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The tender agent for the tender offer has advised Jazz Pharmaceuticals that, as of the expiration of the tender offer, a total of 17,427,624 Gentium ordinary shares and ADSs were properly tendered and not withdrawn. These ordinary shares and ADSs represent approximately 98 percent of Gentium's issued and outstanding, and fully diluted, ordinary shares and ADSs (without duplication for ordinary shares underlying ADSs). All properly tendered ordinary shares and ADSs have been accepted for payment, which has been or will be promptly made in accordance with the terms of the tender offer.
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on improving patients' lives by identifying, developing and commercializing differentiated products that address unmet medical needs. The company has a diverse portfolio of products and/or product candidates in the areas of sleep, hematology/oncology, pain and psychiatry. The company's U.S. marketed products in these areas include: Xyrem® (sodium oxybate) oral solution, Erwinaze® (asparaginase Erwinia chrysanthemi), Prialt® (ziconotide) intrathecal infusion, Versacloz (clozapine) oral suspension, FazaClo® (clozapine, USP) HD and FazaClo LD. Jazz Pharmaceuticals also has a number of products marketed outside the U.S. and expects to launch Defitelio® (defibrotide) in selected countries in the European Union during 2014. For further information, see www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to the expected launch of Defitelio in the European Union and the timing thereof and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on Jazz Pharmaceuticals' current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with the company's ability to successfully launch and commercialize Defitelio in a timely manner; the company's ability to successfully manage the risks associated with integrating Defitelio into the company's product portfolio and other risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports (Commission File No. 001-33500), including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and future filings and reports by the company. Jazz Pharmaceuticals undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations.
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With state lawmakers considering changing a law that dictates when public schools can begin the school year, the Columbus Municipal School District is considering two calendars for the 2014-2015 school year.
Assistant Superintendent Craig Shannon approached the school board during Tuesday night's meeting with two options. One has school beginning on Aug. 18. The other has school beginning on Aug. 11.
The reason for the varying calendars is because of a law passed by the Mississippi Legislature that says school cannot begin for students before the third Monday in August. With the new law, students would not take their fall semester exams until January, after they return from Christmas break.
Shannon said with the upcoming legislative session, the law might change.
"No public school can start before the third Monday in August but that may change," Shannon told the board. "Unfortunately, the legislature has not made a final decision but hopefully we'll get a decision on that very soon."
As another part of the new law, teachers can not get paid for the entire month unless they work 15.72 days of the month," Shannon said. If students return to school on Aug. 18, teachers would return on Aug. 8 so they can get paid for the entire month.
"That will allow our teachers to come back and have some training days at the beginning of the year and allow our teachers to have enough work days," he said. "Some of the turbulence from the law is that teachers can not be paid for an entire month if they have not worked 15.72 days."
The board will vote on a calendar in the upcoming weeks. Regardless of which calendar they vote on, students will still have a full week at Thanksgiving and Spring Break.
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Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, a candidate for state controller, will address the Davis Democratic Club at its annual "Love Your Electeds" valentine event, which honors Democrats who serve in elected offices. The event will run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at International House, 10 College Park in Davis.
"We are very excited to have (Pérez) at our 'Love Your Electeds' event as we salute our state senator, Assembly member, county supervisors, City Council and Board of Education members," said Democratic Club president Arun Sen. "Come and say thanks for their valuable and dedicated service to the city of Davis, Yolo County and the state of California."
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Vaudevillians with a range of vintage styles — Seattle band Bakelite 78 at The Pink Door
Seattle's Bakelite 78 mixes vintage classics with tasty originals at The Pink Door on Tuesdays.
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8 p.m. Tuesdays through Sept. 28, The Pink Door, 1919 Post Alley, Seattle, free (206-443-3241or www.thepinkdoor.net).It's a bit like that scene from "A Night at the Opera" where the Marx Brothers and assorted guests all stuff themselves into a very small stateroom: Seattle's Bakelite 78 may only have six members, but it's an incredibly tight squeeze for them on the tiny stage at The Pink Door.
Still, the crowded quarters don't seem to cramp the band's style.
Bakelite 78 is the Tuesday house band at The Pink Door through the end of September and perhaps beyond. Led by singer-guitarist Robert J. Rial, members are quite a sight to behold.
Rial, in shiny gray tux, bow tie, burgundy cummerbund, silver shoes and towering top hat, has a voice that goes from sleepy-balladeer tenor to a neo-Tom Waits growl with the turn of a phrase.
He can certainly belt it out — but he can be silky-voiced, too, as he lilts his way through musical fare that ranges from New Orleans-flavored ragtime to gypsy tunes to Depression-era classics ("Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"). And there's a gleefully macabre edge to some of his original tunes.
"I took her on the Ferris wheel/And out for her last meal," he croons in "The World's Fair Hotel," a song inspired by Seattle author Erik Larson's true-crime best-seller, "The Devil in the White City." In another number, "What the Moon Has Done to Me" — about a werewolf haunted and confused by "bloody thoughts I can't escape" — Rial's poker-faced delivery adds to the fun.
Rial is also a song archivist a la Ry Cooder or Thomas Lauderdale (of Pink Martini), digging up both well-known and obscure ditties from the early 20th century and lending them his own maverick touch.
He gets nicely tonic harmonic backup from his wife, singer-songwriter-accordionist-pianist Erin Jordan, and solid grounding from the heavily tattooed Austin Quist, an affable giant of a fellow who looms over the rest of the band with his double bass and ceiling-scraping sousaphone. (Quist is co-writer with Rial on one of the group's best new originals, "Dark Spots.")
Steven Baz lays down a lazily swinging/swaggering beat on the drums, while Ashley Komoda does duty on clarinet and alto sax and Erik Reed delivers some knockout solos on the trumpet.
All six musicians dress for the part in a setting that, with its candelabra, multiple mirrors and backdrop curtains, looks a like the parlor of a Victorian brothel squashed into a corner of the Pink Door bar.
Bakelite 78 was originally Chicago-based. Rial's new Seattle lineup is scheduled to record a CD in September. At a break in the show, when I asked Komoda how the band keeps it together on such a minuscule stage, she joked that performers and instruments occasionally fall off it.
