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St. Amatus 12 - De Struise Brouwers
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4.11/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to Adam@platinum
Pours a nice black (brown/purple when held up to light) with nice head and lacing.
I swear this smells very similar to Cuvee Delphine- quad blackberries, a very strong vinous quality, oak, slightly sour.
Taste is more blackberry/blueberry, a bit of bitterness opening up into an oak and blackberry/blueberry increasingly amplifying sweetness, a little bit sour.
While this to me remind me a lot of Cuvee Delphine, for a quad it is very nice however for an Imperial Stout it is not really appropriate. As such I've rated this highly, whereas the similar Cuvee Delphine (despite being an ostensibly completely different beer) would get a far lower rating. I'm guessing the barrels are very dominant in these two mentioned beers.
Serving type: bottle
12-23-2013 12:00:54 | More by danieelol
3.45/5 rDev -18.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
An interesting and lightly spiced take on a quad, somewhat conventional for this house, but appreciated. Vintage 2012 acquired at the brewery a week ago, served at cellar temp. Poured not as dark as expected, a lighter roast coffee, cloudy looking, but no sediment. Pouring vertically and directly into a tulip glass produced just a finger of milk-chocolate-colored head that settled quickly into an ivory ring. Coffee smells, woody esters, licorice, cherry, vanilla, interesting things in the nose but not in great volumes. Malt forwa--whoosh, peppery anise and some other aromatic spice rushes in grabs hold of things. There's some vegetal hop bitters, drying things out a bit further. Back in search of the malt, I find caramel, vanilla, some red fruit, enough there for complexity, but it is rinsed quickly. On the palate, it's a sticky, with a bit of alcohol warmth, but surprisingly little body.
Serving type: bottle
12-01-2013 20:59:33 | More by ManforallSaisons
3.06/5 rDev -27.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
From: Belgian Beer Shop dot com
Date: Vintage 2011
Glass: New Belgium globe glass
Struise's Saint Amatus is a strong, concentrated quadrupel that is not afraid to show its alcohol strength or the amount of candi sugar that went into raising the ethanol to its peak level. Not smooth at all, despite barrel aging. While not necessarily bad, this was too obvious in its ethanol presentation and the cough syrup and cloying sweetness were too much for me, despite an otherwise fairly pleasant mix of brown sugar and dried fruits that appear on the front of the tongue. Not one I'd seek out or purchase again.
Pours a 2cm tall mass of foam, light tan in color, made up of small-sized bubbles that present a fairly frothy appearance. Retention is above average, the foam lasting about 1.5 minutes in a gradual decline to a thin cap atop the body of the beer that lasts the duration of the experience. Lacing is very good, with large clusters of scattered dots and large-sized blotches clinging to the sides of the glass. Body is a dark brown amber color, nearly black, with light bringing out very dark red-brown hues around the periphery of the beer. Carbonation visible as it crawls along the sides of the glass, appearing fairly numerous and active.
Aroma of supersweet candi sugar to the point of being cloying, intense dried fruit (dates and raisins, mostly), syrupy dark cherries, ethanol, and oxidized iron. Not bad, but a bit sharp and ethanol-obvious: the barrel aging and subsequent bottle aging has not toned that character down much.
Overall flavors are of a mix of concentrated sweetness, dried dates and raisins, burnt caramel, cough syrup, and obvious ethanol harshness; not smooth at all, despite barrel and bottle aging. Front of palate is of dark brown sugar, burnt caramel, dried dates and raisins, fairly subdued ethanol: probably the best flavor point the beer has to offer. Mid-palate of fairly harsh ethanol mixed with burnt caramel, dark brown sugar, dried dates and raisins, and a somewhat cloying candi sugar sweetness mixed with light cough syrup. Back of palate is of fairly intense and harsh ethanol with candi sugar sweetness, somewhat like cough syrup, and burnt caramel. Aftertaste of candi sugar sweetness, burnt caramel, subdued cough syrup, and ethanol.
Beer is medium-heavy in body, with carbonation of medium intensity, resulting in a quite foamy (4/5) and smooth (1/5) mouthfeel. Ethanol is easily felt in the nostrils, on the palate, and on the back of the throat: way too hot. Closes dry, with heavy stickiness lingering on the palate and lips.
Serving type: bottle
11-26-2013 04:24:43 | More by falloutsnow
Quebec (Canada)
4.6/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
330mL bottle
I never mention bitterness in my reviews, my bitterness taste buds are ridiculously under-
APPEARANCE : Deep dark brown, can't see much of anything through this brew. The head doesn't rise quite high and does fall back down to nothing quite quickly, but while it's there, its colour is a very charming mocha.
SMELL : First nose is molasses and malts with hint of butterscotch and maraschino cherries. Second nose brings out more butterscotch and refines the molasses into a crisp toffee aroma. Maraschino cherries are still there. Third nose blends some of these elements together - toffee, butterscotch and those maraschino cherries become one and the same and everything balances out quite nicely. A bit boozy, but on the warm comfortable side.
TASTE : Complex, layered, deep. Some burnt aromas pop up that weren't there on the nose, and then you have the toffee and maraschino cherries right up in your nose, like having the candies themselves stuffed up your nostrils. Surprisingly intense but also surprisingly pleasing. It's powerful but it doesn't become cloying, it stays nicely crisp and well defined - I think we have the wise addition of hops to thanks for this. This could easily have been overkill. It walks a fine line and does a mighty fine job of it too.
MOUTHFEEL : Round but well funnelled. It takes its (very ample) place, but stays there and that's how we like it. Carbonation is spot on.
OVERALL : Beautiful. I've had quite a few quad/belgian dark strong ales and this bad boy is up there with the best of them : easily comparable to St. Bernardus 12, Rochefort 12, Carolus Van de Keizer Blauw, etc. A serious quad for serious beer lovers. This is stuff that you'll want to age and appreciate at a very slow pace.
Serving type: bottle
11-20-2013 00:40:37 | More by FrostBlast
United Kingdom (England)
4.24/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Purchased from the UTOBEER in Borough Market, London. The ingredients include Irish Moss, apart from the other usual suspects. Coming in a slim 330ml brown bottle, BB 29/08/2016, served lightly chilled in Hapkin's short-stemmed tulip-shaped sniffer.
A: deeply dark brown in colour, coming with a thin khaki foamy head settling fast to a rim to last, on top of rather moderate carbonation.
