I didn't even worry about my car out in the parking lot... we just walked everywhere and it was fine. The lobby with its huge fireplace was a great gathering place and we didn't feel rushed to get out of there. I highly recommend this place.
What a fab hotel!!! – So this was my first experience with a hotel, (rather than a motel). My boyfriend and I are both college students, but we saved up and decided to splurge a little bit on a nice weekend to Seattle. And I must say I was very pleased with our experience! Everyone who worked there was incredibly friendly, one of the gentlemen who ran the front desk recommended a fantastic Italian restaurant and even offered the call set up dinner reservations for us. The breakfast was very good, I was kind of worried about what kind of selection they would have, but they had a large variety of food: fruit, coffee, cereal, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, muffins, bagels, juice, and the list goes on! The shuttle was also very nice all we had to do was call from downtown Seattle and they came and got us!
The hotel also has great location. Right next to the lobby is a Tully's coffee shop, (try the smoothies, they're the best!). There are numerous banks all within walking distance and tons of places to eat! There's also a little hole in the wall theatre across the street.
Memorable stay ... for the wrong reason! – Nice hotel ... just that they got into our room (a mix up?) and took away the refrigerator ... got rid of the baby bottle/food and shopping from Pike Place Market. On sensing that we were a bit upset ... they fished the stuff from the trash and got it back to us! Hey, talk about great service!!
WONDERFUL AMBIENCE – we stayed at hotel deca during my first every trip to seattle. it was a wonderful experience. the atmosphere, the mood, everything, was totally unexpected. to me, hotel deca is seattle. its funky, offbeat, and original - just like the city. i plan to stay there again.
Best views in Seattle! – the jewel of the udistrict!!!!
i did not know that a hotel like this existed outside of the downtown area. competitive rates and the best views around (if you're not an executive at safeco). free parking, free internet, free breakfast, and flat screen tvs!
there's a bar in the basement with live music on weekends and the rooms are huge! A++++!
You have to stay to belive it!!! – Great Customer Service, Fabulous Views, Complimentary Parking, Comfortable and Boutique Style Rooms, Coffee Shop, Fitness Center and Complimentary Shuttle Service, are only some of the things that this great hotel offers. The best views in all of the Seattle.
The classiest hotel in the U District has much to offer university parents and business travelers. – In Short
The beautifully decorated lobby with its rich 1930s influence sets the Art Deco tone of the rest of this popular North End hotel. The 158 guest rooms live up to the lobby's pace: sleek, stylized furniture, modern Hopper-esque wall paintings and splashy bed patterns contribute to the feeling. Rooms on the higher floors have sweeping panoramic views of Seattle. Amenities include free Wi-Fi and a complimentary continental breakfast.
The best views in Seattle – What a fantastic place and the views are incredible. We stayed in room on the 12th floor ansd there is nothing to compare in downtown Seattle. Also parking is FREE!!!
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Protection of Sea Turtles
The Animal Welfare Institute and its co-plaintiffs brought claims pursuant to the Endangered Species Act and other laws against BP for burning critically endangered sea turtles as part of its clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico following the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The animal welfare and conservation groups subsequently amended their complaint to include the U.S. Coast Guard as a defendant for directing BP's containment activities.
On July 2, 2010, the parties reached an interim agreement stipulating that BP and the U.S. Coast Guard would institute standard protocols for sea turtle observation and rescue in the Gulf of Mexico in order to minimize any adverse impacts of containment activities on sea turtles. The following day, an emergency meeting was held with representatives of the parties and scientists to discuss the methods being employed by the U.S. Coast Guard and how such methods could be altered to enhance the protection of sea turtles. On July 4, 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard released its Best Management Practices for sea turtles and marine mammals related to in-situ burning operations for the Deepwater Horizon response.
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Jeter on his way to Trenton
Playing against the Mets has always been an enjoyable experience for Derek Jeter, but the Yankees captain won't be on hand tonight as the Subway Series gets underway at Citi Field.