And when I asked how Rial, flanked by two lit candles on shoulder-high candlesticks, manages to avoid setting his guitar neck on fire, she wisecracked, "That's the finale."
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Kitimat LNG Partners to Purchase Pacific Trail Pipelines Interest
Kitimat LNG partners Apache Canada Ltd. (Apache Canada) and EOG Resources Canada Inc. (EOG Canada) announced that they have agreed to purchase the 50 percent interest in the Pacific Trail Pipelines Limited Partnership (PTPLP) they do not own from Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) for $50m. Apache Canada and EOG Canada will pay PNG $30m on closing – expected by the end of February – and a second payment of $20m when the purchasers decide to proceed with construction of the Kitimat liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility. "Acquiring the PTP is an important step in building a comprehensive system that will enable Apache and EOG to tap Asian markets for our abundant natural gas resources in the Horn River Basin and elsewhere in Western Canada," said Janine McArdle, president of Kitimat LNG. PTPLP is planning to build a 287-mile, 36-inch diameter underground line from Summit Lake, British Columbia, to Kitimat, the location of the planned LNG export terminal on the northern British Columbia coast. Following the completion of the purchase, Apache Canada will own 51 percent of the partnership and EOG Canada, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, will own the remaining 49 percent. PNG will operate and maintain the planned pipeline under a seven-year agreement with Apache Canada and EOG Canada with provisions for five-year renewals
Hudong-Zhonghua Selected to Build LNG Carriers
Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced today that they have selected Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd. (Hudong), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, to build four LNG carriers in . These carriers will provide LNG transportation from the Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Gorgon Jansz LNG projects and will be jointly owned by MOL and China Shipping (Group) Company (CS).
LR Wins Landmark LNG Deal
Lloyd's Register has won the classification contract for four 155,000 cu-m Technigaz Mk III membrane-type LNG carriers, ordered by BP Shipping at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with a further four options. These ships are the largest LNG carriers ordered to date. The ships are also noteworthy in that they will have dual fuel diesel electric propulsion and will be the first LNG ships with this type of propulsion to be built in Korea
Gazprom to Deliver LNG Tanker to U.S.
Gazprom has prepared the framework structure of the agreement on the delivery of the third LNG-tanker to the United States, Analytical Information Agency reported. In September 2005 the first LNG-tanker of Gazprom was delivered to the United States for realization on the American market. The agreement concerning the LNG supply on the American market was signed with Shell Western BV and BG Group. The second tanker was supplied in December last year
GofM Energy Hub: LNG Exports to India Planned
United LNG, LP and Petronet LNG Limited, India's largest LNG importer, agree to supply LNG from the Main Pass Energy Hub™ project in the Gulf of Mexico. The (conditional) agreement was signed by Petronet LNG Managing Director & CEO, Dr. A.K. Balyan and Stephen Payne, Chairman & General Partner of United LNG, of the United States, at the LNG 17 Conference held in Houston, Texas. The parties said they would continue working toward a final Sales Purchase Agreement to conclude the
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LNG: $93B Capex in 5 Years
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A New Phase for LNG Carriers Training
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FS: Custom Wenge/Purpleheart/Walnut/Zebrano Five String!! 2 Attachment(s) Purchased by the original owner in '95 in Montreal, it was built by a guy named Mike Ostrzenski using pretty exotic woods: •Neck: wenge and purpleheart multi-laminate •Board: wenge •Body: walnut •Top: zebrano with ebony inlay The "pickguard" is actually a disc of ebony inlaid flush into the top, pickups are Bartolini J-J with passive vol/vol/tone controls, bridge is a Schaller recessed into the top and scalloped at the tail end, tuners are Hipshot Ultralights, and the whole thing is satin finished in tung oil. It has a very low action and plays incredibly well, in all honesty it's probably the best feeling/playing five string neck I've ever come across. The bass has a zero fret with a wenge string spacer, 34" scale, weighs 8.5lbs and is very well-balanced sitting or standing. As you can tell from the pictures, some of the finish work is a bit rough around the edges. The neck is really a work of art, but the rest of the woodwork is NOT what you'd expect from a top-level custom builder. Thanks to the folks at La Lutherie MF who spent a lot of time on fretwork, setup, and finishing, it plays and sounds like a dream, but if you want perfection look elsewhere. Priced at a very low $600 shipped, includes a Tolex hardshell case, Schaller strap locks, and custom suede strap. I'm really only looking for a sale, but I'd be interested in a 3LeafAudio You're Doom pedal as a partial trade ;) If you have any questions of course feel free to ask. Cheers! |
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I watched this one closely the last time it was on the market. It wasn't long ago. Beautiful instrument. It seems to be moving around a bit.... |
PM's replied! I'm actually only the second owner, and the original had it for nearly twenty years. I just go through phases where I'll attempt to add a 5'er back to the stable, but I use a 4 string for all of my gigs and very rarely have a 5'er requested for session work. It's too nice of a bass to just sit in my studio, and I'm sure it's exactly what someone else is looking for :bassist: |
Sorry about the temporary absence folks! I hadn't read the thread bumping policy as carefully as I should have and was banned temporarily...my bad. Regardless, the bass is still available at the moment so grab it while you can ;) To The Top! |
Any interest in trades? |
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Any other instruments which you could compare the feel of neck and the tone to be in the same family as? |
Also curious about the neck assembly. Looks like a very long pocket with just 4 screws midway into the pocket. Is it actually a set neck, plus screws? Or is there some type of dovetail to help reinforce the joint? Its a bit SD Curlee-ish |
The tone is what you'd expect from the walnut/wenge/bartolini combo: killer finger style sounds with excellent punch and presence. Based on what the original owner told me, the screws in the neck are actually ebony plugs/anchors for the pickup screws and have nothing to do with the neck construction itself. |
Not really....Spector NS basses have a very signature sound, partly due to their construction, and partly due to their preamps/pickups... If I were to compare this basses finger style tone to anything it would be Steffan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band) when he was playing Warwick Dolphins (wenge boards & bartolini pickups). |
Is this closer to a WishBass or a CT as far as construction and finish? Thanks |
CT most definitely. The neck is honestly amazing, both is terms of construction and playability, and the body itself is certainly well made too; it's really only some of the aesthetic finish work that you'll find wanting. |
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He's gone all American. Guys, it's where the money is
Since Sunset Boulevard's Norma Desmond, and surely before, old thesps have found it agony to retire. They have dreamed of reviving their glory years, of delighting once more their past, adoring public – only to find that the magic has vanished like morning's gossamer.
