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Ratings: 3,993 | Reviews: 1,845 | Show All Ratings:
3.83/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Another batch imported by our man in the midwest; Bill. Thanks!
Yet another lovely label from Bell's, simple and elegant. I should have been wary when I popped the cap and there was no rush of gas. Pouring was enough confirmation though - there was no carbonation to the beer. The pouring was uneventful, despite the troubling black liquid. It sat dully in the glass, deeply brown with body. The very top, visible without any head, gave hints of amber around the edges. There's even some odd sediment that almost looks like it belongs in hot & sour soup.
The aroma is welcoming though - deep, filling, and robust with mocha goodness. The combination of malted barley and coffee hide the barely noticeable smell of alcohol.
The taste is also very robust - nearly syrupy without carbonation, but still good. There are very bitter chocolate flavors, dark espresso flavors, and a smooth maltiness all around.
The sensation is somewhat lacking without the balance of gasses, and the mouthfeel is somewhat alcoholic. Especially while brewing beer and having skipped breakfast and lunch.
This is a very tasty beer, but I feel it must be tried on cask, or tap. Preferably close to the source. I'll see what I can do.
Serving type: bottle
04-18-2004 22:14:04 | More by freed
4.72/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Good lord. I'm sad I hadn't rediscovered Imperial stouts sooner. This one is fantastic. Really nice pillowy head that rises when summoned, but otherwise doesn't. I like having this control.
Big nose. Fruity and chocolaty...very rich. Definately some hops in there too. Also get some nice wine maybe port notes too. Just a little 'sour' like that is quite nice.
Big flavor. Very rich. Very very nice. Like a big hunk of dark dank chocolate cake that makes ethanol run through your nose after you eat a bite...nice. Get a touch of wineyness too...just right for such a big beer. This is hoppy but just enough (which is still a ton!) to balance this beer out.
A very nice mouthfeel. Not as nice as Rogue's Imperial, just a touch on the thick side here, but still really nice...and I suppose it wouldn't be nearly as rich without it.
Actually quite drinkable. Not too bitter to wear your palette out, and just enough roasted toasty to dry out the sweetness.
A beautiful beer to say the least.
Serving type: bottle
04-09-2004 04:15:54 | More by cerevisiaephilus
4.18/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours a thick oily black that looks delicious. Thick brown head that laces beautifuly. Smells of roasted malts and chocolate hint of alcohol. Tastes of coffee with a bigger malt taste that follows. Very noticible alcohol, but not overpowering the taste is smoothed out and feels very creamy. Some bitterness but very sudden. Mouthfeel is a full bodied with that interesting creamy texture. Low carbonation and alcohol warming. A very drinkable brew to say the least. A great stout from Bell's well done.
Serving type: bottle
04-08-2004 03:09:47 | More by abents
New York
3.43/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 2.5
12 ounce bottle, with no freshness dating.
Think and goey, rich and chewy.
This is as dark, rich, flavorful and robust as any beer I've had. To my tastes its over the top and not all that pleasant, and I like stouts and rich, strong beer in general. HEAVY roasted, burnt, chocolate, coffee flavors. Mega sweet malt in the finish with a bit of bittering. Extreme after dinner beer. not for women and children or the feint of heart.
Serving type: bottle
04-06-2004 05:43:44 | More by Billolick
4.13/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
No bottling date. Now this is a seriously dark beer. The creamy head was actually a shade of orange, rather than tan. Midnight black in color, like liquid coal and completely opaque. The aroma yields rich and roasted grains, dark chocolates, vanilla extract and gives a slight hint of the alcohol in this beer. Smells rich and complex. Wonderful flavors in this one Dry roasted coffee, dry spices, alcohol among other thing. Actually, theres no mistaking the alcohol in this beer. It isnt shy. This has a dry and woody roasted bitterness that is very intense, and is very prominent in the finish. It actually coats the tongue. Theres a medium to full body of malt somewhere in here. I must say that I enjoyed this strong dark beer and can appreciate the craft here, but it is for the initiated only, and not for the faint of heart. Very powerful and intense, but mellows a bit as it warms. Way to go!
Serving type: bottle
03-20-2004 23:36:53 | More by pezoids
4.53/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12oz brown bottle. No freshness date.
It pours a very dark espresso color with a small but lasting mocha head and some stringy-type lace.
The aroma of fresh coffee and then dark cocoa rise up. A smell of fresh baked bread and dark rum are also pretty noticeable. A nice floral hop nose manages to work its way into the scene.
The luxuriously oily malt body offers up a potent extra dark bitter chocolate flavor. Sweet roasted malt, cookie dough and buttered biscuits come to mind. The tastes of rum-soaked prunes and licorice are also in the mix.
The big fresh hop cluster taste releases piney esters, along with tangy citrus bitterness and orange peel zestiness.
I splashed a little on my keyboard tray setting it down. When I touched it with fingers, I noticed just how thick and oily this brew is.
A big thanks to Feloniousmonk for the chance to try this wonderful brew!