Jeter has completed the Tampa, Fla. stage of his rehabilitation from a strained calf muscle and is on his way to Trenton, N.J., where he is expected to play two games with the Trenton Thunder on Saturday and Sunday. If all goes well, signs point to Jeter possibly re-joining the big league club on Monday in Cleveland.
The Thunder host the Altoona Curve at 7:05 p.m. ET on both Saturday and Sunday. Jeter hasn't played in the Minors since 2003, when he spent five games with Trenton.
Jeter's workout this morning was cancelled due to soggy fields in Tampa, but two other rehabbing Yankees were able to find dry mounds to work with. Rafael Soriano threw 32 pitches off a mound Friday and could be activated July 14 at the earliest, while Pedro Feliciano also made 30 soft tosses off a mound.
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Sure hoping he is able to play at Cleveland. My 16 year old son will be attending his first MLB game and he absolutely loves the yankees. First jersery was #2. Would love for him to be there for Jeter to make history! Wednesday Night go Yanks!!!
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Police arrest a man suspected of being a child predator.
Detectives from Albemarle County say Matthew Musselwhite thought he had been chatting with a 13 year-old girl and was going to meet her in Charlottesville.
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• Approved field trips for the Future Business Leaders of America at Anniston High School to a convention in Denver on Nov. 7, the Anniston High School boys' basketball team to Montgomery for a tournament in December, Anniston Middle School to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta in May, and the Anniston Middle School to Disney World after the school year.
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Quote:"Because he has spent so much of his life in elenctic
argument, we are sometimes tempted to infer that Socrates
knows more than he is letting on about the subject matter
at hand."
By chance I'm just reading (Plato) Socrates (in English) because those are interesting conversations even the simpler mind can follow.
After reading Charmides, Lysis and Laches, I had second thoughts on the great philosopher. Must admit he was beginning to irritate me because he always refutes his own line of thought, systematically throwing away the agreement that has been reached at that point.
I thought: Maybe they wanted to condemn him mainly because he was always so right and so good, just like Jesus (keeping religion on the side) was (I think) hated mainly because they thought him too good to be true.
And teaching (preaching) the virtuous life that so many powerful men could and would not possibly lead must have made the both of them many enemies.
I came to Apology and Crito. I'm fascinated by his defence and I see that from here on it will be about how he chooses to die. I never knew that Plato, besides being the philosopher, was also a sort of journalist.
Socrates: Let us consider the matter together, and do you either refute me if you can, and I will be convinced; or else cease, my dear friend, from repeating to me that I ought to escape against the wishes of the Athenians.
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I also don't even know if my insurance would cover a water birth since it's apparently not considered a normal way to give birth. I do believe that the hospital I will be delivering at offers this option, but my insurance coverage is still another matter.
From what i have heard it is a really great way to give birth.. it's a very soothing way to welcome your baby into the world and a very easy transition for the baby. I'm assuming that since you are considering a water birth that you are also planning to go with out main meds? ... I think that if your insurance company covers it and you think it is something you might like to try then go for it! You can always change your mind if it is just not working the way you would like it to... I know that it isn't something that i personally would want. My main reason is that i have no desire to have a natural birth, and the next reason is that after the baby is born you have to get out of the tub and after my daughter was born i could barely walk let alone left my legs high enough to step over the tub wall.. or maybe they are the tubs where the wall opens up; i don't know. But if you think you might like this option then give it a try.
I would call your insurance provider and check. I don't know if a hospital would do it, you can always check with them, but you might have to go threw a midwife. I know in the midwife suits for my hospital they had a bigger tub, that possibly was for water birth. You could even ask your Dr. I'm sure they'd have info, if not off the top of their head, maybe pamphlets.
I would love to try it myself, but it was never an option given to me so I really didn't go out of my way to ask.
I hear it's an easier transition for the baby too. The only thing is you might not be the first one to hold him/her bc you'll be in water or trying to get out.