Tony Blair sashayed back to Westminster yesterday to speak to a lunch full of political reporters. 'I just wanted to feel what it was like again,' he said, gaunt, blue-suited, his fringe still tweezered and his diet fastidious (he barely touched his grub). 'Now it's all coming back again.'
But was it? And will he? Or did the former prime minister leave the event feeling that it was the roles that had become small?
Return: Tony Blair sashayed back to Westminster yesterday to speak to a lunch full of political reporters
His accent has changed, again. The pukka Fettesian once smudged his Anglo-Scottish 'okay yah' voice by acquiring the glottal stops of Estuary English. The class politics of the 1990s demanded it. Now he has gone all American. Guys, it's where the money is.
'I'm a liddl oudda practice engaging with the Bridish media,' said the man who was once entrusted with defending our national interest in Washington's counsels of war.
He kept ending sentences with that Californian surfer-girl uplift. He used 'impact' and 'reference' as transitive verbs. The one subject he would not touch in any way was US gun law after the Connecticut killings. Didn't want to risk damaging his brand stateside, I suppose.
All American: Blair, pictured with George Bush in 2005, ended sentences with a Californian surfer-girl uplift
He spoke initially for just over ten minutes, which on the American lecture circuit probably represents about fifty thousand quid's worth.
There were some mouldy jokes and ancedotes. Then we were into some Blairite blue-sky baloney about how 'we live in an age of uniquely low predictability' (what? even more unpredictable than the early 1940s, or the Cuban missile crisis? – oh come off it) and how he remains 'a third-way progressive – play to the future instead of playing to prejudice'. That can be made to mean just about anything.
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After the formal speech he took questions, affecting innocence about some recent domestic events – though he had read the Leveson Report and naturally approved of it, though he was iffy on the details.
The old Blair trick of creating Aunt Sallys was there. Asked about immigration, he said it was quite wrong to make immigrants 'scapegoats'. Is anyone at Westminster seriously doing that? Not that I've heard.
Compared to David Cameron, Mr Blair is plainly older, more gnarled, skinnier, more royal.
Ed Miliband's Press chap was just in front of me, listening closely. One would be hard put to report that Mr Blair offered the current Labour leader solid support. In fact, on welfare reform he sounded closer to the Tory position. He said he would not comment on Labour's policies but argued that 'people are just looking for solutions – everyone knows the world has changed'. Does Ed Miliband? Does Ed Balls? Discuss.
Was he interested in returning to British politics? 'I'm not positioning for it,' he said. What a peachy form of words, sufficiently slangy to be liquid. But he added: 'I feel strongly about certain issues.' I'd say there is still some lead in his barrel. The ambition is not spent.
He did, however, accept that the presidency of the European Council was a goner for him. 'The presidency of Europe has gone. Mr van Rompuy is doing it.' This 'Mr' was beautifully freighted with just a half-ounce of derision.
What you notice, after 45 minutes of sermonising from this still glistening cake of soap, is how seldom he refers to the voters, to the electorate, to the great unwashed. Other politicians frequently mention 'the people'. Not Blair. No wonder he is keen on Leveson.
It was, he said, 'dangerous' to discuss immigration. For him, immigration policy 'always comes in a box marked "handle with care".' This was how he closed down public debate on immigration a decade ago – even while allowing it to increase like billy-oh.
Voters who have drifted to UKIP were also put in their place. UKIP, he said, was 'never far from being nasty and never close to being sensible'. Never far from being nasty. That's our Tony!
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Dark And Stormy Night - Picaroons Brewing Co.
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Ratings: 35 | Reviews: 18 | Show All Ratings:
Reviews by RunawayJim:
Rhode Island
3.58/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 500ml bottle into a pint glass. Pours a ruby brown color with a small off-white head. There's some small bubbles rising to the top.
Smells of bready roasted malts, though the aroma is not strong at all.
Tastes of slightly roasted malts, some breadiness is present. There's a hint of caramel in there as well. It's pretty sweet, though fairly mild in flavor.
The carbonation is almost non-existent in the mouth. It's got a nice smooth texture and goes down nice and easy. This is a very drinkable beer.
Note: I was going to add this one tonight, though it seems as though someone beat me to the punch. I was going to add it as an English Brown Ale as it tastes more like that than a Dunkelweizen (not much yeastiness and breadiness present). The label calls it a mix between a German dunkel and an English Ale (brown ale is the closest I could come up with).
Serving type: bottle
07-08-2008 00:51:41 | More by RunawayJim
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Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
You'd imagine a beer called 'Dark and Stormy Night' to be cloudy and turbid, black and opaque, but this ale is actually a fair mahogany brown colour and reveals splendid clarity in select places. It's a lighter tone than expected. It also has no signs precipitation; its surface is flat and barren.
The brewery describes this as a "stylistic hybrid of an English brown ale and a German dunkel weizen". I totally get the 'dunkel' part but not the 'weizen'; the aroma has a considerably strong malty sweetness and toasted notes of bread crusts and nuts, but absolutely no trace of yeast (and hence no esters or phenols, nothing remotely clove- or banana-like).
The taste further emphasizes what is smelled in the aroma; it features primarily hearty Munich malt (with melanoidins reminiscent of bread crusts) and a moderate cola flavour. It's entirely barley-driven (no wheat). The aftertaste has vague, fleeting notes of dark purple fruits (currants, plums, raisins) that are mixed in amongst equally subtle hints of cocoa and toffee.
Unfortunately there's little in the texture to denote chocolate or caramel. There's only enough roastiness to replicate toasted dark bread, nothing remotely strong enough to evoke coffee. I still don't get any wheat malt at all; it's not terribly engaging on the palate and can, on some sips, have the kind of one dimensional and borderline syrupy qualities of an extract-based brew.
