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You've been struggling with the embarrassment and discomfort of a bladder control problem for some time now. Maybe you hoped it would go away on its own, but things aren't getting any better. In fact, your bladder control problem is gradually getting worse.
You're ready to make some changes, but what exactly can you do? There are some simple strategies you can try on your own that may help improve your bladder control problem.
Doctors often call these strategies "behavior therapies." They're safe, easy, effective and inexpensive. These techniques can be used before resorting to other types of treatment, such as medications or surgery, or in combination with them. Sometimes behavior therapies are the only treatment you need. In some cases, they're as effective as — or even more effective than — medication.
How much fluid you drink and the types of food you eat may influence your bladder habits.
Too much fluid
Drinking too much fluid of any kind makes you urinate more often. If you drink too much over a short time, this can overwhelm your bladder and create a strong sense of urgency. If you exercise a lot or work outdoors regularly, you may need to drink additional fluids. But rather than drink a large amount all at once, try drinking smaller amounts throughout the day. For example, drink about two 8-ounce glasses (237 milliliters) at each meal and one 8-ounce glass between meals. That way, you'll end up at the recommended amount of roughly 60 to 64 ounces (about 1,775 to 1,900 milliliters) of fluid daily.
If you have to get up several times at night to urinate, try drinking more of your fluids in the morning and afternoon, and eliminate alcohol and caffeinated beverages. Although water is best for your bladder, remember that fluids come from any beverage you drink and from foods such as soup.
Too little fluid
Drinking too little fluid can lead to increased concentrations of body waste products in your urine. Highly concentrated urine is dark yellow and has a strong smell. It can irritate your bladder, increasing the urge and frequency with which you need to go.
Bladder irritants
Some foods and beverages can irritate your bladder as well. Caffeine and alcohol both act as diuretics, which means that they increase urine production. This can lead to increased frequency and urgency of urination. Caffeine can also cause bladder spasms.
Certain acidic fruits — oranges, grapefruits, lemons and limes — and fruit juices, spicy foods, tomato-based products, carbonated drinks, artificial sweeteners, corn syrup, sugar, chocolate, coffee and tea may irritate your bladder or contribute to leakage of urine. Why these items sometimes cause irritation isn't exactly understood, and what causes bladder irritation may vary from person to person.
If caffeine or alcohol is a regular part of your diet, try eliminating it for about a week to see if your symptoms improve. Consider also avoiding foods that might be bladder irritants for about a week or so. Then gradually — every one to two days — add one food back into your diet, making note of any changes in urinary urgency, frequency or incontinence.
You might not even have to eliminate your favorite foods entirely. Simply cutting down on the amount might help, too.
When you have an overactive bladder, you can become accustomed to urinating frequently or at the slightest urge. Sometimes, you may go to the toilet even when you don't have the urge because you want to avoid an accident. After a while, your bladder begins sending "full" messages to your brain even when it's not full, and you feel compelled to urinate.
Bladder training, or retraining, involves adjusting your habits. You go to the toilet on a set schedule — even if you have no urge to urinate — gradually increasing the time between urination. This allows your bladder to fill more fully and gives you more control over the urge to urinate.
A bladder-training program usually follows these basic steps:
Don't be discouraged if you don't succeed the first few times. Keep practicing, and your ability to maintain control is very likely to increase.
Your pelvic floor muscles and urinary sphincter help control urination. You can strengthen these muscles by regularly doing pelvic floor exercises, commonly referred to as Kegels. The pelvic floor muscles work to open and close the urethra — the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the exterior of your body. These muscles also support the bladder as you exert yourself doing everyday activities such as walking, standing, lifting and sneezing.
Certain medications, excess weight, smoking and physical inactivity may indirectly contribute to bladder control problems. If you address these factors, bladder-specific techniques — such as avoiding bladder irritants and bladder training — may be even more likely to work.
Behavior therapies can improve bladder control with minimal side effects. These techniques take some time and practice before you begin seeing results. But persistence pays off. If you stick with the program, you'll more than likely see an improvement in your symptoms. And if one of these approaches doesn't work, talk with your doctor about exploring other treatment options that may help.


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MOOREA, French Polynesia, July 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- InterContinental Resorts French Polynesia is pleased to announce that the InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa received the award for "Top Family Hotel in Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific" from the readers of Travel + Leisure in its 2014 World's Best Awards.
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A NIGHTCLUB boss has revealed he could rent out all his venues to new operators if businesses came forward with the right deal.
Richard Shea, 44, of Long Meadows, Brentwood, who owns five premises in Southend and still runs three of them, has told of the difficulty of turning a profit in the nightclub industry with increased competition and the recession.
The businessman has shut down three companies with combined debts of £2.5million over the past three years.
Mr Shea, who has property in Southend and Brentwood, owns the freehold of Dick de Vignes club in Warrior Square, which is run by another company and Churchills in Tylers Avenue, Southend, but has recently rented it out to another operator.
He still owns and runs Mayhem in Warrior Square, Mansion in Elmer Approach and Tiger Lilly bar in Leigh Road, Leigh.
He said: "It is a very hard business. It is so hard to get a successful club going nowadays it is really really hard. I have just rented out Churchills. We were running it but could not make it work now someone else has come in to see if they can make it work better.
"Bars all over England have been closing during the recession, so we are doing better than that and are still working at it with the clubs and making them work. But there are a lot in the town. If someone came forwarded and wanted to take on the other clubs I would consider it."
Mr Shea's main company Shea Properties, which has had a portfolio worth £25million, went into receivership in November 2010.
Tiger Tilly is the most at risk asset it owns as it was put up as security for an undisclosed loan the company took out from businessman Robert Stevens, 53, of Spareleaze Hill, Loughton, last September, with a further £153,000 borrowed against it last month.
Since 2010 Mr Shea has liquidated four limited companies, previously involved in running Mayhem, Storm (now Mansion), Churchills and the now closed Escape in Colchester, which owed a combined total of £4.1million.
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*£463,000 to the tax man
*£86,000 to Southend Council
*£27,000 to Colchester Council
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*£1million to the Bank of Scotland
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1:30pm Friday 9th November 2012 in News By Neil Vowles
An escort agency is promising to arrange discreet rendezvous for clients in some of Brighton's best-known hotels.
Corporate Companions offers its clients the opportunity to have visits from girls in the comfort of their own room in Brighton and Hove seafront hotels.
The company recommend on its website the Brighton Hilton Metropole, The Royal York, the Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel and the Holiday Inn.
Managers at the hotels said they did not condone such behaviour from their guests and were taking steps to remove their hotels from the company's website and increase surveillance to identify any such behaviour.
Corporate Companions offers a range of girls from the Brighton, Gatwick and Sussex area and claims "to offer a fresh new approach to the world of adult entertainment".