S: quite rich on the nose – Demerara sugar, dates, dark chocolates, brown malts, overripe fruit esters and extra dosage of oxidised fruits' lightly funky notes as well as old oak barrels; given a good swirl, the aroma element condensate to render a super creamy and dense aroma, with lots of perfumy esters, raisins-like dried berries, and date jam to prevail.
T: very soothing on the palate, the sweetness level comes a bit high in the beginning but decreases over time, ensued by toasted nuts, burned dark sugar, jammy dark stone-fruits, sweetened dates, spice esters, estery notes as of Chinese red-bean (or, Azuki bean) paste, and somewhat chewy and flat-textured bitterness to linger. The attenuation felt at the finish is quite decent, quite in contrast to the foretaste; maybe due to the whisky barrel-ageing process a wee touch of dry-ish mouthfeel is imparted, while a nice dosage of acidity with exotic saltiness also lingers in the long finish, leaving a (surprisingly) wee bit of alc. warmth going down the throat.
M&O: smooth, softly-carbonated, full-bodied but ever so easy to drink, this whisky barrel-aged robust Belgian dark ale is truly enjoyable. Somehow, given a bit of "breathing" after opening, the dark ale seems to be more mellow all in all. Highly recommended.
Serving type: bottle
11-12-2013 21:51:16 | More by wl0307
North Carolina
4.48/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2011 bottle
A: Pours a murky brown with two fingers of khaki head that fades into a thin cap with decent lacing.
S: Belgian spices and candy sugar up front with dark fruits and sweet breads following. There are also notes of sweet, fermented fruits and some light wine-like aromas.
T: Belgian spices and candy sugar here as well with sweet bread, dark fruits like prunes, and buttery, fermented fruits. There is a slight alcohol presence toward the finish.
M: Medium body with mid-high carbonation, this beer is light and drinkable considering the abv.
O: A great quad overall. One of the best examples of the style with a lot of depth and nuance while being incredibly drinkable.
Serving type: bottle
05-19-2013 05:32:49 | More by n2185
3.94/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Picked up a couple bottles of this for 4.60 E in December at De Struise shop in Bruges. Vintage 2011; lot 382923071102; BB Aug 29, 2016
Poured into a snifter, this brew looks like a quad, ruddy chocolate brown with a weak tan head, lots of yeast in the bottle. Colder, the aromas of candied raisins and ripe grapes come on strong with some hints of roasted malt too. Yeasty with hints of alcohol. When drinking I'll start with what I think knocks this one a notch below St. Benardus and Westy's quad. It lacks the complex esters and phenols present which help mask the hefty alcohol content. Now I still think this is a solid quad and if an American brewer made one this good, I'd be all over it. The malt bill is solid and the body is nice and heavy yet finishes dry and quickly although its a bit hot. The dark fruits are prominent and delicious. Maybe even too much as some anise comes through which I'd rather not have in a quad.
Serving type: bottle
04-19-2013 00:44:31 | More by deebo
South Africa
4.5/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
330ml bottle 10,5% Abv.
Served lightly chilled in a snifter.
2011 Vintage
Appearance: St. Amatus appears a very dark brown (almost black) in the glass, with a back light revealing beautiful deep red edges. A rough pour yields a massive, creamy, beige coloured head that displays fantastic retention and coats the glass in thick rings of lacing as it recedes.
Smell: Mmmm, this smells absolutely delicious. The initial nose offers toasted grains, chocolate, brown sugar, dark fruits (figs, plums, cherries and raisins), a nutty note and even a hint of coffee (actually reminiscent of a coffee/chocolate cake). As the beer begins to warm, a vinous character is noted, alongside spicy Belgian yeast, an earthy note, a hint of caramel and a little alcohol.
Taste: I have had a bottle of St. Amatus before (in 2010 I think) and I remember being quite disappointed with the flavour. This is certainly not the case with this bottle, as the flavour is just as good as the nose promised.
Flavour notes include: Figs, raisins, plums, cherries, a lightly tart vinous character, toffee, some chocolate, brown candy sugar, an earthy quality and spicy Belgian yeast. Unlike the nose, there is absolutely no trace of the 10,5% in the flavour.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied (maybe a tad over) and slightly chewy, with a medium-high level of wonderfully smooth carbonation.
Overall: I can't for the life of me remember what I didn't like about St. Amatus the last time I had it, as this bottle is fantastic and actually one of the best quads that I have had. I will certainly be buying more bottles in the future.
Serving type: bottle
03-12-2013 16:01:54 | More by Thehuntmaster
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
33cl bottle into a snifter
A: Pours a very dark amber/brown color with two fingers of off white head.
S: Raisins, plums, and toffee sweetness. I get some fruity and spicy yeast flavors behind that - pineapple with a bit of peppercorn and nutmeg.
T: Raisins, prunes, and sweet toffee are most upfront in this beer. I get orange bitters behind that to add to the complexity. I also get a bit of dark cherry in the finish. Very little booze - I drank the entire bottle in no time.
M: On the thick side with creamy carbonation.
O: A very nice Quad - complex sweetness, spiciness from the yeast.
Serving type: bottle
02-10-2013 23:22:09 | More by coreyfmcdonald
South Carolina
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Big thanks goes out to furthurgone for this one as a part of the Birthday BIF! 2010 Vintage! Enjoyed this one during rivalry Saturday while watching my Yellow Jackets play the Dawgs! Due to the slaughter taking place, I upped the ABV for this one! Served from bottle into an Orval goblet. Poured brown with a one finger very light tan head that subsided to a minimal amount slowly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, toasted malt, bread, dark fruit, sweet alcohol, fruit, and very subtle sugar. The flavor was of sweet malt, bread, dark fruit, fruit, sweet alcohol, caramel, sugar, and subtle earth. It had a medium feel on the palate with medium-high carbonation. Overall this was a good brew. All of the components of a really solid Quad were present in this one which was quite nice. A nice balance of sweetness and booziness made this one surprisingly easy to drink despite the higher ABV. The aroma was very inviting and rather pleasant as well. Definitely a must try for any Quad fan out there who has not done so already.
Serving type: bottle
11-27-2012 21:26:55 | More by thagr81us
3.53/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2011 Vintage, picked up at the Borough Market in London about a month ago. Poured into my Delirium Tremens snifter, Sint Amatus 12 is dark with tan head leaving scattered, foamy lace.
Smell is macerated prunes, a little brown sugar and some spicy, clean ethanol.