Nonetheless, it is a refreshing, agreeable, and adequately malty beer that I am rather enjoying. I'd still advise the brewery, however, to revisit how it's promoted or else how it's made; there's no overtly stout- or dunkelweizen-like characteristics detected at all. Mind you, I don't really care - I rather appreciate its originality - but it strikes me as not exactly what the brewery intended.
Contrary to Picaroons' intentions, Dark and Stormy Night does not "provide all the rich flavours of a stout or porter with the easy drinkability of a wheat beer"; it lacks the quantity of the former and the quality of the latter. It has only a mild, trifling amount of roast and nowhere near the spice, fruit, or effervescence of a dunkelweizen. Nice beer, but not what's advertised.
Serving type: bottle
02-01-2014 23:42:20 | More by biegaman
3.88/5 rDev +19%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Lumpy, light beige head which plentiful webby lace. The broth is deep brown, but light passes easily. Hard to be positive, but I think it is clear.
Smells of caramelized brown sugar and a bit of molasses. Some yeast in the back of the nose, too. No wheat nor hop aroma.
The taste is drier than the smell indicates, although the swallow brings out some of the sweetness. Again, there is little wheat flavor. The body is somewhat chewy but the carbonation is appropriately high. There is a good dose of toasted malt (crystal?) that provides a biscuity flavor. This is smooth and easily drinkable, but don't expect a typical dunkelweizen.
Serving type: bottle
08-31-2012 22:49:45 | More by smcolw
New Brunswick (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -0.3%
03-15-2012 15:15:06 | More by Ivanhoes_Backpack
Ontario (Canada)
3.1/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Single stout bottle from the brewery, brought back to me by friends from the area who know of my love of beer and my love of not driving places. I really love the label and the name for this brew: it conjures both images of a foreboding Victorian manor in a Christie mystery novel as well as of Snoopy typing on top of his doghouse, at a loss for ideas and resorting to the clichéd and much-ridiculed phrase popularized by 19th century dime-novel author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and then Woodstock chirps something funny and Charlie Brown says 'Good Grief.'
Poured into a fluted pilsner glass because I really didn't know whether this beer would fit more into the English Pale or Dunkel variety, so I made a compromise. Dark brown-grape in colour, hazy, with a good inch of foam that recedes into a thick layer. Some lacing icicles.
Malty to the nose, a bit of wheat, some clove, dry white wine. Like five different styles of beer in one - not sure if it works or not.
Dark malt, chocolate, a bit of wheat, and a strange sour vinous flavour that seems really out of place. I'm glad I reviewed this on paper before going on BA, because my first thought was that this tasted like a mild sour ale far more so than a dunkel or pale ale, and I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who thought so.
I like sour ales, so I didn't mind drinking this, but I really don't think the end result matched either my expectations or my desires. Still, I appreciate Picaroon's for trying something new - experimentation is always welcome in the craft beer world, and I welcome it.
Serving type: bottle
03-13-2012 20:12:41 | More by JohnnyBarman
Ontario (Canada)
3.48/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle my friend brought home from Fredricton. From notes.
A - Poured a dark copper. Good carbonation. Head ran away fast but my friend's glass had retention. Bright. My glass left no head or retention while my friend's had both. Would've rated this lower had my friend's glass had neither.
S - Wheat, clove, lot's of banana, dark malt.
T - You can really see the combo of English and German like the label says. Peppery, banana, dark malt. Lot's of difficult to pin down flavours. Works well. Nothing spectacular, but it works.
M - Nice carbonation, medium body, sweet, dry, smooth.
O/D - Cool. Different. Nice and a good mix of flavours.
Serving type: bottle
10-17-2011 01:21:09 | More by tbeckett
2.5/5 rDev -23.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Poured into a pint glass at St. John Alehouse
Appearance: caramel in color with a 1/2 inch head, clear
Smell: chocolate, cream, and caramel
Taste: This one is a malt bomb. It is an excellent mix of milk chocolate, caramel, and slight earthy hops at the end.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied and carbonation, sweet with small bitterness at the end
Overall: This one is a delicious malt bomb and one of the better beers I had on my trip to Canada. I love the chocolate and caramel combo—yet this one is not cloying somehow. Could drink this all night. It falls in line with other sweeter beers like those from Southern Tier. I graded this though to the style of dunkleweizen, though....and this I believe does behave like a dunkleweizen at all. There is no murkiness or wheat balance--maybe this is just a strange hybrid brew. Call this a porter and I give it 4s.
Serving type: on-tap
09-20-2011 13:59:51 | More by tigg924
1.73/5 rDev -46.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Bottle courtesy of cjbmcdon. I love a challenge, so cheers!
Brewery describes this as a dark wheat beer, saying it is a cross between a dunkelweiss and a English brown ale. Considering they packaged it in a 500ml English style bottle, I poured it into a nonic pint glass.
APPEARANCE: Pours a large, 2+ finger, medium-thinner looking, noisy as hell, off-white head with good retention. Bistre brown in color with piles of carbonation evident. Head slowly fades to a full film cap and leaves some chunky lacing down the glass. A film remains until the end leaving a few dots of lacing down the glass. Carbonation continues to erupt from the depths. Lousy head and the carbonation is out of control for a brown ale.
SMELL: Medium strength nose of dark malts and lots of wheat. Some lemon citrus and flowery hops make their way through as well. Decent, but a little too wheat-heavy perhaps.
TASTE: Dark malts and wheat flavors with an undeniable sour tinge at the swallow. Far too tart for either the dunkelweiss or English brown ale style. The relatively bold and lingering aftertaste is not all that pleasant. Mild floral bitterness and wheat malt clash while trying to compete with the slightly sour, tart cherries. Luckily I won't be forced to finish this.
PALATE: This doesn't help either. Thin body with an upsetting amount of prickly carbonation. Just loads of it. Light on the palate and not creamy or smooth enough. Goes down airy and finishes rather dry.