Serving type: bottle
03-19-2004 00:22:55 | More by BeerResearcher
New Jersey
4.63/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
It pours an inky black, as dark as the darkest night, impassable to light. One finger of frothy cocoa colored head swells promptly, then settles slowly to patches of foam. Sticky fingers of lacing gild the inside of the glass.
The aroma brings earthy tones of dark roasted malt, bitter and burnt, but full of espresso and chocolate notes. A milder caramel undercurrent duels with a sherry character in the olfactory underworld, and gives way to a hoppy resonance. The alcohol throughout is present but fairly mild.
First sip delivers a dense, syrupy malt sweetness, roasted and leathery, which is allied with chocolate covered espresso beans and a mellow biscuit grain presence. A vinous character plies its trade in the middle in unison with the warming, vaporous strains of alcohol. A black cherry sweetness caresses the sides of the tongue briefly. The finish is a lingering bitterness of artfully burnt grain and distantly floral hops. This is one delightfully complex blend of bitter and sweet.
Heavy bodied, pouring like ebony oil, it slides about the mouth like chilled molasses, leaving traces of nectar everywhere. A dry glow at the finish caps a textural massage of the palate.
It captures light and transforms it splendidly into a smooth and distinguished elixir. Everything about it takes the extra steps to excel, delivering more than you expected, no matter what you expected. The balance is fun but seriously grounded in the down-to-earth components. The high ABV is very apparent, but everything about this makes you want to ignore its strident warnings and have yet another, and I think it's worth whatever risk you may run. Any expedition you need to undertake to procure this fine stout is one you should make gladly, and soon.
Serving type: bottle
03-18-2004 14:28:38 | More by Foxman
3.5/5 rDev -17.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 3
I finally located this one, and am quite eager to try it out...
pours an opaque black with a purple tinge. absolutely zero head - I poured it hard and I can literally count the bubbles. there is a somewhat frightening looking smoke-colored film covering about 1/3 of the surface.
smell is wicked plum and alchohol, smells more like a barley wine than a stout.
taste: wow. unlike anything i have ever had. i shouldn't, but i'll try -black licorice, chocolate syrup and...some sort of coffee-type flavor that i have never experienced...with alchohol, dark fruit and black malt in the back.
mouthfeel is syrupy-thick with almost no carbonation, and it's right.
absolutely the most aggressive, indefinable beer i have ever had.
note: after reading other reviews - and seeing that this beer is supposed to have a head and big hops - i wonder if my bottle was abnormal.
Serving type: bottle
03-15-2004 05:17:23 | More by jwilli7122
3.93/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5
The grand daddy of the Bell's stout lineup finally makes an appearance in my glass.
My expectations were very high having read many good reviews and having enjoyed several other imperial stouts and Bell's stouts. Expedition pours as black as a new moon in a midnight sky. The head is small but tightly bubbled and beautiful. Surprisingly, the aroma from this brew is subdued. You can pick out roasty tones, but you'll have to work a bit.
The taste is not at all subdued. Roastiness and burnt wood abound. Bittersweet chocolate and hoppiness are easy to find and enjoy. But I kept wondering if something was missing. The best part of Expedition is the mouthfeel. Like so many of Bell's stouts, Expedition is very creamy and smooth.
If it weren't for the big price ($14.99/sixer) this big brew would be topnotch. But considering that I can get comparable Michigan imperial stouts from Arcadia and Founders for $5 less, Expedition will have a hard go of it trying to frequent my fridge.
Serving type: bottle
03-12-2004 15:01:54 | More by kwalters
4.28/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Like many other beers, I've had this one a few times before I got around to reviewing it. My remembrance of it was that it was just about the best Imperial Stout one got get stateside. I've let the bottle warm up some before I uncapped it. Pours inky darkest brown color with a generous milk chocolate brown head that goes to a lacing around the glass. Dark chocolate, black patent malt, nutty Kona blend coffee bean and some fruitiness from the yeast comes through in the aroma. Whoo. Intese roasty malt flavors intertwined with a vinous, yeasty alcohol bite that warms the esophagus. Bittersweet and winey. Lovitt man... This beer should be a one time in a while kind of beer.
Serving type: bottle
03-12-2004 09:14:40 | More by crookedhalo
4.43/5 rDev +5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
This stout means business. Pours black and opaque with a cakey, bronze head that remains intact and laces nicely. Smell is striking, melding alcohol dryness, roasted notes, and the standard choco-coffee mix one expects from a stout. Taste smoothes out after a few drinks, especially after the optimum temperature is reached. Taste mimics the smell--rather smooth with a dry bite that piques your interest. Mouthfeel is pleasant; despite a somewhat sticky feel, the taste lingers, rather than the texture. Its strong smell and taste weaken its drinkability a bit, but this beer is worth having even just one.