I have not done a water birth. We just recently got a hospital in a near by town that does them and it is the only one in the whole NW area that does it.
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4.26/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a rich, deep golden color which borders a light bronze. Pillowy, foamy head forms and leaves a lot of lacework on the branded glass. Aroma of bready malts, very clean, with some yeast and earthy must. In the taste, Belgian yeast with a very light musty taste. Subtle tart notes, but mostly just amplified yeast notes and the hops. Malt is doughy and mildly sweet, not enough to cut through the earthy, dank funk. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, high level of carbonation, and very smooth. Overall, this is a high quality authentic Belgian farmhouse ale. I'd recommend it.
Serving type: on-tap
05-20-2013 23:07:42 | More by Stinkypuss
3.75/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Refreshing to see a Saison with managable alcohol and taste- not trying too hard to meet the demand of American craft drinkers, nor the anti-establishment table beer. It's like baby bear soup.
Honey gold and hazy in appearances, the heady beer releases a creamy froth that steers away from the usual racy carbonation and spritzy character. Instead the beer looks of Witbier with a soft ivory pillow that retains effortlessly the session and trails with classic Belgian lace.
Earthy with pear and fresh cut tobacco, the sent is backed with honey and mild grainy caramel. Hebal hops offer up a pleasantly floral tone with grassy botanical and wet hay. A spicy tinge of white pepper and wine tickle the nose heading into taste.
Terse sweetness of grain, light honey and over-ripened orchard fruit captivate the early palate, just as the raw taste of hibiscus and tobacco offer an earthen sweetness at middle palate. Finishing boldly bitter- the taste turns dry, peppery, and lightly cidery. An aftertaste of mulled herbs and grass keep the beer lingering into the next sip.
Mid-light on the palate, the ale affirms with slightly more robust malt character that holds of the turn to dryness, warmth, or crispness until later in the taste. Light wine tannin and cidery spice offer a final impression.
Biere du Soliel is certainly an earthy and semi-dry Saison, yet it borrows a fruity and earthy tone that's normally seen in older English ales. Though they fit in nicely here, its oddly compelling until the taste buds get acclimated to the beer's overall taste.
Serving type: on-tap
05-17-2013 22:57:11 | More by BEERchitect
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3.5/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served from tap into a Trappe Door tulip. Poured a hazy yellow-orange with a two finger off-white head that subsided to a minimal amount very slowly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, earth, spice, fruit, spicy hop, and earthy hop. The flavor was of sweet malt, earth, fruit, earth hop, spice, and spicy hop. It had a light feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a decent brew. I actually didn't know what to expect going into this one, but knew with it being from La Chouffe that it would be earthy and hoppy. They did not disappoint on this fact as I got both right out of the gate. The spicy note was definitely a new one from them though that I have no experienced in the past. I actually quite enjoyed this one with my lunch that day. Definitely worth at least trying if you get the opportunity to do so.
Serving type: on-tap
01-15-2013 11:51:55 | More by thagr81us
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3.53/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I just had this on tap at Shorty's in NYC. I was surprised to see that La Chouffe had a Saison style beer that I did not know existed. The hazy chestnut color does not look like the Saisons I am used to, and it did not have very much of a head. The aroma was pleasing, with sour apple and pepper standing out. For the flavor itself, the tart apple remained and brought with it a grassiness and a certain funkiness. I did not pick up on much citrus as some of the other reviewers did. The mouthfeel was watery, and overall it was a bit one-dimensional. This was not really a great saison, and I am disappointed that it be4ars the great name of La Chouffe. I would like to find out more details of the brewing for this.
Serving type: on-tap
11-26-2012 19:17:23 | More by Neorebel
3.58/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap in a tulip glass
Appearance – Served a hazy yellow-orange color with a billowy off-white head. The head had nice retention, eventually fading to leave a fair amount of lacing.