OVERALL: Well, you win some and lose some I guess. That's the fun of trying new things. The brewery called this a cross between dunkelweiss and an Engligh brown ale, but it's basically just an identity crisis in a bottle. It's dark with lots of wheat, a bit of bitterness from the hops, and then some tartness from the land of ooops. Combine that with an annoyingly noisy head and an over-carbonated body, and you've got a recipe that will make drain a happy camper. Not my thing. Thanks again for the trade cjbmcdon.
Serving type: bottle
08-15-2011 11:52:30 | More by Jeffo
New Brunswick (Canada)
3.55/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Poured a deep deep, golden-amber. Big egg shell colored was fluffy but leveled out rather quickly. Big malty nose, sweet like candy, is strong. Hard for other scents to find their way through. The taste is a little funky. Bland to start and then the roasted malts, coffee beans, hit. An overload of carbonation is also noted. Other than excess carb. there is a creaminess to the beer. Somewhat acidic. A pretty good beer here and the low alcohol and decent pricing make a good buy. Nice to mix it up every once in a while.
Serving type: bottle
03-15-2011 20:12:40 | More by spree92
Dark And Stormy Night from Picaroons Brewing Co.
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Purity Of Essence - High & Mighty Beer Co.
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Ratings: 72 | Reviews: 49 | Show All Ratings:
2.83/5 rDev -25.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
A mighty disappointment from my perspective.
This beer pours a hazy amber with a solid white head and just a bit of lacing. So far, so good. Aroma has solid pine hops and hint of malt. A little light in aroma but not bad.
Taste, though, is just not appealing. Bitter hops all the way through and not much else. I love my hops but this is too deeply bitter for my liking. Mouthfeel is, again, remarkably bitter.
This one was not for me. I don't know that it is classified properly here but I don't enjoy this as an example of any style I am familiar with.
Serving type: bottle
11-11-2008 15:03:09 | More by sholland119
2.93/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Quite hazy, orange colour. Very high carbonation, which filled half the glass with eggshell coloured foam even with a careful, slow pour. A bit of clumpy lace. Nicely balanced aroma, with toasty and doughy malt, a bit of caramel, fruity and earthy hops, citrusy. Bitterness was balanced up front, but became stronger and more harsh in the finish. The flavour was citrusy to start, grapefruit, with malt sweetness kicking in mid-palate. These flavours fell away towards the end and didn't provide the balance the bitterness required. Carbonation was too high and didn't give it a crisp character. The texture seemed off because of this, and even a slightly creamy quality didn't really compensate. I was nervous about the carbonation from the pour and my fears were realized. I had more hope after getting a good smell, but things just didn't come together.
Serving type: bottle
06-18-2010 22:42:46 | More by DrJay
New York
3.08/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
22 ounce bomber, Bottled on dating of "June 4, 2008" on the side of the label. Funny looking beer, sort of cloudy, brownish amber, fast departing light tan head...chemical smelling nose, not off to a good start here...things don't really improve too quickly..taste is all over the place, and I don't mean that in a good way..chocolaty malts are the highlight, then I get some vegetable type off notes....did not love this one...one and done for me..would not get this one again
Serving type: bottle
11-17-2008 01:50:50 | More by Billolick
New York
3.15/5 rDev -16.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
The beer pours a cloudy amber color with a thick frothy offwhite head that slowly fades to lacing. There are plenty of yeast floaties to go around. The aroma is decent. It has a relatively bitter scent along with a pretty good smelling malt aroma. It's appears to be pilsner and light crystal malts. The taste is average. It's true. It does have a nice hoppy taste and aroma, but there is nothing else to be celebrated here. The malt taste is not that great and it's a bit too hoppy, because of the lack of balance. The mouthfeel is decent. It is a medium bodied beer with a bit too much carbonation. This is a forgettable beer. It's one and done for me.
Serving type: bottle
10-08-2008 22:41:51 | More by WesWes
3.23/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
My bottle thanks to Yamar 18. Thanks, Kevin!
The label on this bottle says it is 4.9% abv.
It pours a slightly hazy medium gold colour with over a 1 finger head of foam but doesn't leave a lot of lacing.
The smell is big grain that reminds me of an AAL. I truly can't smell anything else.
The taste took me by surprise. Very hoppy and very bitter. Grapefruit flavour that is more bitter than I'm used to. It has an earthy malt presence that doesn't seem to bring any balance. Some grainy notes now just showing up. Weird.
Lots of carbonation, imho...too much. The body is nice.
Interesting brew but not something I'd want to drink again.
Serving type: bottle
01-19-2014 15:34:43 | More by Bitterbill
3.3/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Hazy because it is unfiltered. The color is a light amber. Very impressive, rocky head with superb lace on the glass side.
Strong "refrigerator" smell; mild malt in the background--even milder hop essence.
The flavor is an improvement over the smell. Lots of flavoring hops. Slightly alcohol-ish in the background of the reasonably dry malt. This is a thin beer with lots of carbonation.
It's kind of a one-trick pony--not much complexity here. Still, for a malt liquor, it is better than most.
Serving type: bottle
09-07-2008 17:18:47 | More by smcolw
3.4/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz bottled on 10/29/08
Subdued aroma with a little citrus out of the glass. Great looking when poured; hazy and honey colored. Not much of a head and dissipated quickly.
Very bright feel on the tongue with really nice carbonation. Initial malt and hops fades to heavier hops in the back of the throat. Flavors become more intense as it sits in the glass; nice, because it was not initially very robust.
I had been really looking forward to this beer and I suppose I'm a little disappointed. It's a decent beer and would be perfect for an afternoon BBQ. I like it, will have it again but not until the warm weather hits. -WS
Serving type: bottle
01-19-2009 02:05:17 | More by WalterSobchak
Rhode Island
3.4/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 22oz bottle into a mug glass.
A: The beer is a light orange/gold color with a large white head that quickly and leaves a spotty lace on the glass.
S: The aroma is faint but contains light malts, citrus, grain and some hops.
T: The taste starts out with sweet flavors of citrus and caramel that are followed by a decent hops presence for the style and a touch of spiciness. The malt character is on the thin side but exactly where it should be for this type of beer. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and a little smooth, light-to-medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
D: Flavorful, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation of style, this is a decent beer with some flavor and substance that make it worth drinking for a while.