Serving type: bottle
03-12-2004 01:38:53 | More by BitteBier
4.38/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sampled February 2004
Pours a deep black color with a creamy brown head. Thick aromas of chocolate, coffee, burnt caramel, an aroma I usually associate with Lactose stouts, and alcohol all waft form my glass. What a thick viscous brew, it is quite creamy on my tongue. The thickness and body of this brew helps to balance the roast character, so that it is not overwhelming. It is like a rich, creamy, chocolate covered espresso bean, but accentuated a bit more towards the creamy dark chocolate. This beer has a burnt/ roast astringent finish, which, helps to balance the rich malty sweet flavors that are up front. There is not much in the way of hops, but they would seem out of place in this brew. The alcohol is well hidden in the taste, and is only really noticeable in the aroma. Wow, what a wonderful, smooth, sipping beer.
Serving type: bottle
03-02-2004 19:26:38 | More by Gueuzedude
4.58/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served at room temperature into a Fuller's pint glass, this pours an inky, opaque dark brown with a fascinating head that is only 2 cm, but appears to give garnet hues on the tan fringe. Nice sheets of lace are left behind. Aroma is inviting, with a big mocha chocolate punch, some wood smoke, and a hint of alcohol. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy, with medium carbonation. Taste is delicious. Creamy, milk chocolate dominates the palate, with burnt coffee, wood smoke, walnut nuttiness, raisins, and some English hops for bittering balance. Alcohol remains well hidden until it emerges a bit near room temperature. Finish is dry and bitter, with a bittersweet chocolate aftertaste. Exceptional flavor here, and very nice balance. One of the best stouts I've ever enjoyed.
Serving type: bottle
02-26-2004 01:14:45 | More by merlin48
4.43/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Bells Expedition Stout: In a twelve ounce brown bottle. This beer has a small label around the neck, so I believe it to be a recent vintage.
An extremely vigorous pour spills up a large (two inch) head. The head is deeply packed with tiny bubbles and pours a creamy brown color. The last few drips of the brew slowly work their way through the dense head. The color of the beer is almost pure black, and even when held up to the strongest light, does not let any light through.
The aroma is very nice, as it poured out of the bottle, I could smell the coffee/chocolate malts. Giving this brew a nice swirl emits the same aroma, very nice and rich with just a bit of alcohol.
The taste is fantastic. Extremely malty, very nice dark chocolate flavors, with a hint of dried fruits, raisins, and a tiny bit of freshly mown hay. As the beer moves over the palate, the coffee espresso flavors assert themselves. Leaves a malty aftertaste, almost like melted dark chocolate. There is a definite warming from the alcohol towards the end as well. This beer is not a smooth stout, its got more than a little bite to it as well.
Extremely tasty, and highly recommended.
Serving type: bottle
02-19-2004 03:48:36 | More by jackndan
New Jersey
4.1/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours a deep black color with no head. The aroma was huge, as espresso and alcohol were most notible. The flavors followed the aroma as roasted malt, espresso, and alcohol pummeled the tastebuds into overload. Decent bittering balanced this out.
But this bottle poured with no head and was relatively flat compared to others like Storm King. Do not know if this was an aberation, but this caused a lower score in mouthfeel. Drinkability is decent, but the alcohol level was a little over the top.
Serving type: bottle
02-19-2004 00:56:34 | More by Gavage
4.33/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
This was an awesome stout! It is one of the darkest black beers I've ever seen. And the head was huge and dark brown. Lots of roasted malt, chocolate, and hops. The mouthfeel was incredible. The high alcohol content was well masked by the malt and hops. I really wish it wasn't so expensive because this was an awesome beer!
Serving type: bottle
02-16-2004 03:30:10 | More by bigbubba
4.72/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
My, my, my, what have we here. Pours like a big fat cup of adult dark cocoa. Nice two finger espresso head.
Lots of chocolate and malt coming up through the vapors. Smells heavenly to this stout lover.
Tastes almost like someone tried a little homemade concoction of melted chocolate and then added some really good colombian coffee. Malts just busting out from every direction. Smoky, charcoal, ash, oak. This one has it all. A huge beer in every sense of the word. Finishes dry.
Mouthfeel strikes a balance between being super fat and creamy but due to the goods winds up being fat. Not oily, just big.
Drinkability is very good for such a big beer. I could see having three of these and then calling a cab. Get you some.
JahNoth is the man with the big Bell's hookup.
Serving type: bottle
02-10-2004 00:44:51 | More by yankeeheel
4.8/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
This beer could be the be all end all for me. A huge thanks goes out to nomad for this one.
Poured the viscous black of some place in the heavens where starlight has never penetrated. Pearched atop what I could only call dark matter was a regal crown the shade and consistancy of a coffee milkshake.
Smelled divine with rich notes of figs, other assorted dry fruits and port which morphed into rolling waves of brown sugar, massive esters and the darkest of dark chocolates.
Tasted something akin to the ambrosia of the Olympian gods. It started out with a rum soaked, chocolate covered cherry flavor, which moved seamlessly into a deep roasty espresso vying for time with bitter grains and slight resinous hops. As it moved back down my throat it changed once again to more bitter chocolate notes and a dry smokey finish. Only in the back of my mind did the alcohol ever even remotely show itself. The mouthfeel was the consistancy of carbonated motor oil.