Taste is cured cherries, raisins, and rather heavy on the iron / blood. The spiciness of the alcohol is pretty robust as well. It's clean, but whoa, big beer, sharp elbows. As it opens up (and surely influenced by the spicy Aging Room M356 cigar I fired up about 1/3rd of the way in), the classic grape juice notes I like in a good quad comes through, which I find to be favorable.
Mouthfeel is on the viscous side, and not the most digestible Belgian.
Drinkability is okay, it's an interesting beer, but for the masterful portfolio that de struiss has, this one is a little disappointing.
Serving type: bottle
11-24-2012 22:25:17 | More by ccrida
4.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark copper with a rocky tan head that settles into a thin layer with no lacing. Smells of oranges, leather, and a nice biscuit aroma. Taste is caramel and a nice malt. The finish is slightly dry and with a very subtle hops. This is a very delicate taste, dark but gentle. Like I like my women. The mouthfeel is slick and just a tad chewy. It makes you pay attention whether you want to or not. Like I like my women :) This is a fantastic beer. It has a lot going on and is delicious without being so challenging that you can't introduce it to newbies. This is a keeper, for sure. Not what I would expect from a quadrupel, a bit darker, but a nice deviation from the style. And we all like to be devious every once in a while, don't we? ;)
Serving type: bottle
11-14-2012 02:10:10 | More by roblowther
Ontario (Canada)
2.78/5 rDev -34.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Bottle from the brewery via the webshop. 2011 vintage. Lot # 382923071102, didn't note the bottling date.
Mahogany with a mocha head, good retention and lacing. Nose has a helluva lot of metal, ferrous from top to bottom. Some dark fruits, molasses, chocolate and a bit of rum are peripheral. Taste has the metal again up front, dark fruits, slight chocolate, even a hint of roast way into the finish. Medium heavy mouthfeel, metal notes persist behind a medium high carbonation. Way too much metal going on here - perhaps an issue with the batch/shipping/transport? I was completely let down by this beer, and this was probably exacerbated by the huge expectations I had. Drainpoured, unfortunately.
Serving type: bottle
10-31-2012 03:20:12 | More by liamt07
4.4/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks Rempo!!
A- Pours a dark brown with 1/4" head that leaves nice lacing. Sits almost black in the glass
S- Right out of the fridge it smells quite boozy with hints of chocolate and dark fruits. I'm gonna let this sit for a 20ish minutes
Now we're talking! The booze really subsides and more chocolate becomes apparent, still just hints of dark fruits in the background
T- Those dark fruits that were missing in the nose, remember them? They come through STRONG in the flavor and I love it. Tons of raisons and plums in the taste. Chocolate is more of an afterthought but adds a nice touch to whats going on. Booze makes your chest warm but not much on top of that
M- Beautifully smooth, carbonation keeps everything clean
O- This could stand up next to some of the other big quads, might not be quite there but isn't far behind by any means
Serving type: bottle
10-17-2012 04:28:01 | More by pschul4
4.28/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Vintage 2010, B-09-15. 330 ml bottle into a goblet. Thanks a ton Rempo!
A - Dark brown body bordering on red. Small light khaki head that dissipates into a super thin line of bubbles around the edge of the glass. Weak lacing and retention. Doesn't look too inspiring for a quad.
S - Ripe dark fruits, dark chocolate, spices, roasted malts, and candi sugar. Excellent aroma. The chocolate is super rich and just compliments the quad notes.
T - Brown sugar, caramelized dates and prunes, spices and Belgian yeast, light chocolate on the finish. A tad metallic and coppery with some lingering cherry notes. Tasty and unique for a quad.
M - Medium bodied and slightly silky. Carbonation is low and spot on. Alcohol provided a touch of much needed warmth.
O - It's a shame this beer is in the shadows of the greatness that is Pannepot and its variants. This beer is really unique and delicious and the chocolate notes are just phenomenal. I wish this was beer was more accessible.
Serving type: bottle
10-09-2012 03:01:52 | More by davey101
3.98/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330 mL bottle poured into a De Struise chalice. I love glass-beer consistency. 2010 bottle, I think. I hate deciphering De Struise bottle codes.
Appearance - Deep brown. Reddish with suspended chunks. Collar of an off-white head.
Smell - Fruits all over. Bright, really. Surprising and even a little bit acidic in the fruit department. Like cherries and strawberries. Nice dark malt aroma behind it, though.
Taste - Just like the aroma, it's all about the fruit. Cherry and strawberry again. Caramel in the middle, but it all has a fruity character to it. Slight touch of a cola character. Touches on a deep malt flavor, but immediately the cherry comes back in the finish.
Mouthfeel - Well-carbonated. Very fruity which gives it some acidity. It tends towards creamy in the middle before veering right back to dry.
Overall - It's good, but way too fruity. I miss the earthy complexity of Pannepot in this one.
Serving type: bottle
09-22-2012 01:47:15 | More by Alieniloquium
4.6/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
330ml bottle served in a snifter.
A: Pours an amber to brown color forming a medium and bubbled yellow to beige head. Medium retention with a thin layer that lasts forever. Some few lacings are left in the glass
S: Peculiar Quad. Smells dark chocolate and roasted malts. Fruity too, mainly plums and raisins. Notes of brown bread and alcohol in the very end
T: Taste follows the nose. Sweet upfront. Notes of toffee, caramel malts, roasted malts, dark fruits, dark chocolate, brown bread, Belgian yeasts. Finished by a stingy bitterness
M: Medium body. Quite smooth and watery to such ABV. Medium to low carbonation. Upfront is mild sweet. Aftertaste is dry and bitter
O: Excellent drinkability. Great beer. De Struise quality. Highly recommended from a big fan of Belgian Quads!
Serving type: bottle
09-18-2012 19:50:58 | More by eduardolinhalis
4.05/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Shop: De Bierkoning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Glass: Leute Bokbier glass (oversized wine glass without stem)
Name on Label: Sint Amatus 12 Vintage 2011
Image on Label: Style of the image is like a (orthodox) Christian icon. I guess that the two angeles at the top are holding a painting of Sint Amatus the patron of Oostvleteren, where the beer origins from. The 3 men standing below are probably the brewers or some other modern men as they were glasses, but otherwise looking middle age. Fun.