Smell – The smell was largely of wheat, spice, yeast and a lighter citrus aroma. Mixed with this were some aromas of green apple and a very light caramel smell.
Taste – The taste began with a sugary sweet and bready flavor with good hints of the citrus that was in the nose. With these flavors is a strong presence of a yeast flavor. As the flavor advanced, some spice came to the tongue with hints of a sour lemon/apple entering the scene. The sour got stronger more toward the end of the taste with the sweetness lightening some giving overall a a nice mildly sweet and sour spice flavor on the tongue.
Mouthfeel –The thickness of the beer was a little on the lighter side with the carbonation level being average to just above average. Both made for a very refreshing wheat style brew.
Overall – A very easy drinking and flavorful beer that is great for a warm day. While a little pricey for the quality it was well worth a try.
Serving type: on-tap
06-30-2012 20:50:48 | More by Darkmagus82
3.6/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Little Bear in Los Angeles, CA.
Pours a murky honey orange with a foamy beige head that settles to a small cap on top of the beer. Foamy rings of lace line the glass all the way down to the last drop. Smell is of malt, grain, yeast, and spice but seems pretty mild aroma wise. Taste is much the same with a very mild spice bitterness with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer but it's pretty thin and mild in my opinion.
Serving type: on-tap
06-24-2012 08:25:50 | More by UCLABrewN84
3.88/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hazy honey color with an inch of head. Excellent retention. Looks great in its own D'Achouffe tulip. 4.5
Nectarine and apricot fruity with some light funk and apple sweetness. Nectary. Not what one would expect from a farmhouse ale. 4.0
Light apple and peach fruitiness with a smack of tart lemon and hay. Finishes with some clean bitterness and powdery yeast. 4.0
Very lightly carbonated and thin-bodied. Feels a little too thin, although a medium body might trick the palate into interpreting the beer as sugary. 3.5
Delicious beer, but makes for a strange saison. Sweetest saison I've had yet. 3.5
Serving type: on-tap
06-20-2012 02:29:26 | More by thecheapies
3.15/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
On-tap at Crescent Moon/Max and Joe's for d'Achouffe Week
Poured into a Brasserie d'Achouffe tulip glass
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The bartender was referring to this as a saison, but the brewery's material called it a Belgian Pale Ale. Whichever it is, Soleil is a satisfyingly drinkable beer, though it is simple, straightforward, and surprisingly mild in aroma and flavor: you really have to search for things in it. I don't mind trying to find things in beer, it's just that after a while it becomes tedious, and you wonder if the mind is inventing more characters than are really there. I'd not seek this out again, instead opt for a solid Belgian wit, which is a bit like what this reminded me of.
Pours a 3cm head of white, dense bubbles, small in size. Retention is about average, settling to a few wisps of foam atop the body, and a ring around the glass. Lacing is noticeable and above average, being slightly refreshed with each swirl and sip. Body is a semi-hazy, gold-meets-copper color, with light bringing out some orange and yellow highlights. Carbonation is visible along sides of the glass.
Aroma fairly simple, of light grain, lemon citrus, and a bit of green, leafy herbaceous vegetation (not hops).
Taste is similar to smell, thankfully a bit stronger. Most expressiveness from pale, sweet malts and lemon citrus, with mild fruit esters and modest hop bitterness appearing mid-palate and traipsing through to the back. Aftertaste of lingering lemon, grain, and mild bitterness. Again, fairly lacking in any intensity and expressiveness. Seems kind of like an old beer, even though this was just tapped at the beginning of the day.
Beer is medium bodied with gentle, though noticeable carbonation. The result is a smooth and adequately flowing beer across the palate. Closes with a fair bit of dryness.
Serving type: on-tap
06-07-2012 23:41:00 | More by falloutsnow
4.43/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours with a two finger white head on a copper colored, hazy body. Average head retention but excellent lace.
S - Bready malt, pear, pepper, and lemon.
T - Sweet malt, toffee and lemon up front. A finish full of bread, pear, honey and lightly herbal hops.