Since it is 11.5% I had to drink this slow, which was fine with me as it gave me time to savor each and every sip. This is a beer to take in on a cold winters night in front of a fire with one or two close friends and a fine conversation. Thanks damon this made my week
Serving type: bottle
02-06-2004 18:06:29 | More by GreatPondBrewer
New Jersey
4.43/5 rDev +5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
was a little wary of this one as i'm usually on the fence when it comes to imperial stouts. started out with an absolutely amazing pour. dark as night black (and thick as hell) with an deep tan head that is absolutely massive and creamy. it leaves anice streaky stickiness on the glass. bravo. the smell is great as well, with notes of cookies dough, spice, chocolate, malt with maybe some coffee hints in the back. i am a bit giddy at this point and can't wait for my first sip. so, while i'm on the fence with imperial stouts as i stated earlier, this one is just a winner. the best imperial stout i have tasted thusfar. starts with a chocolate malt flavour that moves into some bitterness then a dry coffee finish. it gets bonus points from me for not being overly aggressive with the coffee flavouring. there is a nice alcohol warmth in the throat on every sip as well, but the alcohol is maked nicely otherwise. while i would still turn down the coffee flavouring a bit (though just an ever so slight notch), this is a damn near perfectly balanced beer in terms of flavour. mouthfeel is heavy and smooth for this full bodied brew, which is just right in my book. easy drinking and i wish i had access to this brew and to this brewery more often. an excellent brew.
Serving type: bottle
02-06-2004 03:26:02 | More by guinness33
4.13/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Midnight black with no highlights to speak of. The head is a massive milk chocolate brown monster, one of the darkest I've ever seen. The foam is melting slowly and is depositing thick, shredded sheets of lace on the glass.
The aroma doesn't exactly jump out of the glass, but it does become bolder with warming. Each sniff delivers chocolate, coffee and hops, in order from most prominent to least. The flavor is strong, rich and dark, with boatloads of roasted malt. Specifics include generous helpings of black licorice/anise, molasses and bitter espresso.
Expedition tastes rougher, more bitter and more alcoholic than Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout. It'd be a better beer if the alcohol were masked more completely and the edges were smoothed off a little. The mouthfeel is some kind of amazing. This brew is thick, chewy, ultra creamy smooth and goes down like heavy cream.
This is a Big Beer, one that should be sipped and savored. If you like your Imperial stouts with an unapologetically brash, bold, slightly raw taste, but with a refined, well-mannered mouthfeel, then you'll enjoy Expedition Stout immensely. I think I'll age the next bottle.
Serving type: bottle
02-05-2004 23:06:29 | More by BuckeyeNation
4.28/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pours quite a rolling, bulbous, and pocky head, showing a wide lattice stain and slow dripping lace.
Smells of smoky and dark malts, as well as plain dark coffee with some aromatics.
Tastes like big roastiness, big dark malts, big dark coffee, and big alcohol, and then some herbaceous, minty hops. Plenty of espresso-like bitterness once you settle in, too. After adjusting to this beer, you can feel it standing on the verge of falling off into a rollicking mess. Fruity anise slowly comes through, as the finish tastes like chewing coffee grounds and a creamy bitterness - interesting finish to say the least. Complex, rough, but smooth, the bigger the harder fall, and this one is dangerously close.
Its a thick doozy. Can't wait to try some more, I feel it takes more than a couple to wrap your mouth around this behemoth. Also aging two bottles to see what happens.
Serving type: bottle
01-31-2004 17:04:24 | More by nomad
4.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Pours like used motor oil. Thick and black as night. Modest head, but leaves some lacing on the glass. Has a french roast coffee to molassess aroma. Thick mouthfeel, which is appropriate for a this style. The carbonation is light, and needed to make the thick liquid dance on the tounge. This is defineatly a sipping beer. One or two of these would be plenty for the night. The taste is a tad heavy on the roasted barley-roasted coffee flavor for me, but this is an exceptional stout.
Serving type: bottle
01-28-2004 00:59:38 | More by deejaydan
4.85/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance - Black in color with a slightly reddish hue and an awesome, dark tan head that showed great retention and laced the hell out of my glass. I can't say enough about how cool this looks at the pour.
Smell - Big, beautiful roasted malt notes along with some nice coffee and very dark fruiting, most notably figs and dates. There's also some brown sugar to this one along with a hop balance of some kind. This nose is very complex, and I'm sure that I'm missing a lot.
Taste - The bitter coffee comes out huge at the taste. All the other players from the aroma are here as well, but it's the coffee that takes things up a notch. There's also some malty cocoa to the flavor profile. This is not for the faint of heart.
Mouthfeel - Super creamy and milky smooth. This is a full-bodied stout if there ever was one. The bitter nature of this ale will give you the shakes.
Drinkability - I loved this stout, although it may be too bitter for some. I'll give Stone the edge simply because it has a bit more balance (with more big fruits) but this is certainly one of my Top Ten beers of all time.