Ingredients according to label: malt selection, hops, irish moss! and yeast
Expiry date: 29AUG2016
Pours a beautiful 3 fingers high beige head with fine to medium bubbles that reduces to a nice layer after a few minutes and leaves little lacing. Pitch black body with quite some fine carbonation visible
smells of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, metallic, booze
first of all it is surprisingly low on sweetness for a quadrupel though you get some roasted malt. The alcohol is well hidden but warms you. Bitterness is dominant it goes along with little metallic taste. I taste sourness that reminds of plums.
There is quite some carbonation which tingles and makes it a refreshing drink rather than the red wine feeling you get from other quadrupel. It would be rather heavy on the tongue without the carbonation as it has an almost oily texture.
I like the beer, but it is not my number one quadrupel. I guess I miss the sweetness to balance the bitterness or is it not complex enough and I would appreciate to taste more what the nose promises. However it is an interesting take on the genre and worth a try.
Serving type: bottle
09-12-2012 19:20:03 | More by safaricook
4.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Clear mahogany colour. Spectacular hue on this beer that is simply appetising. Moderate sized but quite short lasted tan head.
Fruity dark cherry aroma with complex alcohol and ester aromas. Interesting brown sugar notes. Great.
Really interesting and complex toffee and brown sugar flavour. Cherry. Almost citrus notes. Milk chocolate. More burnt toffee. Amazing.
Medium-full body with moderate carbonation. Syrupy and smooth.
A delightful Quad. Lots of amazing malt character and a fantastic cherry fruit note. Sublime.
Serving type: bottle
08-06-2012 11:05:00 | More by dgilks
United Kingdom (England)
4.33/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Vintage 2010 poured from a 33cl bottle into a Belgian snifter to a rich plummy looking mid brown colour with a small off white head that soon dissipated to a few small bubbles.
The aroma is sweet malt, sugar, spices, dates and a little biscuity. Not the most striking or 'come and drink me' aroma I've noted on a quad!
Sweet on the palate, sweet malts, dark over-ripened fruits bombard the taste buds, perhaps dried prunes, dates, figs and sultanas with some background spice. Sweet caramel/toffee and a little tobacco and wood.
Reviewing as I drink and the beer is really growing on me and have already notched up the ratings a little!
Mouthfeel is of a medium to fullish (but not overly full) bodied beer and the carbonation is noticeable but low. Spot on!
Overall a great quad, extremely well balanced and the 10%+ alcohol is well disguised. It even passed the girlfriend test where she stated 'it's OK !' as opposed to the usual 'urghh' when she samples one of my beers!
I will most definately re-visit this one!!!
Serving type: bottle
04-17-2012 20:16:19 | More by Ruds
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A beer that I've been lucky enough to have tried numerous times and so this time deserves a review.
33cl bottle purchased at Dranken Geers. 2010 Vintage.
Gave it a big hard pour into my Guiness pint glass. Two finger tan head. Brown to ruby red body. Carbonation is visible. Beautiful looking beer.
Smell is big and complex. Loads of sugar, dark fruits like plums that come with a bit of sournes. Belgian yeast is prominent.
Flavors are sweet to start with to only take you on a rollercoaster of flavors. Again the dark fruits, plum and raisins but also loads of spiced character with a tad of nutmeg and cinnamon.
A great medium to full body. Perfect amount of carbonation and a dry finish that allow flavors to linger until Christmas.
Without a doubt one of the best quads overall. It has a Struise signature that tendsto make big bers just awesome. Any lover of the style will ahve to add did to their wants or you'll be missing out.
Serving type: bottle
02-11-2012 11:31:04 | More by doopiedoopiedoo
New York
4.88/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
monsterous thanks goes to Rempo for being the coolest BA on the planet. he popped me this as an extra for uplands that he was proxying for me. what a dude! just ordered a few more of these, so why not try my only bottle in hand now? enjoyed in a La Trappe chalice.
a - poured a deep brown that settled almost plum in color. head was naturally creamy with some bubbling. this one is clearly authentic.
s - grapes dipped in chocolate. the candied belgian yeast is perfect. really smells wonderful. thick and rich.
t - exactly as expected. perfection for the style. strong grapes. wonderful balance. abv is invisible. so excited to have a few more of these on the way. lovin it. what a beer!
m - creamy and perfect. when it comes to belgian quads, i don't think anyone does it better than de struise. tasting this beer, you feel the history and it stands the test of time. beer can be amazing and this proves it. feels amazing...feels perfect.
o - overall, THIS IS a quad. you like quads? try this one...and as many pannepots as you can get ahold of. truly impressive for the style. de struise continues to impress.
Serving type: bottle
02-05-2012 05:09:05 | More by cosmicevan
4.28/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
129th Review
Bottle to Westvletren 12 (small) chalice
From notes. This was beer #3 that was enjoyed as part of a blind Quad tasting - to warm our palates before the real tasting - in Utrecht (December 2011). Thanks Jeffo and doopiedoopiedoo for the hospitality!
A: Brown. 2 (off-tan) fingernail head on Jeffo's pour - I was being honest.
S: Loads of fig and other dark fruits, cinnamon, all spice, caramel malt, brown sugar, and a hint of chocolate.
T: Deep, complex, and fun. Dark fruit, faint chocolate, loads of roasted malt, caramel sweetness, and vanilla. Smooth!
M: Medium bodied with a nice amount of carbonation.
O: A very solid beer from a very solid brewery.
Serving type: bottle
01-27-2012 18:14:19 | More by spdyfire83
4.2/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - Pours an opaque dark brown, with an attractive three fingers of light tan head. This recedes to a rocky cap over the course of a minute and a half. Nothing to complain about here.
S - Molasses, loads of dried dark fruit, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, pear, brioche. Nice balance and depth.
T - The start is spiced dark fruits, before the bitterness of dark chocolate pushes through in the middle. Bready notes begin to then build and the finish is all brioche and some medicinal phenols. Aftertaste is bready/caramel as well as having some hop balance with leafiness and tobacco. It lingers and is about as good an aftertaste as I can recall.
M - Full bodied, but appears much less so due to quite lively carbonation. The velvety creaminess I've enjoyed so much in their other quads is lost until almost the end of the drink due to this.
D - Some really interesting elements here that don't quite hit the heights of their other quads. Even though this is the case, they've set the bar so high that this is still a very good beer.
Serving type: bottle
01-23-2012 20:29:23 | More by haz77
New York
4.38/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2011 vintage served in a St. Bernardus chalice. The label is in Swedish (don't ask me why) and mentions only water, barley malt, oats, hops and yeast among the ingredients.