When The Argus contacted the firm this week we were told we could not arrange a meeting at a hotel this week but could meet a girl at an apartment in Hove after 8pm on Friday.
We were told an appointment could be made at a hotel at a later date.
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The website's representative on the telephone said the firm had three girls aged 20 to 30 available this week who would cost £150 for one hour and £280 for two hours.
When asked what a client would get for that, the booker said it would be up to the "girl's discretion" but "needless to say it was what's implied".
A disclaimer on the company's website states that money exchanged for legal adult services is for time and companionship with anything implied or inferred on their website not to be taken as inducement for other services.
Clients are told that any sexual activities are between consenting adults.
Gerard de Nervaux is interim manager of the Royal York Hotel which was placed into administration in July.
He said: "It's not something I'm aware of, there's no evidence to suggest that sort of thing is happening here and it's certainly not something we would condone.
"We know it does go on especially in the bigger hotels where you have corporate clients away from home for long periods of time.
"I can't say what went on here before we took over but the hotel is relatively small and we watch everybody who comes into the hotel and no one can get in after midnight without showing ID.
"We will be watching like a hawk and I will inform my night staff."
A Mercure spokeswoman said: "Having been alerted to this website, we are taking immediate action for the hotel to be removed from the site."
A Hilton Worldwide spokes-man said: "As a place of public accommodation, Hilton Brighton Metropole does not discriminate against any individual or group.
"While we are not familiar with this organisation or its survey, the hotel aims to provide quality accommodation and a pleasant environment for our guests and members of the community visiting the hotel."
Holiday Inn was unavailable for comment.
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I hope not!
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Algeria Touchshriek wrote:Tsk! Even Tories are entitled to a bit of fun.
Did this occur during the Tory conference?
I hope not!
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what a non story
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And what's the difference between taking a girl on a date and paying for everything or a straightforward cash for sex upfront transaction?
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LOS ANGELES -- Manny Ramirez cleaned out his locker at Dodger Stadium Thursday afternoon possibly for the last time, leaving behind a fortune cookie on the nameplate above his locker reading, "Don't look back, Always look ahead."
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Although the platform as a service (PaaS) market is smaller than both IaaS and SaaS segments of the cloud computing industry, research firm Forrester says this technology could be one of the most important cloud-based services for businesses moving forward.
While IaaS provides infrastructure for companies to get on-demand virtual machines, storage, databases and other services and SaaS vendors offer a cloud-based version of an application, PaaS vendors provide an application development platform for building and hosting customized applications that are tuned specifically for their business's needs. "Public cloud platforms are the keys that unlock the flexibility, productivity, and economic advantages of cloud computing," says the research firm's most recent Wave report on the public cloud platform market.
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Familiar faces from the cloud industry are quickly establishing themselves as the heavyweights in this market, Forrester found. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Salesforce.com offer the broadest range of services for the PaaS market, plus they combine a strong network of partnering companies and enough market share for them to be stable over the long-term, Forrester says. But instead of offering a pure-play PaaS, these vendors are blurring the lines between their strongholds in the IaaS and SaaS markets and increasingly incorporating PaaS functionality into their services, Forrester cloud experts James Staten and John Rymer found after reviewing 60 vendors and writing in-depth profiles of 14.
IaaS vendors such as Amazon Web Services are rolling out features that make it easier for developers to not only build applications in its cloud, but scale them and host them. Core services like its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) on-demand virtual machines and Simple Storage Service (S3) are augmented by more developer-focused services like Elastic BeanStalk and Amazon Simple Workflow Service, and a broad variety of software development kits (SDKs). AWS does not have a pure PaaS offering, instead, it has "focused on providing a collection of services that can be combined with custom code to accelerate application creation," Forrester reports.
On the other end of the PaaS spectrum would be a company like Salesforce.com, which has a strong holding in the SaaS market, and has begun expanding its services into the PaaS market. The company's Force.com platform provides a way for workers with little coding experience to create applications and workflows that integrate with its core SaaS offering, which focuses on customer relationship management (CRM). In addition to Force.com, it also has Heroku, which is tailored more toward developers who want to customize their code. Ironically, Heroku runs on AWS's infrastructure.


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There is no real distinction between the processing required for any refrigerant, whether it occurs naturally in any useable form or is produced by chemical synthesis. They all require an industrial scale manufacturing process to meet quality specifications for refrigeration fluids.
The Council adpted today a regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-Gases) PE-CONS 1/14, PE-CONS 1/14 COR 1, 7929/14 ADD1.
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One cold winter evening of 2008, in the center of Novosibirsk, Russia, I bumped into a friend, whom I haven't seen for years. A week later, he brought me into the teenage world and i've started my journey through the banal and everyday of 20 year olds, but with a camera.
Camera gave me a purpose for "being" somewhere, with someone, a purpose for experiencing and for compassion, for it all could be recorded. A photograph suddenly gave me a chance to grasp everything at once - the people, their feelings, details and and the atmosphere. And it's very much alike meditation, which answers many questions about life, like a buddhist koan - some truth, which can't be reached by logic reflection but is understood through observation and experience.
And everywhere I went something was wrong, people were moving, dancing, laughing and getting angry, playing and sleeping with each other, but for a moment, when they were left to themselves, one could see their inner feelings. And one could see that they were lost, tired. That feeling was so in the air, even the city streets and the landscape seemed to reflect it. Bars, our houses and the college auditoriums were all soaked with that feeling. As was every relationship.
In another town, among other people, I now understand it. It was a merry-go-round, which we were riding since childhood and had a great time, going round and round, through the same situations, laughed, cried, loved, had fights, but it was an attraction. But then came the time, when passengers grown up and became too big for a merry-go-round, whether they understand it or not. Coming of age is the time when we become too big to pretend we are kids. I know for sure, there are people out there who don't want to acknowledge that and the ones wantto get off a carousel. But both don't know what to do next.


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4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
08-08-2014 21:05:47 | More by burnstar
United Kingdom (Scotland)
3.75/5 rDev -6.7%
01-20-2014 12:57:26 | More by Schmoog
United Kingdom (England)
4/5 rDev -0.5%
11-23-2013 12:16:00 | More by mizx
United Kingdom (Scotland)
3.58/5 rDev -10.9%
Straw coloured beer from a 500ml bottlewith decent white head which leaves some lacing on my glass. It has a freshness date six months away and a pleasant nose dominated by lemon but also featuring a hint of pine.
This is not nearly as sweet as the nose suggests. Instead a rather astringent lemon flavour pervades with a slight biscuity flavour in the background becoming more apparent in the finish and a lasting bitterness on the tongue. I like this. It belies its appearance by being something of a slow sipper. A dry feel presumably contributes to this.