Comments - A big thumbs up to francisweizen for sending me this awesome offering from Bell's. This is an experience that I'll never forget - and one I hope to repeat : )
Update - I got an '04 bottle of this from my brother-in-law in Madison, WI, and cellared it for four years. For some reason I was in a giddy mood tonight and decided to pop it open.
Oh, Lordy, is this a good beer. First let me say that this has not changed nearly as much as I thought it would after four years of cellaring. It hasn't sweetened up like I thought it would and could probably stomach another four years. Having said that, this is one of the most flavorful beers on the planet and is probably STILL too bitter for most even after four years in the cellar. Damn the torpedoes though I am enjoying the hell outta this one.
Serving type: bottle
01-21-2004 02:50:49 | More by RoyalT
New Jersey
4.78/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
A deep dark black brew covered in a thick dark brown head. Oh, this one is certainly a looker. Sweet chocolate hits the nose first, followed by burnt malts. Coffee and espresso are in there as well. So rich and roasty, I can only imagine how great this one is going to be.
It is very smooth and rich with very mild carbonation. The body is full, very full, and I would even say a little thick. Flavors come at me from everywhere. Coffee is huge and very dark and roasty. Chocolate still manages to show off some sweetness. Espresso, and burnt flavors come in to play near the finish. There are small kicks of alcohol from time to time. This is an imperial alright. It also has a nice hop presence, so just when you think you had tasted it all, it gives you a little more. Warming effect is nice, and despite this being a big big beer, it is very drinkable.
Well, Bell's sure made a great first impression. The PA beer laws were good to me on this one. I "had" to buy a case. Looks like this one worked out real fine.
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2004 19:47:42 | More by ElGuapo
New York
4.9/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Side-by-side tasting with North Coast Old Rasputin (because I drink a lot of Raspy and it always makes me happy).
I didn't have the carbonation problem some have mentioned. The head was small, but it didn't take any extra coaxing to get one. Dark brown and a little noisy, too. There is a strong roasty edge to the nose. It's almost nutty. There's also chocolate and maybe a little smoke. The beer starts strong, thick and chocolatey. It's very buttery (like a dollop of butter melted into it). The middle is thick, thick, malty, choco, sweet, buttery. A strong alcohol finish seems almost toxic.
So how does it compare to my standard Rasputin? It's thicker, maltier and more buttery. Much less hoppy and bitter. Stronger than Raspy, quite a bit more intense. Very rich. So they're different, but each one impresses me as I switch between them. I'm going to ding Expedition on drinkability because for me the richness gets almost cloying (I said "almost"). But for that, it would beat Rasputin, I think.
Thanks Al. I think I owe you.
Serving type: bottle
01-18-2004 01:36:00 | More by kbub6f
Bell's Expedition Stout from Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly.[1][2] They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends.[3][4] The process of creating infographics can be referred to as data visualization, information design, or information architecture.[2]
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Visual Guides to CRISP-DM ,KDD and SEMMA
UPDATED- Here are three great examples of a visualization making a process easy to understand. Please click on the images to read them clearly.
1) It visualizes CRISP-DM and is made by Nicole Leaper (http://exde.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/a-visual-guide-to-crisp-dm-methodology/)
2) KDD -Knowledge Discovery in Databases -visualization by Fayyad whom I have interviewed here at http://www.decisionstats.com/interview-dr-usama-fayyad-founder-open-insights-llc/
and work By Gregory Piatetsky Shapiro interviewed by this website here
3) I am also attaching a visual representation of SEMMA from http://www.dataprix.net/en/blogs/respinosamilla/theory-data-mining
Analytics for Cyber Conflict -Part Deux
Part 1 in this series is avaiable at http://www.decisionstats.com/analytics-for-cyber-conflict/
The next articles in this series will cover-
- the kind of algorithms that are currently or being proposed for cyber conflict, as well as or detection
Cyber Conflict requires some basic elements of the following broad disciplines within Computer and Information Science (besides the obvious disciplines of heterogeneous database types for different kinds of data) -
1) Cryptography – particularly a cryptographic hash function that maximizes cost and time of the enemy trying to break it.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function
The ideal cryptographic hash function has four main or significant properties:
- it is easy (but not necessarily quick) to compute the hash value for any given message
- it is infeasible to generate a message that has a given hash
- it is infeasible to modify a message without changing the hash
- it is infeasible to find two different messages with the same hash
A commercial spin off is to use this to anonymized all customer data stored in any database, such that no database (or data table) that is breached contains personally identifiable information. For example anonymizing the IP Addresses and DNS records with a mashup (embedded by default within all browsers) of Tor and MafiaaFire extensions can help create better information privacy on the internet.