A: Super dark, almost black, muddled brown with a large but even light brown head. Retention is acceptable though far from outstanding, while there is almost no lacing. A few swirls after the head has completely settled yield almost no new foam, and the beer remains relatively still, suggesting a very mild carbonation.
S: Lots of cocoa-like roasted malts with a heavy dose of rich, dark fruit to boot. A deep molasses-esque sweetness adds depth and masks a hint of alcohol.
T/M: Follows the aroma to a T. Starts off chocolate-y and roasty before slowly evolving into a more yeasty and complex creature with a strong, almost syrupy sweetness and mild dark fruit (namely plum, or perhaps raisin) notes. The malt backbone is big and solid, though it is kept in check by an almost imperceptible hop presence. Rich, but not too heavy in body, the beer exhibits the characteristic Struise smoothness that comes mainly from a subdued (perhaps a little too much) yet generally adequate carbonation. Otherwise undetectable, the alcohol presents itself as a very mild warmth toward the end, without which the beer would seem incomplete. Ends on an unsurprisingly sweet note.
O: Delicious. If there are spices in here (which, according to the 2010 label I found online, there are) they are much more subdued than the other spiced Struise beers (e.g. Pannepot, Tsjeeses). The final product is a pleasingly complex yet harmonious quad that –to its benefit– retains a certain amount of simplicity. Put otherwise, it tastes like a very "natural" quad, if that makes any sense, and is well worth seeking out.
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In recent months, ESPNcricinfo has provided us with some compelling video footage. But the highlights of Monday's post-Test grilling with Kevin Pietersen were a bit of a disappointment. Actually, grilling doesn't really describe it. It was more like watching a group of chimpanzees with sticks repeatedly hitting a rock in the hope that it might turn into a banana.
"I know you said you aren't going to talk about it, Kevin, but could you just put it into words for us, the thing that you said you aren't going to talk about."
"I'm not going to talk about it."
"Kevin, it's Dwayne here, from the Daily Drivel, my readers are anxious to know about the thing you're not going to talk about, so can you relate it to us orally?"
"I'm not going to talk about it."
"Is it true that there's something you would like to talk about, but that you aren't prepared to discuss it verbally?"
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And so on. It was like a slow-motion replay of a police interview conducted by slightly dim detectives on their first day of active duty. If the new film version of the Sweeney is anything like this, I'll be walking out and taking my popcorn with me. Had the assembled gentleman of the press been permitted to hold KP for questioning for the rest of the month, I doubt they'd get him to crack. Of course, that won't stop them from pressing charges.
Top of the chargesheet seems to be "Conspiracy to earn a living". The ECB are playing hardball but they don't seem to realise that the bases are loaded and they're 10-0 down at the bottom of the eighth. The day is fast approaching when central contracts will be for rookies and second-raters. The world's best players will decide when they're available. It's already happening in the West Indies and New Zealand, and when Andy Flower has had enough and England's Test ranking begins to slide back to earth like the exhausted winner of a 24-hour greasy-pole-climbing competition, it will happen here too.
The other offence to be taken into consideration is "aggravating egotism". Alec Stewart, who keeps a supply of clichés by his telephone specifically for occasions like these, has informed the BBC that KP is not, and I quote, "bigger than the team". Like all clichés, this contains some truth. The combined body-mass index of Stuart Broad and Steven Finn alone would tip the scales against KP without the need to pile Tim Bresnan on top.
And even if you only take it a little bit literally, it's still true. Team England would be perfectly capable of fulfilling their Test fixtures without KP, whilst Team KP would find itself slightly outnumbered (although opening the bowling and the batting would no doubt appeal to him).
But that isn't the point. KP isn't bigger than the England team. But he is the biggest thing in the England team. Without him, what have you got? A couple of dour grinders, a bit of useful swishing from Prior, some steady seam bowling, and Swann, assuming that his arm still works after the surgeons have finished poking about in it.
There is no one in the England team, nor in the sleepy English counties, nor for that matter in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Falklands, British Antarctica or the Pitcairn Islands, who could have scored the century that KP scored at Headingley, in the manner that he did, at the time that he did it. He is the leading man in a team full of supporting actors and extras. Despite what some journalists seem to think, England 2012 are not like Australia 2000. There is not a queue of Pietersens waiting for their chance, just a collection of Has-beens, Never-will-bes and Maybes. Can they really afford to let him walk?
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who nice dino also i like the last enviro alot, looks nice!
Nice work! the latest composition is really dynamic, so much movement!
awesome updates. that skull thing would make a disgustingly cool logo
the final looks great! love the badass composition!
realy nice, it seams like a poster of the arcade game "cadillacs and dinosaurs"
thanks. I was going for movement... glad to know I did well.
and a bitchin' tattoo.
thanks. it lost the street-fight though
Yes. the competition was to draw a scene from Xenozoic Tales... which was later renamed Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
Today's upload: my July Pummel. The theme: Superheros who are Monsters.
okay, now that is totally badass love the lich!
Front and Back now.
oh looking nice, love how well you got the backview, i find it really hard to do. only the feet that seems a little wonky. tattos are looking cool too!
Phone pic of a commission in progress... Rogue Trader art.
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I have again done much mistakes?
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Phone pic of Rogue Trader progress.
Progress on the Rogue Trader.
Hey look. It's a Were-Paladin!
I'm not as happy with this as I thought I'd be when I started it 4 weeks ago. Familiarity has bred contempt and even though it could use a lot of tweaking to make it better... I'm just too sick of it to put much more energy into it.
cool updates! love the rogue trader, her outfit is really sweet!
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love your style man, what is your art background, like how did you get into that style of illustration?
my only crit is that you should decrease the size of your scans a little bit so we can see the whole piece
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Nye, I guess I'm a product of what I like. And I spent over half of my childhood on military bases in Europe. So a lot of what I like is European. I think if you take independant American comics, European mainstream comics and a few manga put them into a blender and see what comes out it'd look like my stuff.
You and me both. Unfortunately I suck at color. I really really would like to learn how to do color effectively. But I don't know if you can teach such an old dog a new trick.
Today's update: Another commission. Someone's RPG character.
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January 18, 2011
I have a lot of digital photos and videos. What's a reliable, safe, redundant and not-too-costly system for storing personal media files?