10-26-2013 21:59:33 | More by charlatan
4/5 rDev -0.5%
07-21-2013 06:07:08 | More by abeeronthebeach
3.75/5 rDev -6.7%
03-27-2013 20:06:29 | More by harpus
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3/5 rDev -25.4%
01-12-2013 17:28:05 | More by Bix
3.75/5 rDev -6.7%
09-01-2012 23:29:56 | More by Kornoms
United Kingdom (England)
2.53/5 rDev -37.1%
17th Feb 2012: Hand pulled pint in The Wrekin, Wellington, Shropshire.
Clear and almost bright golden body with a small but full head of white bubbles that tried to hang around.
Weak nose: some floral hop content, but no malt notes I could find.
The flavours were fruity and floral: again not overly strong and with no malt input I could detect: the high proportion of corn and wheat might have something to do with the lack of maltiness of course.
Pleasant enough, but not what I want from a pint of Ale
06-19-2012 13:06:18 | More by BlackHaddock
4.1/5 rDev +2%
Hand pulled at the Price of Wales in Aberdeen, Scotland into a classic UK pint glass.
A - Poured a clear golden/orange color. Slight white head, good overall retention. Slight lacing along the glass.
S - Good citrusy hops along with some floral notes. Elderflower, intresting ingredient.
T - Good citrus, floral hoppy taste. Good biscuity dry malt taste on the finish.
M - Medium body and medium carbonation. Very crisp nice finish, definitely a good session beer
02-26-2012 17:10:01 | More by stercomm
United Kingdom (Scotland)
4.1/5 rDev +2%
Crystal clear, golden amber with a large and foamy head & some nice lacing.
A great fruity smell to begin with along with some strong hops and there is a very noticeable elderflower aroma, background notes of pine too.
Some elderflower from the nose along with a background wheat taste and some hops and pine. I could also detect some good fruity flavours and citrus towards the end. A good tasting beer.
Light to medium bodied and as expected this one is smooth with moderate carbonation and has a crisp, bitter finish.
This beer has been one of the best, if not the best of this style of beer I have reviewed thus far. It has been a very pleasant surprise and a great drinking experience thus far. Certainly a beer I will try to pick up again in the future, and for once a beer that I might have to actively seek out on cask.
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02-19-2012 22:10:29 | More by flyingpig
4/5 rDev -0.5%
12-20-2011 02:42:03 | More by maxk
3.95/5 rDev -1.7%
I got this bottle from my beerbuddy in Scotland. Thanks Craig! (Zimbo on BA).
Surprisingly good beer to start with. Poured in my Struise glass this beer looks nice with a golden yellow fluid and a nice white head which disappears after a while. Some corbonation in the glass makes this a lookable beer.
Smell is good, they write there is elderflower on the nose. Hmmm, could be. Taste is crisp with the hops at the end of each sip.
10-14-2011 20:20:41 | More by Brabander
4.47/5 rDev +11.2%
My nephew picked this up for me while in Scotland. Clear yellow pour with a two finger head, decent retention, and great lacing. Really interesting and unique herbal, earthy, citrus nose with hints of butterscotch, grain, and hops. The taste mirrors the nose with a bit more citrus coming through and lots of great herbal hoppiness. I have no exposure with elderflowers, but I assume they are what gives this beer it's uniqueness. It reminds me a lot of some Heather beers I've tried in the past. Very nice balance between the hops and malt, coupled with a crisp, fresh finish makes this hugely drinkable. I would love to try this on cask and will definitely seek it out on my next trip to the UK. Thanks Kevin!
09-29-2011 15:58:08 | More by beerdrifter
4.22/5 rDev +5%
Handpump halfpint at the Southwark Tavern.
A: Clear pale amber body under a thin off-white head that settles into a ring. Mediocre retention, no lace. Meh.
S: Clearn, bright fruitiness, with some piney hops and butterscotch malt underneath. Very pleasant.
T: Follows the nose precisely: balanced malt + hops give notes of orange, butterscotch, and pine. Tasty.
M: Very soft, almost still, light body. A little weaker than I'd like.
O: This was a delicious beer, but I have to admit I was shocked to see that A) it's listed as an APWA, and B) it's brewed with elderflowers. I can kind of see where the hops and flowers went together to give it the herbal + fruity characteristics that I noticed, but the persistent butterscotch character seems out of whack with all the ingredients. If this came from an old cask, it was a wonderful bit of spoilage.
06-17-2011 00:17:32 | More by woosterbill
United Kingdom (Scotland)
4.13/5 rDev +2.7%
Purchased super fresh from the brewery this looks like a full golden clean pilsner with a fine big fluffy head.
Just a super feel. Husky, citrus bitter and firm, this taste builds in your mouth from inception and really mops up the palate with its presence. Not extreme nor intense but strong and more potent than the 4.3% would suggest.
I never would have thought a golden coloured beer made with wheat, elderflower and Perle hops could produce become such a complete and seemless beer.
05-01-2011 20:02:50 | More by Zimbo
United Kingdom (England)
3.38/5 rDev -15.9%
Bottle with a use by date of Feb 2012 - poured into a Sam Smith's pint glass. Description says that it contains a blend of barley and wheat, in addition to hops and elderflower.
Pours a pale golden colour with a decent head that recedes fairly quickly. Some haziness and light carbonation. Initial smell of grain and malt, along with some flowery hops.
First sip provides grainy malt, followed by a distinct bitterness. Flowery and light fruity notes add to the flavour, although this is quite subtle. The hops and elderflower mesh well, with the hops more prominant.
A decent beer, although I was getting bored of it towards the end of the glass. Nice to drink, but nothing out of the ordinary.
12-26-2010 01:38:09 | More by jazzyjeff13
4.18/5 rDev +4%
Poured from a 500mL bottle into a pint glass.
A: Nice white frothy head. Clear golden-copper with lots of small bubbles. Heavy lacing.
S: Mmm, hops are sharp and clean. There is an even more aromatic scent as well -- the label suggests elderflower.
T: Good taste. Crisp, light hops with significant carbonation. The main taste is a bit strange, with a combination of flavours I have not come across -- I attribute it to wheat and elderflower. The aftertaste is long, bitter, and clean. Very nice!
M: Sparklingly clean and hopped.
D: Great beer, good drinking, highly aromatic and pungent. Recommended.
11-11-2010 12:41:37 | More by AgentMunky
4.33/5 rDev +7.7%
On cask at Prince of Wales in Aberdeen Scotland.
A: Pours a clear dark golden/orange/red color. A one finger white head forms with good retention. Light lace is left behind.
S: Big citrus hops up front. Floral and spicy character. Some honey like sweetness and great dry bread/biscuit malt for balance.
T: Follows the nose, but more flavor comes out. Big citrus, spcy, and floral hops. A great fruity flavor of pears and apples. Lighlty sweet with a great bread/biscuit balance.