Serving type: bottle
11-30-2009 04:45:03 | More by TheManiacalOne
3.43/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Reagen1984 for this one. Probably should have got to this earlier - bottled October 29th, 2008. Served in a pilsener glass.
A - Good looking brew here. A solid three-fingers of foam that stick around for quite a while and leave glass-coating lacing. Unfiltered golden apricot color that's slightly lighter at the edges.
S - The smell is potent - it erupts from the bottle as soon as the cap is popped. Spicy noble hops with pine and earthiness, pilsener malt, and some light fruitiness. How the heck did this hold up well for almost a year when some other hoppy brews are a mess after a few weeks?
T - The taste is a huge disappointment compared to the smell. Twangy lager character, mixed with light doughy malts, and a touch of hop bitterness in the finish that builds a bit after a few pours. Decidedly average - there's nothing off, but it's just not all that good.
M - A bit harsh on the carbonation side, but the body is smooth and medium in thickness. Clean finish without minimal residual flavor or feel.
D - The carbonation is a bit bloaty, even after half of a glass. Otherwise the minimal aftertaste and decent flavor make it pretty easy to drink. I'm under the impression this stuff is cheap - ~$5 for a bomber.
Serving type: bottle
09-17-2009 23:46:15 | More by MasterSki
3.45/5 rDev -8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
22 oz brown bottle with bottled on date (June 4, 2008) poured into an American pint glass.
Appearance: Almost tawny amber hue with nice white head. A very thin layer of white remains after settling. It's unfiltered, but duh, it says that on the label.
Nose: Orange is immediately noticeable, and sweet malt, sarsaparilla, and Indian spices register.
Palate: Carbonation is moderate to high. Agitation reveals a lot of dry-hop characters and a little dustiness. There is an umami character here poking out between bursts of bitter hops (leaning on the pine-y side of things, not the citrus side). Nice and bitter, decent body, with a red kool-ade note right in the mid-palate.
Notes: Although this beer is sufficiently bitter and gets points for that IPA-esque extremeness, it seems to lack something in the middle. I get a strong nose, and an initial bitterness on the palate, a quick mid-palate of fruit and then immediately on to bitterness and dry hops again. I wish there was more in the middle.
Serving type: bottle
09-05-2008 02:28:04 | More by SFLpunk
New York
3.48/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A - Dark copper, mildly cloudy, thick off white head with a bit of lacing
S - Strong aroma of lemon in the nose, citrus hops, yeast with some earth tones, biscuit maltiness, some light skunk
T - Strong malt up front, citrus in the body with a lemon finish
M - On the lighter side with a crisp feel to the body
D - Being unfiltered sort of gave this one some interesting character. A decent lager, and certainly easy to drink a whole 22oz in a session
Serving type: bottle
02-28-2010 16:36:15 | More by soco7tyx7
3.5/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a pale lager-y golden color with a nice bit of fluffy head. A nice amount of carbonation, looks drinkable...
Smell is a bit of sour malt/wheat and a bit of malty sweetness combined. Sort of earthy, maybe from the hops?
Taste is slightly metallic combined with a spiciness from the hops. The carbonation adds a nice dynamic to this beer as it is very thirst quenching and crisp due to the nice bubble action. A bit more hoppy than many of its counterparts but not anything to write home about...that being said its the best damn American Pale Lager I've ever had!!!
Very drinkable in the 22 oz. format.
Serving type: bottle
06-27-2009 20:30:47 | More by indiapaleale
3.5/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
The style this beer is listed under isn't doing it any favors. This is a an American take on a kellerbier. I doubt it's open fermented or anything, but it's definitely an unfiltered urtyp lager.
Pours a really hazy khaki color with a lot of foam. Lots of suspended yeasts in this one.
The smell is pretty hoppy. Mild lager yeast, a hint of breadiness, and tons of grassy old world hops.
There's a really distinct fresh spearmint flavor that the hops are giving off that keeps coming back in each sip. Like other kellerbiers I've had, the hops really seem to thrive with the suspended yeast. In this case, I'm guessing they're hopping it extra liberally, too. A little bit of bready malt creeps in, but the hops and the yeast are the stars of this one.
Mouthfeel's thicker than I prefer and splitting a bottle of this was nice, but I don't think I would need a full bottle to myself.
Not bad, but probably not worth seeking for those who aren't kellerbier nuts. Still, you really have to respect what this beer is and what they were shooting for.
It's a neat idea that just wasn't directly up my alley.
Serving type: bottle
02-21-2010 17:13:16 | More by Domingo
New Hampshire
3.55/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
From the 22 ounce bomber bottled on Feb 06 2010. Sampled on February 23, 2010. The pour is a hazy rusty copper with a bit too much puffy white head...maybe three inches deep and nearly flowing over the glass. The aroma has a mixture of bitterness, grapefruit, apricot, and floral hops. As for the taste, I get an up front dorse of malts followed by a chaser of hops. This was not a bad beer but it did not blow me away.
Serving type: bottle
02-24-2010 04:04:42 | More by puboflyons
New York
3.6/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I got this brew in a trade with TheManiacalOne, Thanks Mark!
22oz bottle served in a standard pint glass.
Clouded orange/gold color with a huge white head that hung in there for the entire glass and left globs of lacing.
Earthy aroma, like grass clippings after a day or two.
Taste is a bit earthy as well with some malty sweetness showing up near the finish.
Medium bodied with mild carbonation.
It was ok but I wouldn't seek it out again.
Serving type: bottle
11-13-2009 21:58:58 | More by JoeyBeerBelly
3.63/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I'm not the biggest fan of HaM brewery in Holyoke, MA. I had a conversation with the brewers from Paper City at the ACBF in Boston and they told me that HaM uses their facilities. The Purity of Essence is a fine looking beer, in that it is an orange tawny fairly cloudy beer, with a creamy foam head that does retain and settles into a more soap like foam around the edges. A bit of lacing too.