M - A thick, chewy body, low carbonation, and a slightly sweet finish.
D - Subtle but interesting with good balance and drinkability.
Serving type: on-tap
04-02-2012 22:15:14 | More by nickfl
4.03/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Two finger thick head with nice retention and lots of lacing. Body is murky crimson with golden hues. Aroma is very sweet and fruity with mostly green apple and kiwi with typical Belgian yeast. Flavor is Bready plus more of the same with a mild sour green apple note mixed with a sweet kiwi and banana flavor. Semi dry in the finish, medium body and moderate to high carbonation. Overall an excellent beer. It's a little dryer than I like but still good.
Serving type: on-tap
03-08-2012 01:30:23 | More by kylehay2004
3.3/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Always exciting to see a new d'Achouffe beer on tap.
A: The ale is amber color, lighter towards the autumnal orange end of the spectrum and hazed over. No head on this one.
S: Sweetness, pale breads and fruits and yeast, gives the beer the air of a Belgian amber ale on steroids. Beyond the candi sugar-inspired sweetness, there isn't much depth.
T: The candi sugars and yeast are immediately evident, sweetness from the first sip. Light breads follow, biscuity. A fuller body, supporting the sweetness, doesn't add much depth, making this a one trick pony. Too much amber for me, the sweetness a minor moment of redemption.
M: An amped up amber ale. Glad for the chance to try it though. If there are d'Achouffe offerings, check them out first.
Serving type: on-tap
02-26-2012 01:10:29 | More by akorsak
2.78/5 rDev -24.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Well what a letdown. I'd just had the beautiful De Glazen Toren Saison D'Erpe Mere and then tried this one. It fell totally flat by comparison. Faint, not much flavor happening, none of that delightful saison sweet freshness. I'm a saison lover and this was a real disappointment, a shadow of what you'd expect. I just wound up using it as a palate cleanser between some heavier things I was trying. It was handy in that role! Utterly forgettable and I'd never waste another beerportunity on it in the future.
Serving type: on-tap
01-24-2012 04:26:06 | More by BrownNut
3.3/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
11 ounce goblet - $9.00 at Taco Mac in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Appearance: This one is hazy, opaque, and dark orange-amber in appearance with a thin layering of snow white foam. Copious lacing.
Smell: Honey-toned, pale malted, bready malts with little, light touches dried herb, green grapes, lemon rind, and vague florals.
Taste: A sweetish taste of raw, organic honey over cracked pale malts with a light toastiness, and a light caramel quality. Herbal, lowly citrusy hops, very low bitterness. Hint of grapeskin, a bit of pulverized apricot. Drying finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-high carbonation.
Overall: It's alright, I am appreciative of the relatively low alcohol. However, I'll politely, though entirely disagree with the saison categorization.
Serving type: on-tap
01-11-2012 17:04:26 | More by ChainGangGuy
3.73/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Brasserie d'Achouffe Biere du Soleil, saison.
Huge, pillowy head, lacey and lovely, above a deepy amber-colored brew.
Malt-driven aromatics, earthy, nutty, lightly spiced. Rustic, with faint fruit. Special Belgian yeast must is a plus.
This is a darker saison than we're accustomed to, but it's not in the Belgian way to cling to fast to styles. How's it taste, though? Slides in smoothly, easily, and yummily. (It's a word, look it up. Or, don't.)
A very different version of a saison, and not one I'd expect from d'Achouffe. The beer are consistently good, and this is, as well, but it certainly defies expectations for the style. Light-bodied, lower alcohol, tasty, but unobtrusive malt character. Lacks a certain citric spark or spicy zing, but makes up for it with particular characteristics of it's own.
The distributor made me a tap handle, which calls "Beer of the Sun" a "pale ale". I guess it is more of a malty pale ale, than what we typically think of as a saison.