M/D: A medium body that has good carbonation. Creamy and smooth. So easy to drink. I can drink this all day.
This is a great beer. I have no idea why this is listed as a Pale Wheat Ale, and American at that? More of a great English Pale ale. A treat on cask. Highly recommended.
08-20-2010 16:57:58 | More by champ103
United Kingdom (Scotland)
4.38/5 rDev +9%
Half pint served from the cask at the Paisley Beer Festival
A- Dark apple juice concentrate blonde, with a slight hue. Soapy 2 finger head reducing to crown, with good sticky lace.
S- Sweet citrus juicy hops.
T- Passionfruit, a creamy yoghurty note with a faint underlying malt sweetness, delicate sustained hop bite in the finish.
M- Moderate carbonation yet creamy
D- Lovely flavour profile, enough hops to make it very refreshing with a creamy note on the tongue making it very delicate. Excellent!
05-02-2010 09:09:29 | More by seanyfo
United Kingdom (England)
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
Appearance: Pale golden colour with a thick, lively and creamy head.
Smell: Very strong citrus hops aroma, enticing you to take a sip
Taste: Unmistakable citrus/flowery hop taste yet with a biterness that remains well balanced and not overpowering. Evokes thoughts of bright sunshine on a summer's day.
Mouthfeel: Citrus/flower explosion fading to pleasant biterness
Drinkability: Would be the ideal accompnimant to a warm summer
04-27-2010 10:15:31 | More by ivanwatling
4.47/5 rDev +11.2%
I heard the Cask version of this stuff had won several awards so I picked up a couple of bottles but was disappointed to discover when I got a home (in a beer reference book - it doesn't say it on the bottle) that this is technically a wheat beer. I don't mind wheat beer but I was expecting a more traditional Scottish ale. Imagine my surprise, and delight, then, when I tasted it and discovered that wheat is only one component of this very complex and lively brew. It's quite different to a German weizen (again, I've nothing against Paulaner et al.). It goes down very smoothly, has a lovely tangy, citrus bite, and the elderflower gives it a nice herbal finish. I thought it was quite similar to that other great Scottish ale Bitter & Twisted except even fresher. Anyway, I was well impressed and I'll definitely be trying it again.
04-09-2009 21:48:26 | More by Madigan
4.33/5 rDev +7.7%
500 ml bottle from Dublin
Pours brilliant gold with large foamy white head, leaves patchy lacing. Aroma is rich grassy, sourish fruit, zesty citrus, some pepper.
Taste is fruity (mostly grapefruit) grassy/piney hops, light wheaty malt and medium dry finish with increasingly bittery citrus hops in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel is smooth and light with slightly above average carbonation.
Overall, very drinkable and very well made beer.
03-23-2009 16:56:27 | More by atis
United Kingdom (England)
3.93/5 rDev -2.2%
Purchased at the Sainsbury's supermarket, this is the bottle (filtered) version of the famous elderflower ale, the cask version of which has won the Champion Speciality Beer of Britain for three years in a row (2004-2006). BB 28/11/09, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.
A: pours a clear, light golden hue with moderate carbonation that comprises tiny and large bubbles; the off-white frothy head retains its texture and thickness quite well.
S: exotic fruitiness abounds, suggesting passion-fruits, elderflower, lychee-fruits, grapefruits/lemons, with a faint touch of wild strawberries(!), on top of a clean and sweet malty body that somehow hints at a little sharp fruit candy and butterscotch. As it breathes, the slightly stinky-sweet oat-biscuity edge also sneaks through. Overall, the aroma is predominantly fruity and pleasant, but requires a bit more complexity to be really great.
T: the initial fizzy foretaste bursting with elderflower, grapefruit peels, and random spicy hops is gradually joined force by the moderately-flavoured but solid aftertaste of biscuity malts and the underlying aroma of lychee-fruits (on skin), before the semi-tangy and semi-tannic hop-bitterness (with a little salty edge of dried tangerine peels) wraps everything up and lingers w/o limits.
M&D: fluffy and effervescent on the palate, the fizziness comes slightly too much for me, but as soon as the initial swallow settles, the flavour just evolves non-stop on the palate. Although this is not as smooth and complex as the cask version, the refreshing body and fruity profile remain utterly enjoyable as a session beer.
09-06-2008 18:20:04 | More by wl0307
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
4.13/5 rDev +2.7%
500ml bottle bought from The Vintage, Antrim...
Poured a light golden coppery colour... white head poured smallish and faded to light frothy layer... barely any carbonation... quite a bit of sticky wispy lacing...
Aroma - Nice juicy fruits (grapefruits, oranges, pineppale, some lemons), grassy / piney hop notes, light pepperiness, vanilla, light biscuity malts, cream soda notes, honey sweetness, some light almond notes, quite prefumed...
Taste - Quite sweet juicy fruits (apricots, pinapples, grapefruits), fairly sweet biscuity maltiness, bready notes, light wheatiness, nice light grassy / peppery hop bitterness, floral / perfumey notes, some faint metallic notes come through after a while...
Feel - Pretty smooth and creamy with a little bite... Light body... An outstandingly drinkable beer - could see myself happily drinking this all night...
Overall - An excellent wheat ale... so drinkable and refreshing.. recommended...
06-22-2007 10:27:27 | More by mdagnew
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Destruction warlock is a more "direct damage"-based build as opposed to the Affliction one which supports more heaving hitting nukes rather than "damage over time"-effects. It has many similarities with Elemental Shamans and Mages and has a wide array of both instants and AoE-spells. In patch 3.0 Destruction received a serious overhaul considering how powerful it was before in TBC but couldn't keep up with Affliction after the launch of WOTLK. In 3.1 however this is is a different story; Destruction is now highly competable against other specs as the theoretical highest DPS available and is now also able to provide raids buff via Replenishment. In short: Destruction has many tricks up it's sleeve such as more instants and more AOE options and might therefor be the choice for the warlock who wanted to play a Mage, but with a twist.
[table="head"]Spell||Base Co-efficient|Notes
Immolate|Immo|20% DoT tick // 20% DD|The spell that destruction is pretty much built around. It's a DoT with a DD-effect on hit.
Conflagrate|Conflag|None|Has been around for ages but received several buffs in WOTLK and is now part of the standard rotation. It's total damage is the same as your Immolate with 60% of the damage being DD and 40% being a small DoT.
Chaos Bolt|CB|71.39%|The new 51-talent in WOTLK. While many may look at this as a PvP-talent, it has higher damage, shorter cast time and lesser mana cost than Incinerate.
Incinerate|Incin|71.39%|Your basic "fillerâ€, used to fill in spaces between the more damaging spells. Receives many buffs from various talents and gets a higher base damage if it hits a target with Immolate on it.