The aroma is unique, fairly subdued, and quite enticing. Sweet malts, orange rind, perhaps wet leather, and a very hard to pin down spiciness as well. The taste is respectable, but that's as far as I'll go. It is quite drying in the finish, there is a tea like, sharp hoppiness, some bready malts in the backbone, with some tart florals in the body. The beer is a bit biting, but it lacks the oily hop esters to be especially interesting. The beer isn't particularly sweet, floral, or estery. There might be some spiciness in the beer, a bit peppery. This is a medium bodied beer, unfiltered and not characteristic of an American Malt liquor, which is a good thing. It is better made than that, and it is more like a dark lager. The mouthfeel and aftertaste is quite dry.
Serving type: bottle
07-29-2008 23:19:03 | More by albern
3.63/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This beer is golden and hazy. Quite attractive. A nice ivory head. Smell is of hops with some pine. The taste is very good. Crisp and hoppy. Some hints of grapefruit and pine, but there's not too much depth here. It's tasty and drinkable, but not very complex. Mouthfeel is good, although it's a little too carbonated for my palate. Overall, tasty and certainly refreshing and drinkable. Not stellar, but good.
Serving type: bottle
12-07-2009 05:09:48 | More by DoreenAndDave
3.68/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
"Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature."
--Thomas Kempis
Radiant tangerine with honey colored highlights. Munich malt adds a slightly darker color to this *pale* lager (that it didn't really need). The upper third of the pint glass is occupied by a wonderfully sticky chunk of foam that is yellowed bone in hue and is beginning to deposit small chunks and tattered sheets of lace.
The aroma is balanced between pale malt and musky-fruity hops. High & Mighty says that noble hops are used, but it smells like something English is in there as well. Fuggles maybe. I'm not sure if the above style is the best fit, but my tastes buds are always a better judge.
Purity Of Essence is well-brewed beer that doesn't come close to knocking my socks and/or shoes off. It's on the simple side and lacks personality, but then that's true of most of the world's pale lagers. The thing that saves it from mediocrity is a surprising amount of leafy hoppiness. The German hops make it taste... well... German. Or maybe Czechoslovakian, if Saaz are in the house.
Because my Munich malt detector is pretty sensitive, it picks up just a hint of the tell-tale toasted, earthy nuttiness. The hops are lemony and grassy, with an estimated IBU count of... 40ish. A ripe apricot fruitiness makes it seem as if ale yeast was used. The finish is bordline snappy and crisp, which is a definite plus.
The mouthfeel is appropriate for the ABV and will be rewarded as a result. It has a sneaky light creaminess and stays buoyant all the way to the gently bitter end of each mouthful.
In the final reckoning, Purity Of Essence is better than Beer Of The Gods, the only other High & Mighty offering to have entered my glass. I wouldn't mind drinking this one again, especially if it was right out of the hopper. Thanks to damienblack for the bomber.
Serving type: bottle
09-18-2009 21:21:22 | More by BuckeyeNation
3.7/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22oz bottle purchased at Yankee Spirits, Sturbridge, MA.
Poured into an imperial pint glass, formed a 2 3/4" off-white head over the clear golden brew. Thick pillowy head is going nowhere fast, with sporadic chunky lacing. Aroma is minimal and balanced. Taste starts lightly citrus, goes pale malt sweet for a bit, back to some tartness at the close coupled with a bitter aftertaste. Mouthfeel is smooth, with drinkability a little challenged by the tart and bitterness clashing some. Overall a nice drinker.
Serving type: bottle
09-30-2009 21:34:20 | More by ppoitras
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
An interesting approach to the lager style. Coppery-colored with a huge, stiff, summer-day-white-cloud head that simply wouldn't go away. (The head size may or may not have been caused by my dropping the bottle several days before I opened it.) A surprising amount of malt is present in the nose, plus a fat dose of sour citrus. Sharp carbonation cuts in immediately followed by a hefty dose of caramel and oranges. Alcohol is mild; bubbles are nice. This is closer to an APA or an alt bier than a lager. Another interesting approach from H&M. Well worth a try.
Serving type: bottle
02-27-2010 21:25:05 | More by gfreed
New York
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is hazy yellowish amber in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a three finger high off white head that gradually died down and consistently left a thin head covering the surface.
S: Light to moderate aromas of grassy hops and grainy malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste is similar to the smell and also has some earthy flavors along with a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels a bit shy of medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is really flavorful and stands out compared to other beers in the style.
Serving type: bottle
05-19-2013 17:32:49 | More by metter98
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Purity of Essence has a very noble ABV coming in at 6.50%. The beer does pack a nice little punch especially since it comes in bomber bottles and the alcohol is allowed to shine through a bit during the tasting.
The beer pours a rather light yellow color that features a bit of haze when poured into the pint glass. There is a creamy, off-white head that builds at the top of the pour and that same off-white head turns into a nice off-white lacing that is retained from pour to finish. The carbonation is quite noticeable in this pour and dances along visibly despite the sort of golden haze within the glass.
The smell is rather unique when poured and there is a sort of sour malt nose mixing with a sort of grassy to grainy complexity. There is a hint of floral undertones at play within the smell that are accentuated by a kick of a certain sort of spiciness within the pour, as well.
What is perhaps the biggest surprise once the beer is tasted is the amount of hops that are packed into the taste. Though they were not highly up front in the nose the hops sure to come through in a big and friendly way within the taste. The higher ABV of 6.50% does come through in the taste and matches to a sort of earthy taste in a rather different way. There is a bit of the grassy nature noticed in the nose that also comes through in the taste but still the hops seem to really hold their own within the pint glass. This is a very different taste and is one that might not be enjoyed by all. To me it is a nice break from something that is overly traditional and the individualism expressed by High & Mighty in this taste is to be applauded.
Purity of Essence has a nice drinkability to it but is probably best served having one bomber perhaps with a spicy meal and then calling it quits. This is not a session beer and is probably best served as an "on-occasion" beer or when something truly different is desired. If you wanted to serve this beer with another beer, it would seem as though a big-IPA post Purity of Essence would probably be your best bet.