I find it hard to be very critical of this one. It really does more resemble a Belgian pale ale than a by-the-numbers saison, but any way you shake it, it's a nice beer. A sessionable Belgian ale, for sure, at a mere 4.5%, but, again, not quite what you expect when you think "saison". There's still plenty of citric snap, and slight hoppy/spicy twang that gives the palate something to do, and think about, but there's not so much challenge in it to worry anyone too much. The sort of beer I'd want one more of, and then, another.
Serving type: on-tap
12-24-2011 07:20:01 | More by feloniousmonk
3.73/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served on-draught into a goblet in low altitude Seal Beach, California. Reviewed from notes taken at Beachwood BBQ.
A: Pours a one finger head of nice cream lacing, great thickness, and great retention. Dark nontransparent caramel-amber.
Sm: Caramel, cream, and a light hint of dark fruit esters. A mild strength aroma.
T: Dark fruit, cream, and light caramel. A bit simple, but very tasty. It's certainly got depth. Nice toasted malt. Balanced and well built.
Mf: Smooth and wet; a bit buttery with light cream. Suits the flavours.
Dr: Very drinkable. It comes at a high price, but the quality is great. I'd have it again, but preferably not at this price.
Serving type: on-tap
11-05-2011 05:44:40 | More by kojevergas
3.8/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
La Trappe. Served in a stange, slightly hazy light yellow straw, pure white head, ok lacing.
Aroma is subdued but nice. Yeasty light skinned fruits, tiny flowers and citrus.
Taste too is subdued, no sharp edges. Low in sweets, nearly zero bitters. Again yeasty with a little fruit and citrus. Aftertaste evaporates quickly, nothing remains. Pairs well with all foods. Light bodied mouthfeel.
This is not a saison, a nice table pale ale.
Serving type: on-tap
11-04-2011 23:51:32 | More by impending
3.6/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at a Duvel takeover at Rapture in Charlottesville.
Quarter-finger head, hazy amber (ruddy) body.
Slightly tart nose with some citrus and a bit of funk.
Mellow, subdued funk in the taste, though there's a possible metallic note in there somewhere. I'm wondering whether this is due to the unusual malt bill. Balanced, but not robust nor particularly interesting.
Mouthfeel is very smooth and quite nice.
Underwhelming? Supposedly the first time in the States for this one. Kind of a subdued, un-spicy saison.
Serving type: on-tap
11-03-2011 01:39:26 | More by zaphodchak
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3.38/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Cole's. Cloudy yellow, lacey. As initially served too cold, it does not improve that much as rises to room temperature. Good drinkability, medium mouthfeel, very saison yeasty aroma. Malted,herbal, a tad spicy but not very complex. OK for the style
Serving type: on-tap
10-19-2011 00:30:08 | More by Sammy
3.68/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap at Beachwood I,
A: Pours a translucent amber with a solid medium white head, good Belgian lace.
S: Yellow apple and pear, nice estery nose. Definitely Belgian, with a hint of orange zest.
T: Orange and lemon zest. A nice acidity here with noticable floral and piney hops.
M: Light to medium-bodied, classic soft carbonation, light acid.
O: I didn't really know what this was, I was just going on name. Good to see another Belgian table beer, Chouffe continues to make good stuff.
Serving type: on-tap
10-12-2011 02:28:22 | More by Halcyondays
3.65/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pristine tangerine with a faint coral blush when backlit with sunlight. The head is a real looker as well. It's filling half the glass at the moment and has a rumpled, deeply pitted surface that's reminiscent of a torn piece of coarse French bread. It's falling anything but uniformly, as large sticky sections are maintaining contact with the sides of the glass. A great look.
The nose is interesting. It's fairly light, as a summer seasonal ought to be, but it doesn't lack complexity. The dominant scent is a citrusiness that's more lime than lemon. Beneath that is a subtle spiciness that contains clove and something else that I can't identify. Something warm, exotic and bewitching.