Curse of Doom|CoD|200%|The warlock spell with the highest DPCT and therefor involved in the rotation as well.
Curse of Agony|CoA|120%|Not as powerful as CoD but still used somewhat (se below at rotations for more on this).
Corruption|Corr|120%|This one isn't really used in your standard rotation but can (and should) be used when your moving and have no need to Life Tap or Death Coil is on CD.
=Talents and builds=
0/13/53|Standard build, involves all necessary talents to do your job as Destruction with 5 free points. There are various choices you can with these based on your gear and the encounters you do. If you're low on hit, Suppression is a choice. If there's heavy raid damage on encounters, take Soul Link. If an encounter face many adds then Shadowfury is a good choice, or if neither of these are present Imp. Soul Leech is a good take for extra mana (more mana = less LT = more DPS time). Regardless of your choice, if you ever need more talent points, Backlash is the one to pick from since it gives the least DPS for it's point.
0/13/58|Highest theoretical DPS with BiS T10-gear.
1|Improved Shadow Bolt|Ignored|Shadow Bolt isn't featured at all in the rotation. This is mostly for Affliction- and deep Demonology-warlocks.
1|Bane|Required|Reduces casting time of your 2nd most strongest nuke and DoT. Essential.
2|Aftermath|Required|Not only increases the damage of Immolate but also Conflagrate indirectly.
2|Molten Skin|Optional|Can reduce stress on healers if there's much raid damage but mostly a PvP-talent.
2|Cataclysm|Recommended|Together with Imp. Soul Leech this can really hold your mana up and reduce the amount of Life Taps, resulting in higher DPS.
3|Demonic Power|Required|Your Imp does good DPS on it's own and this one helps it.
3|Shadowburn|Ignored|PvP-talent and thus not taken.
3|Ruin|Required|Multiplies with CSD to give 109% damage bonus critical strikes.
4|Intensity|Recommended|Reduces pushback on all your spells, very useful for raiding.
4|Destructive Reach|Recommended|Longer range and lesser threat on pretty much all your spells. Note however that this does not apply to any of your Affliction-spells.
4|Improved Searing Pain|Ignored|Not really useful unless you're tanking many encounters and/or PvP:ing a lot.
5|Backlash|Recommended|Gives higher crit % on all your spells and can give instant Incins when struck. The second effect is mostly for PvP but the higher crit % is useful.
5|Improved Immolate|Required|Higher damage on Immo and therefor on Conflag as well. Very important. Also a pre-requisite for Conflag.
5|Devastation|Required|Extremely valuable because of the low point investment.
6|Nether Protection|Not recommended|Just like Molten Skin, can reduce stress on healers but there are better talents available. Mostly for PvP.
6|Emberstorm|Required|Increases the damage on all of your fire spells and reduces the cast time on Incin equivalent to 10% haste.
7|Conflagrate|Required|Your hardest hitting nuke and what the rotation is (pretty much) built around. It's damage is based upon Immo and procs Backdraft and (if it crits) Pyroclasm on use, further boosting DPS.
7|Soul Leech|Optional|Not so useful on it's own, what you really want if going here is Imp. Soul Leech (see that one for more info).
7|Pyroclasm|Required|Thanks to the buff to Fire and Brimstone this one has an uptime of 50-60% (depending on your crit %), boosting all your damage by 6%.
8|Shadow and Flame|Required|Increases the co-efficient of CB and Incin from 71.39% to 85.67%.
8|Improved Soul Leech|Optional|Gives Replenishment to the raid and can restore 2% of you and your Imps max mana back on spell hit. Thanks to this lesser Life Taps are needed and more time on DPS can be focused on.
9|Backdraft|Required|Has an optimal uptime of 60% giving a serious boost to damage. Backlash and Nightfall procs does not trigger a charge as of 3.2.2.
9|Shadowfury|Optional|Very useful tool in raiding since many encounters has adds that needs to be taken care of. Not essential though.
9|Empowered Imp|Required|Gives a good boost to the Imps DPS and the Empowered Imp buff has an uptime of ~15%. Overall, it gives you a higher crit %.
10|Fire and Brimstone|Required|Good boost to CB and Incin and gives a higher uptime on Pyroclasm. Note that the first bonus only applies if the target has your Immo on.
11|Chaos Bolt|Required|AKA "Imp. Incinerateâ€. For one point you get a better nuke. See above for more info on CB.
Most excess points are spend in Demonology to reach Demonic Aegis so that is your main objective in this tree.
1|Improved Healthstone|Optional|Better healthstones which are useful in raids, but if another warlock has it, you don't need it.
1|Improved Imp|Required|Further boosts your Imps damage.
1|Demonic Embrace|Optional|Gives better survivability, not only for PvP.
1|Fel Synergy|Recommended|Your Imp does a good solid damage and gives you various buffs so it's important to keep him alive. This one helps towards that goal.
2|Improved Health Funnel|Ignored|Not very useful, Health Funnel works good the way it is.
2|Demonic Brutality|Ignored|More for the Felguard-using warlocks.
2|Fel Vitality|Recommended|Gives a higher mana pool to both you and your Imp increasing the effect of Imp. Soul Leech.
3|Improved Succubus|Ignored|Succubus is not featured in this build, so therefor not needed.
3|Soul Link|Optional|Does give better survivability to you, but not your pet. Also there are better talents around. Very useful though for encounters that require ranged tanking or are heavy on raid damage.
3|Fel Domination|Not recommended|Your Imp should preferably not die, but if does: This one can seriously reduce that DPS loss of resummoning him.
3|Demonic Aegis|Recommended|Gives a flat 54 extra spell power and 9% extra more from your spirit. On higher gear levels gives a good boost to all of your spells.
The only talent worth taking here is Suppression and only if you need the hit. However it's not hard to reach the hit cap and there are better talents to boost your DPS.
1|Curse of Agony|Ignore|Even with this, CoD is still better.
1|Suppression|Optional|Equates to less needed hit on gear.
1|Improved Corruption|Not recommended|Corruption has a lesser DPCT than Incinerate and is therefor not used in your rotation. Can though be used if you're on the move a lot, but for this talent it gives a very low boost per point.
Since previous content, itemization has changed pretty drastically for Destruction. Spirit is no longer equal to crit, but somewhere below because of how Imp. Soul Leech works. As gear gets better, the amount of spirit on your gear will go down, Glyph of Life Tap will be replaced (ISL gives better mana regen, together with Cataclysm, and reduces the amount of needed LTs) and crit will become overall better.
0/13/58 (using this preliminary T10 BiS)
Spell power|1.91
Crit rating|1.30
Haste rating|1.35
It's important that you take these values with a grain of salt! Haste is by far the 2nd best stat for Warlocks, regardless of spec. But as you accumulate higher numbers of haste, it's value will diminish making crit more and more appealing.