This can also help in creating better encryption between Instant Messengers in Communication
2) Data Disaster Planning for Data Storage (but also simulations for breaches)- including using cloud computing, time sharing, or RAID for backing up data. Planning and creating an annual (?) exercise for a simulated cyber breach of confidential just like a cyber audit- similar to an annual accounting audit
3) Basic Data Reduction Algorithms for visualizing large amounts of information. This can include
- K Means Clustering, http://www.jstor.org/pss/2346830 , http://www.cs.ust.hk/~qyang/Teaching/537/Papers/huang98extensions.pdf , and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6372397/k-means-with-really-large-matrix
- Topic Models (LDA) http://www.decisionstats.com/topic-models/,
- Social Network Analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_analysis,
- Graph Analysis http://micans.org/mcl/ and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19407357
- MapReduce and Parallelization algorithms for computational boosting http://www.slideshare.net/marin_dimitrov/large-scale-data-analysis-with-mapreduce-part-i
In the next article we will examine
- the role of non state agents as well as state agents competing and cooperating,
- and what precautions can knowledge discovery in databases practitioners employ to avoid breaches of security, ethics, and regulation.
Analytics for Cyber Conflict
The emerging use of Analytics and Knowledge Discovery in Databases for Cyber Conflict and Trade Negotiations
The blog post is the first in series or articles on cyber conflict and the use of analytics for targeting in both offense and defense in conflict situations.
It covers knowledge discovery in four kinds of databases (so chosen because of perceived importance , sensitivity, criticality and functioning of the geopolitical economic system)-
- Databases on Unique Identity Identifiers- including next generation biometric databases connected to Government Initiatives and Banking, and current generation databases of identifiers like government issued documents made online
- Databases on financial details -This includes not only traditional financial service providers but also online databases with payment details collected by retail product selling corporates like Sony's Playstation Network, Microsoft 's XBox and
- Databases on contact details – including those by offline businesses collecting marketing databases and contact details
- Databases on social behavior- primarily collected by online businesses like Facebook , and other social media platforms.
It examines the role of
voluntary privacy safeguards and government regulations ,
weak cryptographic security of databases,
weakness in balancing marketing ( maximized data ) with privacy (minimized data)
and lastly the role of ownership patterns in database owning corporates
A small distinction between cyber crime and cyber conflict is that while cyber crime focusses on stealing data, intellectual property and information to primarily maximize economic gains
cyber conflict focuses on stealing information and also disrupt effective working of database backed systems in order to gain notional competitive advantages in economics as well as geo-politics. Cyber terrorism is basically cyber conflict by non-state agents or by designated terrorist states as defined by the regulations of the "target" entity. A cyber attack is an offensive action related to cyber-infrastructure (like the Stuxnet worm that disabled uranium enrichment centrifuges of Iran). Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism are out of scope of this paper, we will concentrate on cyber conflicts involving databases.
Some examples are given here-
Types of Knowledge Discovery in -
1) Databases on Unique Identifiers- including biometric databases.
Unique Identifiers or primary keys for identifying people are critical for any intensive knowledge discovery program. The unique identifier generated must be extremely secure , and not liable to reverse engineering of the cryptographic hash function.
For biometric databases, an interesting possibility could be determining the ethnic identity from biometric information, and also mapping relatives. Current biometric information that is collected is- fingerprint data, eyes iris data, facial data. A further feature could be adding in voice data as a part of biometric databases.
This is subject to obvious privacy safeguards.
For example, Google recently unveiled facial recognition to unlock Android 4.0 mobiles, only to find out that the security feature could easily be bypassed by using a photo of the owner.
Example of Biometric Databases
In Afghanistan more than 2 million Afghans have contributed iris, fingerprint, facial data to a biometric database. In India, 121 million people have already been enrolled in the largest biometric database in the world. More than half a million customers of the Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank are are already using biometric verification at ATMs.
Examples of Breached Online Databases
In 2011, Playstation Network by Sony (PSN) lost data of 77 million customers including personal information and credit card information. Additionally data of 24 million customers were lost by Sony's Sony Online Entertainment. The websites of open source platforms like SourceForge, WineHQ and Kernel.org were also broken into 2011. Even retailers like McDonald and Walgreen reported database breaches.
The role of cyber conflict arises in the following cases-
Databases are online for accessing and authentication by proper users. Databases can be breached remotely by non-owners ( or "perpetrators") non with much lesser chance of intruder identification, detection and penalization by regulators, or law enforcers (or "protectors") than offline modes of intellectual property theft.
Databases are valuable to external agents (or "sponsors") subsidizing ( with finance, technology, information, motivation) the perpetrators for intellectual property theft. Databases contain information that can be used to disrupt the functioning of a particular economy, corporation (or " primary targets") or for further chain or domino effects in accessing other data (or "secondary targets")
Loss of data is more expensive than enhanced cost of security to database owners
Loss of data is more disruptive to people whose data is contained within the database (or "customers")
So the role play for different people for these kind of databases consists of-
1) Customers- who are in the database
2) Owners -who own the database. They together form the primary and secondary targets.
3) Protectors- who help customers and owners secure the databases.
1) Sponsors- who benefit from the theft or disruption of the database
2) Perpetrators- who execute the actual theft and disruption in the database
The use of topic models and LDA is known for making data reduction on text, and the use of data visualization including tied to GPS based location data is well known for investigative purposes, but the increasing complexity of both data generation and the sophistication of machine learning driven data processing makes this an interesting area to watch.