Serving type: bottle
07-24-2009 14:06:18 | More by Bounty628
New Jersey
3.8/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 ounce bomber bottle just copped from Gary's in Madison for a nice sale-sticker price of $4.25... Impressive appearance for this beer genre, with a giant foamy and frothy head that lay atop an apricot-colored hue with visible, rising carbonation present as well... Vibrant aroma replete with fresh citrus nuances... A bite in the overall flavor profile...
Good stuff...
Serving type: bottle
12-15-2009 00:56:43 | More by dsa7783
3.8/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
22 ox bottle was poured into an oversized imperial pint glass. Almost fit the whole bottle in here.
Appearance: The beer poured a small head that has reduced to a thin layer. It is a golden brown color with great clarity and good signs of carbonation coming up through the glass.
Smell: crystal and bready malts, grassy, and some lemony characteristics.
Taste; Not sure what an IPL is supposed to taste like, but ths is somewhat in between both styles light it entails. Tartness and lemony characteristics linger in the back of the taste.
Mouthfeel: smooth, crisp, medium carbonation, full bodied, and easy to drink.
Overall: A better understanding of this style would be good. I like their take on this style and will revisit it again. A nice fix for this hot summer day in Boston.
Serving type: bottle
07-15-2012 03:00:01 | More by Flounder57
North Carolina
3.84/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Pours a hazy/murky medium golden yellow in color with some apricot + light orange highlights and some light amounts of visible carbonation. The beer has a three finger tall pillowy light beige head that slowly reduces to large thick cap in the center of the beer surrounded by very thin film and a thick ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of citrus/lemon hops with lighter amounts of grassy hops. Underneath there are lighter aromas of yeast spiciness and a cereal grain malts.
T: Upfront there is a light amount of cereal grain malts which are quickly overtaken by the hop flavors - citrus/lemon and grassy hops stand out. Light amounts of yeast spiciness. Overall there is a light amount of lingering bitterness..
M: On the lighter side of medium bodied with slightly more than moderate amounts of carbonation. Light amounts of dryness in the finish.
O: For a style that I do not come across all that often, I really thought this was a very enjoyable brew with some great hop aromas and flavors and not too much bitterness. The citrus notes make this one pretty refreshing and it is easy to drink.
Serving type: bottle
05-19-2013 17:32:01 | More by dbrauneis
Purity Of Essence from High & Mighty Beer Co.
out of 100
based on 72 ratings.


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- The definition of a picnic is a cut of cured pork.
A shoulder cut of ham is an example of a picnic ham.
- Picnic is defined as a meal eaten outdoors, or an occasion where people come together to eat outside.
- When you take a blanket to the park and eat outside, this is an example of a picnic.
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When you pack food and a blanket and go to the park and eat under a tree, this is an example of a situation where you picnic.
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picnic definition by Webster's New World
- a pleasure outing at which a meal is eaten outdoors
- ☆ a shoulder cut of pork, cured like hamalso picnic ham or picnic shoulder
- Slang
- a pleasant experience
- an easy task
Origin: French pique-nique, probably ; from piquer, to pick plush nique, a trifle ; from Old French niquier, to nod
Related Forms:
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picnic definition by American Heritage Dictionary
- A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
- Slang An easy task or a pleasant experience.
- A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
To go on or participate in a picnic.
Origin: French pique-nique, probably reduplication of piquer, to pick; see pique .
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Oh man, this is such a classic, you guys. Wait until you get a load of this video of a little boy's reaction to the iOS 7 update from Apple, because he pretty much sums up how most people are feeling about it.
Honestly, people are buzzing so much about how different iOS 7 is that I'm actually terrified to make the switch. And based on how this precious kid took the news, I'm thinking maybe I should hold off for a bit longer.
Get ready to HOWL.
We were sitting outside a restaurant enjoying a mother/daughter meal when my 8-year-old pointed to a girl at another table with her eyes wide. Perched on a bench was a girl about my daughter's age, a cellphone in a pink jeweled case in her hands. I didn't even let her start a sentence before I dropped my bomb, "You're not getting one."
She looked at me, a little wounded. It turns out she was just going to comment on how rude the girl was for using her cellphone at the table. Pheww! My kid has manners!
But she's still not getting her own cellphone. Not for a loooooong time.
Right around the time I started having kids, portable DVD players for the backseat of your car became a big thing. A lot of minivans and SUVs even had screens installed right in the vehicles themselves! That's fine for other people, I thought sanctimoniously to myself, but my kids are going to learn to entertain themselves.
This morning, I caved. My elementary-aged daughters watched the pilot episode of Gummy Bears on the way to school, and they loved it. In between fighting traffic and reminiscing about my own childhood (because hi, it was Gummy Bears, and I had forgotten all about Gummy Berry Juice), I thought about one of my favorite quotes: You can't change the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
A mom in Detroit found herself in some hot water after completely blowing her stack inside a cell phone store, and unfortunately for her, the embarrassing meltdown was all caught on tape.
The mom in question, identified only as Stephanie, was so angry because she claims the store sold her son a damaged phone. She tried to return it in the original box accompanied by the receipt two weeks later but was told the return-by date had passed and there was nothing the store could do. That's when she not-so-quietly lost her mind.
We've all gotten frustrated when dealing with customer service, but I think it's fair to say most of us have managed to keep our pants on.
Remember this?You know what makes me feel old? Seeing "USB drive" on the back to school supplies list for my elementary school student. Back in my day (after I walked uphill two miles to school), the only electronics we ever needed were those bulky graphing calculators with so many buttons I never did learn what they all do.
But the times they are a changing. Kids these days need more than pencils and erasers when they head back to school -- they need high tech gear. Over at The Prowl, we've been rounding up some of the coolest, "high-techiest" back to school gear out there. Here's a few of our favorites ...
There is no doubt about it, technology has made our lives better in too many ways to count. Nanny cams, baby monitors, and GPS navigation systems are just a few of those things we moms can't live without these days. Not to mention smartphones and tablets. I won't travel without an iPad loaded with enough kid-friendly apps to keep my son from asking, "Are we there yet?" a million times. But for all the ways those gadgets have improved our lives, there are many ways it has a negative impact when it comes to kids. Check out the 6 ways technology is destroying your kids' childhood.
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