TTT Entry for Spell Hit
[table="head"]Faction|Hit cap with talents/debuff|Hit cap with talents and debuff
Overall effectiveness: Above very high if below the cap and worthless if over the cap
Other notes: If you can't hit, you can't do damage. That's why hit rating is the most powerful stat out there as long as you're below the cap. With Suppression you need 11% as Horde and 10% as Alliance (because of the Draenei racial aura) and 14% and 13% respectively without it. Missing a huge damage spell such as Conflag will greatly reduce your DPS. Simply put: cap your hit when raiding.
Overall effectiveness: Average
Other notes: This is a stat that can shift it's value in the blink of an eye. If you have the Glyph of Life Tap it becomes better and when you get higher amounts of it, it gets better. But once the gear starts shifting more towards haste and crit, it becomes less effective, making dropping the glyph inevitable and reducing it's value even further. In short: it's not bad, but it's not great either. Crit and haste will always be better than this as a 2nd stat.
Overall effectiveness: Very high
Other notes: Primary stat as for any DPS caster. All your spells benefits from this stat making it more valuable than any other than hit (if you're below the cap).
Overall effectiveness: Average
Other notes: Crit rating has no other real benefits than improving your damage. While it can help to proc Pyroclasm through Conflagrate, Conflag recieves a 25% crit if your Immo is up on the target reducing the need for crit rating even further.
Crit rating value increases linear with spell power and leads to uptime increase 1:1 with no diminishing returns, i.e. +1% crit -> +1% Pyroclasm uptime -> +0.1% damage increase on top of direct crit gains.
Overall effectiveness: Above average to high
Other notes: The value of haste is relative. It's somewhat easy to reach the GCD cap through high haste rating with Backdraft and Bloodlust/Heroism making excess amounts of haste worthless and making the rotations harder to keep up. Haste is however a better stat than crit because you don't need as much rating per percent compared to crit and crit % can be very high in a raid situation with various raid buffs and talents.
- Intellect
166 Int = 1% crit. Intellect is not a real stat to gear for because it gives less DPS compared to the others. Intellect is however better for builds with Imp. Soul Leech since it returns mana based on how much mana you have. It's nothing you should gear for though.
Bad for warlocks with any builds. While technically MP5 can be used somewhat, it's nowhere near as good compared to the other DPS stats. We use Life Tap to gain mana back, not MP5. It's just how the class is designed.
Firestone or Spellstone on weapon?
Even though haste is a better DPS stat than crit, the 1% extra damage to DD-spells outweighs the benefits of Spellstone by far.
Look at this way: In a typical standard fight as Destruction, your DoTs will account for around 15% of your total damage while the rest is DD. The Firestone looks a lot better, doesn't it?
These are the values of the T10 set boni.
[table="head"]Spec|DPS|&|Deviation from max
00_13_58_no2_no4|11079|94,9%|597 => 2pc = 163
Thanks to Madlax @ http://elitistjerks....3_3_compendium/ for the numbers.
What does it mean?
The 4p bonus is incredibly good and should be gotten as fast as you can. The 2p, not so good. But it's still better than the 4p of T9 so switching from 4pT9 to 2pT9 and 2pT10 is a very valid choice.
Ed. note: Add other tiers later.
The only meta-gem that should be used is . When filling it's requirements the only gem you should use is the . Always try to throw these in where your blue sockets are and put them in where you get the biggest bonuses. Always try to gem for spell power first and foremost and haste in yellow sockets if the bonus is worth it. Remember however that hit > everything else if not hit capped yet.
What makes a bonus worth it? In basic, if the socket is...
- ... red, gem . Always.
- ... yellow with a bonus of either at least 4 spell power, 6 haste, 7 crit or 9 spirit, gem . If you're below the hit cap, gem or depending on how much below. Otherwise, go with a .
- ... blue with a bonus of either at least 6 spell power, 9 haste, 10 crit or 13 spirit, gem . If the socket bonus is lower than that, it's still OK, as long as you need a gem for your meta. Otherwise, go with a .
Regardless of what Destruction-build you're using, you should at least have Glyph of Conflagrate and Incinerate. In 3.2 Glyph of Life Tap received a substantial buff making it very strong. It might be better though to use Immolate with low level gear/until you reach a higher amount of spirit.
For more info on the subject, turn to http://elitistjerks.com/f80/t37422-glyph_choice/.
[table="head"]Major Glyph|Recommendation|Notes
|Required|Saves a GCD from recasting Immolate. Immo needs to be up at all times since all your spells benefit from it and since Conflag is your hardest hitting nuke which you'll want to cast as many times as possible, this is one is a sure given.
|Required|Incinerate counts for over 50% of your damage making this very valuable.
|Optional|Increases the damage of your machine-gu... err, I mean Imp by 20%. Very good at high gear level and best for your 3rd slot with BiS T10.
|Optional|Does not only increase the damage of Immo by 10% but also Conflag by 7%, double win! On par with Imp after 3.3.3.
|Optional|Everytime you Life Tap, you gain 20% of your spirit in spell power for 40 sec. With a raidbuffed warlock with for example 500 spirit total this equates to 100 spell power to all your spells.
|Ignored|Provides you with one extra CB every minute instead of an Incinerate. Chaos Bolt is roughly 20% more damaging than Incin i.e. this glyph makes one Incin every minute 20% stronger. Not very useful in other words, seeing what other glyphs are available. Consider this a PvP-glyph.
[table="head"]Minor Glyph|Recommendation|Notes
|Optional|There are not many useful minor glyphs as a warlock but this one makes shard farming a lot easier.
The rest of the minor are personal preferences.
"Rotation" is a very common term for damage dealers, but more and more classes now thinks of "priorities†instead since it's easier to keep track of what spells to use and at what time, since haste screws rotations up. This is something that has been used by Shadow Priests for a long time and has been further used by other classes.
Regardless of your build, the priorities stay the same:
- Curse of Doom – Highest DPCT of all your spells, read below however for extra information.
- Immolate – Gives an increase to your Incinerate and CB damage through Fire and Brimstone and enables Conflagrate.
- Conflagrate – To proc both Backdraft and Pyroclasm.
- CB – Stronger nuke than Incinerate.
- Incinerate – when DoTs are up and CB and Conflag is on CD, this is your "filler".
Curse of Doom has the highest DPCT and should therefor have a uptime close to 100%. However, if you can manage to proc Pyroclasm before casting it you should wait until the next Conflagrate as it increases your overall DPS. If the target has an estimated time of going down in less than a minute, then you should cast Curse of Agony instead and keep it up until the target dies for max DPS. Corruption isn't used in the rotation when standing still and nuking a la Patchwerk but is more used "on the run" when needing to reposition or avoid damage.