The next article in this series will cover-
the kind of algorithms that are currently or being proposed for cyber conflict, the role of non state agents , and what precautions can knowledge discovery in databases practitioners employ to avoid breaches of security, ethics, and regulation.
- Michael A. Vatis , CYBER ATTACKS DURING THE WAR ON TERRORISM: A PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS Dartmouth College (Institute for Security Technology Studies).
- From Data Mining to Knowledge Discovery in Databases Usama Fayyad, Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, and Padhraic Smyt
Knowledge Discovery in Databases -KDD using PostgreSQL and #Rstats
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All you need to know – is to read!
http://www.postgresql.org/download/windowsInstall PostgreSQL
Remember to store /memorize the password for the user postgres!
Create a connection using pgAdmin feature in Start Menu
2. download ODBC driver from
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install ODBC driver
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Start Menu\Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools\Data Sources (ODBC)
4. Configure the following details in System DSN and User DSN using the ADD tabs .Test connection to check if connection is working
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New book on BigData Analytics and Data mining using #Rstats with a GUI
I am hoping to put this on my pre-ordered or Amazon Wish list. The book the common people who wanted to do data mining with , but were unable to ask aloud they didnt know much. It is written by the seminal Australian authority on data mining Dr Graham Williams whom I interviewed here at http://decisionstats.com/2009/01/13/interview-dr-graham-williams/
Data Mining for the masses using an ergonomically designed Graphical User Interface.
Thank you Springer. Thank you Dr Graham Williams
Data Mining with Rattle and R
The Art of Excavating Data for Knowledge Discovery
Series: Use R
Williams, Graham
1st Edition., 2011, XX, 409 p. 150 illus. in color.
Softcover, ISBN 978-1-4419-9889-7
Due: August 29, 2011
54,95 €
- Encourages the concept of programming with data – more than just pushing data through tools, but learning to live and breathe the data
- Accessible to many readers and not necessarily just those with strong backgrounds in computer science or statistics
- Details some of the more popular algorithms for data mining, as well as covering model evaluation and model deployment
Data mining is the art and science of intelligent data analysis. By building knowledge from information, data mining adds considerable value to the ever increasing stores of electronic data that abound today. In performing data mining many decisions need to be made regarding the choice of methodology, the choice of data, the choice of tools, and the choice of algorithms.
Throughout this book the reader is introduced to the basic concepts and some of the more popular algorithms of data mining. With a focus on the hands-on end-to-end process for data mining, Williams guides the reader through various capabilities of the easy to use, free, and open source Rattle Data Mining Software built on the sophisticated R Statistical Software. The focus on doing data mining rather than just reading about data mining is refreshing.
The book covers data understanding, data preparation, data refinement, model building, model evaluation, and practical deployment. The reader will learn to rapidly deliver a data mining project using software easily installed for free from the Internet. Coupling Rattle with R delivers a very sophisticated data mining environment with all the power, and more, of the many commercial offerings.
Content Level » Research
Keywords » Data mining
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Related- http://decisionstats.com/2009/01/13/interview-dr-graham-williams/
Interview Ajay Ohri Decisionstats.com with DMR
Here is the winner of the Data Mining Research People Award 2010: Ajay Ohri! Thanks to Ajay for giving some time to answer Data Mining Research questions. And all the best to his blog, Decision Stat!
Data Mining Research (DMR): Could you please introduce yourself to the readers of Data Mining Research?
Ajay Ohri (AO): I am a business consultant and writer based out of Delhi- India. I have been working in and around the field of business analytics since 2004, and have worked with some very good and big companies primarily in financial analytics and outsourced analytics. Since 2007, I have been writing my blog at http://decisionstats.com which now has almost 10,000 views monthly.
All in all, I wrote about data, and my hobby is also writing (poetry). Both my hobby and my profession stem from my education ( a masters in business, and a bachelors in mechanical engineering).
My research interests in data mining are interfaces (simpler interfaces to enable better data mining), education (making data mining less complex and accessible to more people and students), and time series and regression (specifically ARIMAX)
In business my research interests software marketing strategies (open source, Software as a service, advertising supported versus traditional licensing) and creation of technology and entrepreneurial hubs (like Palo Alto and Research Triangle, or Bangalore India).
DMR: I know you have worked with both SAS and R. Could you give your opinion about these two data mining tools?
AO: As per my understanding, SAS stands for SAS language, SAS Institute and SAS software platform. The terms are interchangeably used by people in industry and academia- but there have been some branding issues on this.
I have not worked much with SAS Enterprise Miner , probably because I could not afford it as business consultant, and organizations I worked with did not have a budget for Enterprise Miner.
I have worked alone and in teams with Base SAS, SAS Stat, SAS Access, and SAS ETS- and JMP. Also I worked with SAS BI but as a user to extract information.
You could say my use of SAS platform was mostly in predictive analytics and reporting, but I have a couple of projects under my belt for knowledge discovery and data mining, and pattern analysis. Again some of my SAS experience is a bit dated for almost 1 year ago.