I've got a decent quantity of family photo and video data to store-- say, ~100 GB thus far, and growing at the rate of an additional 25-50 GB per year. Thus far I've stored all this using a slipshod combination of my laptop hard drive + home-burned DVDs + Flickr Pro. But the laptop is fast running out of space, and I'd like to develop, once and for all, a storage system that'll be reliable, easy-to-use and, above all, robust and safe.
An external hard drive seems like the most obvious answer, but all the models I've looked at seem to have scary bimodal reviews where 90% of users love them, but the other 10% explain how the drive died for no reason after 2 months of use and it cost them $1000 to get their data off, etc., etc. Eesh. DVD/flash drive/SD-card storage sounds appealing, but I don't really know enough about the reliability of the various media to feel safe depending on any of those.
Online storage seemed like a good idea, but the sites I've seen seem mostly designed either for backup only (vs. storage, since I'd want to delete the files from my computer after uploading), or for short-term handling of small quantities of data, rather than long-term archiving. Flickr is great, but doesn't accept videos longer than a minute or so.
So I'm wondering: tech-savvy and photographically-inclined MeFites, what do you use to archive all of
data? Should I be looking at combining options for redundancy, and if so, which ones? And lastly, what's a reasonable yearly bottom line for all this?
(Caveat: I'm haunted by the feeling that this is a really stupid question, and you'd think there would already be a million Lifehacker posts and AskMe threads out there addressing such a simple and common problem. But googling drowns me in details without providing any real answers, so I thought I'd poll the hive mind to ask for personal solutions. Please feel free to post links to DUH! articles I may have missed.)
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The Drobo
is an excellent solution for redundant storage and backup. It is not a particularly good solution if you plan to do extensive work on the materials being stored there (I've found it to be significantly slower than other external storage devices) but the ongoing redundancy coupled with the expandability makes it a really solid option.
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on January 18, 2011
multiple formats/drives.
Get two externals, save to one, have the other automatically mirror the first. Then burn them to archival CD/DVD discs, store them off site.
Nothing is ever foolproof, but the above at least allows for a high degree of error.
(oh, and if at all possible, save your data in a lossless format, that'll preserve quality over multiple saves in different locations)
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on January 18, 2011
(er, store the discs off site, not the external hard drives)
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You are never protected unless you have at least two copies of your data. Drives fail, servers crash, laptops are stolen, etc. The good news is that hard drives are cheeeeeeep.
I shoot a lot of photos. I have a dedicated drive for photos on my desktop, which is cloned (manually, via SuperDuper! on the Mac) to an external drive. To take it to the next level of redundancy and add off-site storage, I'm going to get a safe deposit box where I will store a second cloned drive, and periodically swap the clones when I back them up. Obviously, that's a bit of a kludge, and you can get online cloud storage (Amazon, etc.), but I get a free safe deposit box, and I like having things physical.
I think I saw an ad on Newegg.com today for a 2TB drive for less than $80. Buy 2 (or 3) and you're pretty well covered.
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I am ridiculously paranoid about data loss so my method of backing stuff up may not be the sleekest and sane way in which to preserve data. I've been making pictures since I was 16, switched to digital photography after graduating from college, and have since scanned most of my negs. All in all I have 700gb of digital image files and I am massively terrified that something will breakdown and I will loose all of my images.
The best thing I have come up with is multiple hard drives. I have a 300gb LaCie drive (I'd link it but it's about 4 years old) that backs up my Macbook, a
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that is a working hard drive and another that is a storage hard drive. I went with that guy because it's small and doesn't need an additional power supply. At some point, I plan on finding some sort of online storage solution, just in case of some freak accident.
But like I said, I am paranoid.
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Multiple hard drives from multiple vendors stored in multiple places replaced on a staggered cycle every 3-4 years with one hard drive being replaced each year.
Alternatively, Mozy or Crash Plan or Jungle Disk or ... etc.
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on January 18, 2011
I agree with others: multiple hard drives, rotated at a friend/family member's house every so often.
Here's what I wrote for a similar question
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on January 18, 2011
Yah, multiple drives. Three copies on three hard drives. Two kept at work in an exceptionally fire resistant building, one kept at home. Never more than one transported at a time. All of them are periodically powered up to verify they're functional.
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I have 2 large external hard drives, one that I keep at home and one at work. Every few weeks I switch them.
I use
Cobian open source backup software
to keep the backups up-to-date with no work on my end.
Also, every 2-3 years I burn discs of everything important.
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on January 18, 2011
My strategy is fairly simple, but is also a manual process, so maybe it's not for everyone. I keep an extra copy of my photos & videos on a portable USB-powered hard drive at my office, locked in a cabinet. The risk of theft or fire there is small, vs. my (older, wood-framed) house.
Every 6 months or so, I bring the hard drive home and copy the latest batch of folders onto it, then bring it back to work for safe keeping.
I suppose I'm always at risk of losing a few months' worth of photos, but I try to keep it all in perspective.
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on January 18, 2011
I'm backing up about 60 GB at Amazon S3 and it's costing me about $6 a month. I use a command line tool to avoid the intermediaries like Jungle Disk that add to the cost with their own fees. It'll take a while to get all the data up to S3, but once there you shouldn't need to mess with it as it is a backup.
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Ditto. Use two external drives, one mirroring the other. And everything is on dvds. I have one drive at my office, the other at home, and my dvds are in a cupboard in my basement. Seems safe enough to me.
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on January 18, 2011
The trick is to not put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak. Each backup method has faults, but if you use several you're less likely to suffer catastrophic loss.
I take a lot of photos (at least as many as you, maybe more) and these days my backup process looks like this:
- 750G External HD connected to the computer where I do my photo editing. Backs up automatically with Time Machine, plus has a separate partition where I can add the files myself in case Time Machine messes up. Automatic backup software is key here. Don't rely on yourself to remember to back up your files on a regular basis.
- 1T Portable External HD. Stores all archived photos from present and past years. Stored
. Updated manually on a monthly-ish basis. Off-site is the key here. All of your photos stored at your house + your house burns down = catastrophic loss. (This replaces the DVDs I used to burn for backups. It was taking way too many DVDs and there's always the chance DVDs could go the way of floppies one day.)
- A combination of Flickr Pro and
for online storage. Since I have so many photos, I really only back up the "keepers" this way to keep costs low. Though I don't currently use it, SmugMug in partnership with Amazon offers the SmugVault: unlimited storage of JPG, PNG and GIF files as part of your account, with the option to store other photo formats and video for a fee.