The flavor is interesting as well, but for some reason the ingredients don't work as well on the palate as they do in the nose. According to the back of the bottle, the malt bill consists of malted barley, malted rye and malted wheat. I'm not sure of the relative contributions of each, but there isn't much rye flavor as far as I can determine. Although it's decently malted for a light, easy drinking summer beer, the malt flavor isn't especially distinctive or noteworthy.
That leaves hops, yeast and spices. Since spices aren't mentioned, I'm left to conclude that any spiciness is due solely to the Chouffe yeast. Here again, the flavor is pleasant without reaching out and grabbing me by the taste buds. It's still somewhat citric and reminds me, to some extent, of the Kaffir Lime leaf used in Stone Vertical Epic 04.04.04. The yeastiness is on the tame side; the better to breeze through an entire '750' without getting palate fatigue.
Subsequent pours add a fine, yeasty haze and allow me to marvel even more at the majestic crown of foam. The mouthfeel is light, as the style demands. Nothing wrong with that, but it breaks down a tad on the finish and begins to verge on watery. It isn't fizzy in the least, yet there's enough bubblation to keep things appropriately lively and light-hearted.
This beer is no longer a part of the Brasserie d'Achouffe lineup, so if it hasn't been already, it should be designated as retired (I'd like to thank the Bros. for giving me permission to add it). Despite the optimism of the stated 'best by' date of 'end 2024', I pretty sure that it won't last anywhere near that long. If this is a representative bottle, I can't say that I disagree with the brewery's decision to retire Biere du Soleil. It's good, but is certainly nothing special.
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It's time for the US to get out of the UN! It's time for the US to take care of the US and to let other countries do the same! If these other countries worked at controlling their birthrate and actually working instead of trying to attack and blowup others they wouldnMt have so many problems! Other countries have tried to help these countries for centuries and the truth is they don't want to change so we should let them struggle on their own! Our help only allows them to keep making bad choices!
Gee in America we have the US goverment telling farmers that they can not use water from their own well's toiragate crops. How dose that fit in with your program?
Lockheed Martin developed a new water filtration purification system that uses graphene. They claim it'll be 100 times more efficient that current systems because it uses very little energy to migrate the water through the extremely thin sheet. Some of these 'shortages' are solvable by using the private sector. We need cheap electricity and reduce governmental interference.
This article is a piece of obnoxious propaganda, laced with enviro-wacko greenie, global warming buzzwords, and communist doublespeak. But what more would we expect from Reuters? The blithering idiots who are quoted obviously believe that man can somehow affect the occurrence of drought. Our climate "changes" and cycles constantly, but the idea of "climate change" (formerly glow-ball warming), as sold to the world by Gore & Co, is ludicrous. The only thing more ludicrous is believing we can do anything to stop droughts from happening, through our behavior. The world as a whole has rejected the idiocy of man caused climate change. Someone please get these ignorants who continue to spout the rejected screed OFF the world stage. They are making utter fools of themselves. The UN bureaucrats should visit CA's Central Valley for a flash course in the effects of man induced drought. In Dec, Ki-moon states that Brazil is in serious drought, but by Feb they are reported to be on the cusp of harvesting a huge crop. Which is it, genius? Get your facts right, or shut up. Moral of the story? We don't need UN involvement in strengthening policy, in fact that concept is totally scary to those of us who understand capitalism, and grasp what it's elimination will do to the world. Rather than hand-wringing pompous diplomats, what the third world could most use is a massive dose of capitalism. Through capitalism exponential innovation occurs. Little more is needed to ensure the world is well fed.
I am the scientist who discovered in 1985 the true cause of climate change as "excessive emissions of acids from ground & seas brought about by melting polar ice that spreads to the seas, enter the underground through cavities". Its emission is responsible for the current drought. Proper approach in solving the problem is a must otherwise,the UN will be wasting time and money as it misleads the world anew. The world cannot afford to have amateurs fixing the problems. ROD COLENDRINO DOMINGO SURVIVAL SCIENCE
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