Small note: If you're on Curse of the Elements-duty, it takes priority over CoD.
One common question is if your Immo has less than 1.5 sec left on it's duration and Conflag has come off CD, should you recast Immo first and Conflag second, or the reverse? Well, following the priority list, Immo technically still is on your target, therefor you should Conflag first, renew Immo second. You want to keep Conflag on CD as much as humanly possible since it's the most damaging spell you do (besides CoD).
Also, always make sure you're casting something. Destruction suffers a whole lot more from standing still doing nothing and moving around than the other Warlock-specs considering you don't have much DoTs to throw around.
=Change Log=
-Mar 9th 2010
Updated the T10BiS and some notes on the Immolate glyph.
-Feb 5th 2010
Corrected how Conflagrate works with the changes to patch 3.3.2.
-Feb 4th 2010
Added the 'Updates'-section.


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Dragon Series Plaid Dragon Double IPA - Alley Kat Brewing Company
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Ratings: 15 | Reviews: 11 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by biboergosum:
Alberta (Canada)
3.71/5 rDev -1.1%
650ml bottle. This is apparently a combination of (some of) the hops employed thus far in the singular (colour and hop) Dragon DIPA series, which of course creates a nice Burns Night adjacent themed offering.
This beer pours a clear, medium golden yellow hue, with two fingers of foamy, burbling bubbly white head, which leaves some layered, broken web lace around the glass as it evenly subsides.
It smells of dry, crackery, bready malt, a somewhat prominent musty melon fruitiness, pithy citrus rind, and a kind of metallic stoniness. The taste is even more fruity - the melon notes - honeydew, cantaloupe, under-ripe kiwi - abetted by a dry, acerbic citrus character, some pale, bready cereal malt, and a bit of leafy, perfumed booziness.
The carbonation is a tad zingy, but settles to an appropriately dull hum after a short spell, the body a sturdy medium weight, and fairly smooth, but for a slight tug from those flinty metallic notes. It finishes on the dry side, the fruit, malt, and hops all colluding to arrive at the same conclusion.
Like the majority of the preceding Dragon series, the overall effect is more of a strong IPA, than a DIPA, as the malt profile doesn't seem up to the task, and the hops, while definitely bitter, don't exactly overdo it. This one is dominated by the interesting stone and melon fruit essences, purportedly imbued by the experimental HBC 342 varietal/clone. For once, the 'colour scheme' makes a sort of sense, since there are 4 different hops at play here, though they don't seem to have much more rounding effect than most of the single varieties of months past. Anyways, a hoppy, more than adequately boozy IPA, and for that I'll tip my tam.
01-20-2013 02:34:21 | More by biboergosum
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Alberta (Canada)
3.85/5 rDev +2.7%
A - a clear dark golden, two fingers of creamy white head, retained very nicely and left plenty of random lacing
S - a mix of citrus, fresh grass, pepper, and cracked grains
T - an interesting mellon and gentle citrus fruitiness to it, followed by prominent crisp grassy and peppery hops with a metallic hint, grainy malt is nearly overwhelmed by the bitterness
M - light and well carbonated, significant bitterness, well hidden alcohol, finishes slightly dry and grainy
O - definitely an interesting mix of hop flavours here, seems like its somewhere between a true DIPA and an IPA if that possible, but all in all a tasty easy drinker if you're a fan of the style
03-14-2013 03:56:45 | More by joemcgrath27
Alberta (Canada)
3.71/5 rDev -1.1%
From a 650 ml brown bottle. Pours out a bright clear copper hue with a tall loose-bubbled frothy white head that displays sturdy retention. Thick rivulets of lacing in its wake.
Thick bready malt aroma, while the hops seem more complacent: grassy, spicy, citrusy and herbal all in mild amounts.
Milder bready malt up front in the flavour, while the hops ramp up shortly after with straight out neutral bitterness, finishing with spicy, herbal hops, along with notes of citrus rind that appear already into the aftertaste.
Medium-bodied mouthfeel on the lighter end of that designation, oily, slick and somewhat velvety at times within the texture, while the carbonation is brisk although a bit rounded around the edges.
Not quite a hop bomb as much as it is straight up bitter. I anticipated more layering or complexity within the flavour given the selection of hops used in combination (all of which deliver well on their own), however this reminds me more of the Blue Dragon IPA with Columbus hops than anything else, which also presented more bitterness than hop flavour in the end. I still enjoyed this (I've drank my fair share before deciding to hunker down and revue), however there doesn't seem to be much payback for the triple-hopped blend within the hop bill.
02-17-2013 10:11:45 | More by IronDjinn
Ontario (Canada)
4.14/5 rDev +10.4%
650 ml bottle brought back from Calgary
A golden honey colour with slightest cloudiness. An inch of pure white head and makes heavy lacing.
My first reaction was ... it smells like beer ... that old school beer tavern aroma. The citrus profile is high. Bitter grapefruit with a base of sweet maltiness.
The taste starts with the sweet malt then it the hops hit. It feels like hops are growing in my mouth. To my palette there are 3 distinct hop tastes. Herby. Grassy. And piney.
The mouthfeel is on the light side of medium.
An enjoyable double IPA. Lots of hops to enjoy with a dash of malt. Not an over-the-top double IPA but it is solid.
03-01-2013 00:16:20 | More by ssmack
Alberta (Canada)
2.56/5 rDev -31.7%
The New Dragon-- it has Simcoe, Cascade, and HBC 342 hops. I got it today in a 650mL Bottle and poured it into a pint glass.
Some context for this review: I am a hop lover and can easily drink several pints of a heavily hopped IPA before calling it a night.
A - Somewhere between gold and copper and totally transparent with no signs of cloudiness. Nice Thick pale yellow head with a sateen shine to it. Lots of bubbles - tiny at the bottom of the glass but bigger as they go up.
S - Citrus (I get grapefruit) and a sweet melon-y smell (This is likely from the HBC342 hops).
T - I'm not getting a lot of flavour from the hops, just bitter. It's disappointing because it smelled so good. It just tastes like there is a sweet malt note in the front (Maybe there is melon in there, but I'm not sure melon is such a vague flavour) that is quickly overshadowed by the bitterness of the beer. I don't get much of an aftertaste through the bitterness of the beer other than a slightly sweaty taste.
M - Despite all the bubbles it is not very refreshing. I find the right amount of carbonation in a DIPA can really balance the bitterness and the astringency that comes from the heavy hopped beers, but this one just leaves me wanting to drink a glass of cold water.
O - Not the best Dragon. The bitterness of this beer isn't so imbalanced the first few sips, but after a while it built to be a sweaty thirsty taste/feel in my mouth that wasn't so pleasant. I don't think I'd get this one again, but I will keep buying the dragon series until they run out of colours.