This way you don't have to sweat which HD brand is most reliable because you have failsafes in place in the event that one does fail (which it inevitably will). A reasonable bottom line? Whatever you're willing to pay. It's up to you to determine how much keeping your photos safe is worth to you.
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on January 18, 2011
Back it up to another hard drive. For extra-extra security, do this twice and keep one at work.
is going to be easier than another hard drive. Easier to back up, easier to recover from, easier to duplicate the next hardware revolution when diamonds replace hard drives (or whatever the future holds). Hard drives are the fastest, cheapest, most ubiquitous and thus most well-understood, well-represented, and well-supported data storage technology on the planet. Full stop.
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on January 18, 2011
Be prepared to lose it all.
Once you embark upon the path of attaining absolute data safety, every step you take will increase the anguish you will feel when it inevitably all comes crashing down as you are hit by the one corner case you hadn't planned for. I am serious; consider the impact of losing every single image, and convince yourself that although this may be truly terrible, it will not be the end of the world, life will go on, and your character remains though your computer is a buzzing, fizzing pile of slag. Because until you can look yourself in the mirror and say, "I accept that I may fail", you will be gripped by a paranoia that knows no bounds, that must succeed at all costs, and that cannot conceive of a universe where its holy mission of preservation has been thwarted. You will spend long nights poring over UPS tech specs and engaged in frantic research on the incidences of cosmic rays, like a crazed audiophile driven to the brink by the waveform distortions caused by his own earlobes.
Having said that, the I believe reasonable solutions for personal data security are something like the following, in increasing order of difficulty/expense:
Level 1: Stop reusing your camera memory cards - just buy new ones when they're full. 50GB/year is less than $100/year at current flash card prices. Then, obviously, keep them somewhere safe.
Level 2: Buy a pair of large hard drives and set them up as a RAID-1 mirror. Use software RAID, not hardware, as it is easier to recover from a failure. The automated nature of the mirroring is the essential feature here - if you are just copying folders from one hard drive to another, you won't do it often enough. Run your photography workflow on this mirror, so that your photos are never stored only in one place.
Level 3: At regular intervals, maybe quarterly or yearly depending on your budget, buy a new external hard drive, copy everything onto it, and give it to a friend.
Level 4: Run an EBS volume on Amazon EC2 and trickle-upload everything nightly using something like rsync. This will take months, but will guard against a disaster in your home. Use Amazon's snapshot facility to take regular snapshots of your EBS volume(s). This provides rollback to earlier backup states and guards against corruption introduced by your toolchain.
Level 5: Where the paranoia really starts to set it, if you haven't taken care to defeat it.
Forget burning DVDs - at 100GB and growing, you won't do it.
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Sen. Claire McCaskill gets Tweets on the government shutdown, sometimes from people who appear unfamiliar with major concepts of civilized life.
Some of today's hate:"shut the f* up you baby killing,veteran disrespecting,butt ugly sack of shit bitch"His profile says he's a Christian.—
Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 04, 2013
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And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,
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Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has dismissed speculation linking
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Milner, who has two years left on his contract at Villa Park, has also been tipped as a summer target for Manchester United.
But Villa, who paid £12m to sign Milner from Newcastle two years ago, plan to open talks about a new deal at the end of the season.
Asked about the rumours, O'Neill said: 'It is irksome at this stage of the season.
'James is still under contract with us and it's a case of dampening fires that weren't there in the first place.
'We want the best players to stay here at Aston Villa so we can keep the momentum going. But I have kind of accepted it now. If it is not James it will be Ashley Young and if it is not Ashley it might be Richard Dunne and then someone else the following week.'
O'Neill denied he knew of any contact from City about the prospect of Milner moving to Eastlands.
'It has got ridiculous now and I can categorically say I have not heard anything from Manchester City,' he added.
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'You almost get the impression stories are put in there to kind of upset you at this stage of the season.'
Villa continue their pursuit of fourth place at Hull tonight. A win would take them to within three points of Tottenham in the final Champions League place and O'Neill admitted: 'We cannot afford to slip and we have to win our games.
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The same could be said of Hull, who need three points to draw level with fourth-from-bottom West Ham in the relegation dogfight.
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How do you reach the conclusions that you do about "others"? When I say "others" fracture that: When you seek "wise counsel" in matters of peer issues? When you seek comfort? When you seek expert advice on matters of specialized knowledge? When you have a mind to "do business" with a firm or company? What if search began moving datastreams into a specailized algos? Maybe one size doesn't fit all. Maybe the organism . . err . . the algo . . is evolving . . because it must to survive.
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04 384 4459
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18 Haining Street
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Wellington 6001
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Authenticated ratings (22)
"Sent my car in for a service and minor repairs. The job had been previously quoted by my dealership. I saved a fortune by sending my car to Ray Hartley Motors. Great communicators and a pleasure to deal with. They went out of their way to accomodate my time frames. Highly recommended."
"Had an issue with aftermarket brake pads on my subaru. My subaru didn't like the pads installed at a service Brought my wagon back in and Ray agreed to sort it after minimal discussion Just like that, Not a bother. Have had execellent service over the last 4-5 years. Great to deal with, recommended."
"Got a WoF & service done. No complaints. Price seemed a little high, but not too bad. Dave called to check before proceeding with repairs required, once he could give me an idea of price."
"I have been using Ray for a few years now, he was the only person that could manage to fix the problems with my classic vehicle. When i took in my newer vehicle he found problems that wern't picked up in a previous warrant check that were missed by VTNZ. As these were safety hazards they were fixed with no problems and without being charged the world. Give theses guys a budget and they will do their best and ring you with updates if the work costs more."
"Ray has saved me thousands over the years, and he stopped me from being ripped off by a warranty company and a dealership which were hell bent on screwing me beacuse the vehical was a Range Rover (not current Rover dealership). I find Ray to be thorough, concentious, fair & realist in dealing with my toys and work hourses alike... I hate spending too much and I know there are coboys out there but Ray Hartley Motors is NOT one of them... go Ray & keep up the good work... Ian"
"I have been taking my car to Ray Hartley Motors for the last 11 years and I have never had a problem. Their quotes are accurate (I did checked arround in the early years), they communicated with me as an intelligent woman and did not talk down to me as many garages had done, and also gave me warning of any issues that were coming due so I had a chance to budget for them. I highly recommend Ray and his team."