I really like specific parts of SAS platform – as in the interface design of JMP (which is better than Enterprise Guide or Base SAS ) -and Proc Sort in Base SAS- I guess sequential processing of data makes SAS way faster- though with computing evolving from Desktops/Servers to even cheaper time shared cloud computers- I am not sure how long Base SAS and SAS Stat can hold this unique selling proposition.
I dislike the clutter in SAS Stat output, it confuses me with too much information, and I dislike shoddy graphics in the rendering output of graphical engine of SAS. Its shoddy coding work in SAS/Graph and if JMP can give better graphics why is legacy source code preventing SAS platform from doing a better job of it.
I sometimes think the best part of SAS is actually code written by Goodnight and Sall in 1970's , the latest procs don't impress me much.
SAS as a company is something I admire especially for its way of treating employees globally- but it is strange to see the rest of tech industry not following it. Also I don't like over aggression and the SAS versus Rest of the Analytics /Data Mining World mentality that I sometimes pick up when I deal with industry thought leaders.
I think making SAS Enterprise Miner, JMP, and Base SAS in a completely new web interface priced at per hour rates is my wishlist but I guess I am a bit sentimental here- most data miners I know from early 2000's did start with SAS as their first bread earning software. Also I think SAS needs to be better priced in Business Intelligence- it seems quite cheap in BI compared to Cognos/IBM but expensive in analytical licensing.
If you are a new stats or business student, chances are – you may know much more R than SAS today. The shift in education at least has been very rapid, and I guess R is also more of a platform than a analytics or data mining software.
I like a lot of things in R- from graphics, to better data mining packages, modular design of software, but above all I like the can do kick ass spirit of R community. Lots of young people collaborating with lots of young to old professors, and the energy is infectious. Everybody is a CEO in R 's world. Latest data mining algols will probably start in R, published in journals.
Which is better for data mining SAS or R? It depends on your data and your deadline. The golden rule of management and business is -it depends.
Also I have worked with a lot of KXEN, SQL, SPSS.
DMR: Can you tell us more about Decision Stats? You have a traffic of 120′000 for 2010. How did you reach such a success?
AO: I don't think 120,000 is a success. Its not a failure. It just happened- the more I wrote, the more people read.In 2007-2008 I used to obsess over traffic. I tried SEO, comments, back linking, and I did some black hat experimental stuff. Some of it worked- some didn't.
In the end, I started asking questions and interviewing people. To my surprise, senior management is almost always more candid , frank and honest about their views while middle managers, public relations, marketing folks can be defensive.
Social Media helped a bit- Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook really helped my network of friends who I suppose acted as informal ambassadors to spread the word.
Again I was constrained by necessity than choices- my middle class finances ( I also had a baby son in 2007-my current laptop still has some broken keys – by my inability to afford traveling to conferences, and my location Delhi isn't really a tech hub.
The more questions I asked around the internet, the more people responded, and I wrote it all down.
I guess I just was lucky to meet a lot of nice people on the internet who took time to mentor and educate me.
I tried building other websites but didn't succeed so i guess I really don't know. I am not a smart coder, not very clever at writing but I do try to be honest.
Basic economics says pricing is proportional to demand and inversely proportional to supply. Honest and candid opinions have infinite demand and an uncertain supply.
DMR: There is a rumor about a R book you plan to publish in 2011 Can you confirm the rumor and tell us more?
AO: I just signed a contract with Springer for " R for Business Analytics". R is a great software, and lots of books for statistically trained people, but I felt like writing a book for the MBAs and existing analytics users- on how to easily transition to R for Analytics.
Like any language there are tricks and tweaks in R, and with a focus on code editors, IDE, GUI, web interfaces, R's famous learning curve can be bent a bit.
Making analytics beautiful, and simpler to use is always a passion for me. With 3000 packages, R can be used for a lot more things and a lot more simply than is commonly understood.
The target audience however is business analysts- or people working in corporate environments.
Brief Bio-
Ajay Ohri has been working in the field of analytics since 2004 , when it was a still nascent emerging Industries in India. He has worked with the top two Indian outsourcers listed on NYSE,and with Citigroup on cross sell analytics where he helped sell an extra 50000 credit cards by cross sell analytics .He was one of the very first independent data mining consultants in India working on analytics products and domestic Indian market analytics .He regularly writes on analytics topics on his web site www.decisionstats.com and is currently working on open source analytical tools like R besides analytical software like SPSS and SAS.
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A pharmacokinetic study investigating the rate and extent of absorption of paracetamol and an adjuvant from two different paracetamol formulations.
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Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics Study Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Open Label |
Official Title: | A Pharmacokinetic Study Investigating the Rate and Extent of Absorption of Paracetamol and an Adjuvant From Two Different Paracetamol Formulations. |
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Study Start Date: | December 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2009 |
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Study First Received: | November 17, 2011 |
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Author(s): | Junior Tidal, (New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA) |
Citation: | Junior Tidal, (2012) "Creating a user-centered library homepage: a case study", OCLC Systems & Services, Vol. 28 Iss: 2, pp.90 - 100 |
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