01-17-2013 06:29:20 | More by Bryn
Ontario (Canada)
4.05/5 rDev +8%
Props to joemcgrath27 for yet another stellar shipment. Super stoked to take this brew for a spin.
A - Pours a slightly hazy golden orange, finger of head with decent retention and some nice sheeting lacing.
S - Nose is dominated by grainy hops, hints of earthy cedar, touch of lemon and some citrus rind and caramel on the finish.
T - Much like the nose, the grainy hop notes, citrus and earthy cedar hops come through alongside a grassy hop finish, surprising bitterness and a buttered bread and toasted cracker finish.
M - Medium bodied, smooth and a touch of dryness.
O - A fantastic hop collaboration that brings forth a solid bitterness alongside a nice balance between citrus and earthy hop flavours. Loads of flavour and well worth picking up. Super glad I had the opportunity to try this brew, an easily sessioned DIPA indeed.
03-23-2013 05:16:29 | More by andrenaline
Alberta (Canada)
4/5 rDev +6.7%
05-20-2013 04:45:16 | More by Kmat10
Alberta (Canada)
3.51/5 rDev -6.4%
Appearance - Pours a copper/amber colour with a finger width of bubbly white head.
Smell - Caramalts, mango, leafy hops, citrus.
Taste - Leafy hops followed by sweet caramalts and tropical mango/citrus. Bitterness is at a moderate level.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall - Compared to the other bottles in the Dragon series, this one is a little disappointing. Hops are a bit subdued and I was expecting more in the aromas/flavours.
02-16-2013 03:19:31 | More by leaddog
Alberta (Canada)
3.69/5 rDev -1.6%
650ml bomber poured into tulip 28/1/13
A clear pale golden liquid with lots of tiny bubbles throughout, a tight thumbs width of foam hangs on long enough to leave 3 distinct rings of lace followed by some random patches
S melon and juicy fruit gum are strong, smells good but not what I think of in a DIPA, soft caramel with floral notes and perfume, some fruit cup and just a hint of booze
T some lime rind on top of what I smell, maybe just a little soap of all things but somehow it works, decent beer but missing a little something I look for in DIPA's
M leaning towards full, the pin prick bubbles work well, a sweet floral fruity notes on the finish and just a little slick on the gums
O I don't mind this beer but I struggle to think DIPA when I'm drinking it, the booze is fairly well hidden and it has an interesting hop profile
I doubt I'd buy another bottle but I have no regrets buying this one, just a strange version of the style with melon taking center stage
01-29-2013 03:49:28 | More by wordemupg
Alberta (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev 0%
01-21-2013 05:44:34 | More by shagal
Alberta (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +13.3%
01-23-2013 03:59:22 | More by jmdr
Alberta (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev 0%
03-06-2013 03:07:27 | More by mmbeer
Alberta (Canada)
3.3/5 rDev -12%
Poured from a 650 mL bottle into a Heinekin glass.
A-pours a very clear amber colour. Despite what looks like a lot of carbonation in the glass there is minimal head. What head there is does seem to stay structured on top of the glass and may even be augmented by the carbonation.
S-There isn't a ton of aroma in this beer. I get a sweet blast followed by a bit of bitter hops, but it seems to fade quickly. After the first whiff or two I couldn't seem to find even a trace of aroma.
T-Was preparing myself for something more bitter given its DIPA recipe, but this is a mellow beer. At the front I get a strong sweetness that could either be described as bubble gum or a very sweet melon fruit. Sweetness seems more derived from the hops than from the malts. The mouthful finishes with a moderate amount of bitterness, but certainly nothing remarkable.
M-very carbonated and slightly on the thin side. No astringency with a touch of warming.
O-an interesting, but perhaps slightly underwhelming beer. Bitterness and malts both could have been turned up here. That melon flavour could be something wonderful with a little more experimentation.
01-29-2013 03:08:49 | More by Muhly
Alberta (Canada)
3.81/5 rDev +1.6%
Bomber into a tulip.
A - Pours a relatively clean orange, with a bubbly off-white head. Good head retention and excellent lacing.
S - Sort of mild for a DIPA. Oranges, citric rind, grapefruit, mild caramel malt and some lighter barley popping through. Slight booze, and some alpha acids, giving it that slightly oily hop character.
T - A short introduction of semi-sweet caramel malt, light fruity hops and some grassy herbal notes, which quickly turns to a long lasting finish of metallic bitterness. Overall a little mild for a DIPA. A little watery even.
M - Mouthfeel is good overall, maybe a but warm/oily, but that seems to come with the style.
D - Overall, a bit of an underwhelming DIPA. Doesn't offer up much in either flavor or bitterness. This is my first brew out of AK's Dragon Series, and I don't think I'll be trying many more, unfortunately. Just too many other good brews out there.
04-06-2013 02:14:24 | More by Converge
Alberta (Canada)
4.11/5 rDev +9.6%
another great offering in the dragon series. i had high hopes for this one as it seems to be the penultimate release in the series. it pours very cleanly with an average amount of head. smell definitely has the hops coming through as well as citrus and other notes. is very palatable and smooth; doesnt have as much bite as you would think based on the smell that comes through. overall not a bad IIPA but wasnt the best in the series. is great seeing alberta breweries doing releases like the dragon series.. alley kat with the big bottle series and wildrose and big rock doing limited batch releases as well
01-19-2013 07:16:11 | More by schnarr84
Dragon Series Plaid Dragon Double IPA from Alley Kat Brewing Company
84 out of 100 based on 15 ratings.


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Fiskars and Duck Tape are teaming up to make the world smarter and more colorful together.
Add beautiful mood lighting at outdoor gatherings. Why not craft up a set to use this summer.
For my pages, I started by gluing down some thin strips of patterned papers onto my pages. The ProCision Rotary Bypass Trimmer cuts thin strips of patterned paper very nicely. I then added a white tag and some die cut vellum strips. I just wanted to add some different colors and textures to form the base of my page.
Next, I brought in pink and aqua colors by using watercolors. I used a mask and spray just on the bottom left corner to form a flower pattern. I then layered some cream paint on top of everything. For the cream paint, I used a very dry brush, added just a little paint to the tip of the brush and painted on the page. This will make sure that the colors beneath don't turn murky.
For the next layers, I used some of the new Maya Road fabric tapes. These tapes glue down nicely and the white ones can be painted over easily. I frilled them up a bit before I adhered them down. I also added a big wide pink ribbon, a butterfly and some more pops of colors.
Now here comes the fun part: the journaling. Writing down the story is the best part of this project. Use your handwriting or type your journaling - either way works! Add some doodling with the same pen to tie in the colors.
I finished off the page by adding some ribbons, stickers and scattered sequins.
Watercolor paints
Lace or trims
Patterned paper
Tacky glue
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