"Got off to a good start with Ray. Ray had just purchased McLennans Motors where I used to take my car. He said he would honour a quote from McLennans for a cam belt replacement. He also recommended I get the radiator flushed at same time as would not take much longer considering they were tinkering with cam belt. So felt good that my car was in trustworthy hands. However, from that point on, I was disappointed. 1. I was told my car would be fixed and ready by the end of the day, however they didn't finish work till the day after. 2. On both days, I had to ring up to find out whether my car was ready for pick up - a real lack of communication on their part. 3. They found an issue with the radiator top tank while flushing the radiator and proceeded to replace the top tank. However, they did this without contacting me so I was surprised to hear of extra work and cost at end. 4. I asked them to check the transmission fluid to see if it needed replacing. (I had my car comprehensively serviced at McLennans a few months back, however was not certain if the transmission had been serviced at that time.) I then find out when going to pick up car up, that while they were doing work on the car, half the transmission fluid was spilt and therefore they had to change fluid (at my cost). End result of all of this: Extra $700 bill on top of original quote. Totally unexpected. Seems like a couple others have had issues with this company. I definitely will not go back to these guys or recommend them."
"These guys ARE Cowboys ! I am amazed to find them on this website. I booked mycar in for a service and WOF. When I booked in I advised that the power steering and auto trans levels were low.They told me "don't worry this was part of the service." This morning i have checked them and found them still to be below the required level. God only know what else has or hasn't been done"
"I'd highly recommend these guys - they seem passionate about what they do and perform a superb job at a reasonable price. My car always runs well after a service and when I've had mechanical problems they've been fantastic at sorting them in a timely fashion - even on short notice."
"I didn't book my car in, but they managed to fit me in that afternoon. Changed the fluids as I asked for and even pointed out a few things that may need attention in the future that I hadn't noticed. Very happy with the service and will take my car there again in the future."
"Firstly, I know nothing about cars. I used this business for the first time and just wanted a WOF and service done. I was told the main belt was splitting and had to be replaced due to WOF rules. I authorised replacement, paid the $400 bill and picked up the car. The very next day I heard a distinctive noise coming from the new belt so took the car back. They worked on the car all day, rung to say they had to replace the "tensioner", and while doing that they noticed the "water pump" was weeping so that had to be replaced also and while they were doing that they noticed some "bearing" that was probably causing the noisy main belt, so that also had to be replaced. When I went to pick up the car at the end of the day, Ray himself couldn't understand why the noise was still there, so said it must be coming from the "alternator" and he would fix that (which I said no thanks). Obviously I went berserk at him so Ray gave me the new parts at "cost" and their labour for 50%. So the second bill was only another $680, I was clearly taken advantage of and probably my fault for not having the knowledge!! Anyway, Ray said he would also do the alternator at 50% as well if I got them to do the alternator in future. I got another professional opinion and the noise is clearly being caused by the belt makers name as it passes over the "idle pulley". This business did not know what they were doing, I feel about as ripped off as one can get and most certainly will not be using them again. By the way, my professional's opinion was that the parts that Ray replaced are not faulty. As far as the original belt goes - one will never know if this was split!!!!!"
"Excellent service - drop car in for warrent, service and for a couple of minor things to be fixed. Ray (I think) talked through what might need to be done and why. Very friendly and a clear communicator. At pick up there were no surprises on the work or the bill. Maybe not the cheapest, but still good value and an excellent service and convienent location as well. Will take our car back there for next service."
"Great communication - open, friendly and honest. Right from the start it was made clear that I would be contacted first if the repairs would cost more than expected. I wasn't made to feel like a stupid woman, and really appreciated this. Will definitely be using them in future."
"I have been a long time customer of Ray Hartley motors and take any opportunity I can to recommend them. They do what they say they will, when they say they will. Fantastic!"
"very professional and reliable. very happy with all the work they have done on my car. They know their classic cars!!!!!"
"Ray Hartley and his team of professional mechanics are simply the best in the business, they have serviced several of my vehicles for over seven years. You cannot find a more reliable, honest and ethical mechanic in Wellington. Keep it up! Dion"
"Got my car warranted and serviced on a Friday afternoon at the last minute. Fabulous service and they didnt make me feel like a stupid female for leaving it until the last minute! Speedy service and would definitely take my car back to Steve again."
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"These people are the best mechanics that i have ever used, they always get the car done when they say, the car always runs better when i get it back and has had all the work done properly. I have and old v8 and have told them that i dont want the car fixed, i want it made better and every time something breakes, i get a phone call with a price to make the problem go away and make the part better. When i was buying my last car Ray even organised someone in hamilton to do a pre inspection report on it for me, i live in wellington so this was much appreciated. Their prices are exactly the same as everyone else around the place. I recommend that you use Ray Hartley, but dont be silly if you are unsure ask, if you don't know what a distributor is ask, they will be only 2 happy to explain to you what is happening even show you on your car. The key to getting a job done right and how you want it is communication, so you as the customer need to play an active roll in this as well, ask questions, talk with the team there and then you will get a good job with no nasty supprises."
Unauthenticated ratings (3)
- "I Believe the place has gone downhill slightly since john left at the start of the year? There are now no qualified mechanics there and my vehicle has been in and out of there several times."
- "I agree with all the positive comments made. I have gobe here for a few years now. They are highly professional, friendly, competent and honest. These guys are also the best for specialist vehicles such as my MGF. Ray is a real character too."
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PITTSBURGH, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its Annual Report on Form 10-K, containing audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2012, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 28, 2013, is available through its Web site (www.mylan.com). In addition, the company's shareholders may receive a hard copy of the Annual Report, free of charge, upon request to Investor Relations at 724.514.1813.
This press release is being issued pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(d)(1)(C).
Mylan is a global pharmaceutical company committed to setting new standards in health care. Working together around the world to provide 7 billion people access to high quality medicine, we innovate to satisfy unmet needs; make reliability and service excellence a habit; do what's right, not what's easy; and impact the future through passionate global leadership. We offer a growing portfolio of approximately 1,100 generic pharmaceuticals and several brand medications. In addition, we offer a wide range of antiretroviral therapies, upon which approximately 40% of HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries depend. We also operate one of the largest active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturers and currently market products in approximately 140 countries and territories. Our workforce of more than 20,000 people is dedicated to improving the customer experience and increasing pharmaceutical access to consumers around the world. But don't take our word for it. See for yourself. See inside. mylan.com.
SOURCE Mylan Inc.


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