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This post is the last in a series of articles about PGF/TikZ and its new graph drawing features on which I am working as part of my graduate thesis.

In the previous two posts I gave an introduction to graph drawing, the graph syntax of TikZ and its Lua-based graph drawing engine that can be used to implement automatic graph drawing algorithms and use them to compute layouts for graphs that are to be rendered with TikZ.

For this post, my intention was to demonstrate the algorithms that I implemented as part of my thesis. These algorithms work well with many graphs, including grids, symmetric graphs, flow charts, flow networks and state machines or automata.

However, I decided to just point to the final version of my thesis here. It documents the algorithms extensively and gives many examples of how to use and tweak them. I think the thesis holds information much more useful to users and graph drawing researchers than what I'd be able to put in a regular blog post.

So, here is the official link:

http://www.tcs.uni-luebeck.de/downloads/papers/2011/2011-configurable-graph-drawing-algorithms-jannis-pohlmann.pdf

If you find mistakes, please keep them to yourself. It still has to be marked by the two reviewers, so I don't want to know what I did wrong yet. ;)
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This post is part of a series of articles about PGF/TikZ and its new graph drawing features on which I am working as part of my graduate thesis.

In the previous post I wrote about motivations for using computer tools to draw graphs. I described the problems with older and current versions of PGF/TikZ. The essence of that post was to show that the current PGF/TikZ syntax for graphs is too verbose and that manual node positioning is impractical. I concluded by explaining that a solution for this is in development.

In this post I will present some of the graph-related features of the upcoming version of PGF/TikZ. As mentioned in part 1, these are:

A new, drastically simplified graph syntax that is as powerful as the verbose old syntax.

A couple of basic node positioning (or: placement) strategies such as circular placement or grid placement.

The new graph drawing subsystem for automatic graph drawing algorithms based on the Lua scripting language.

As part of my graduate thesis I implemented a set of algorithms for force-directed and layered drawings of graphs. These work remarkably well with a lot of graphs that I collected from lecture notes, books and research papers. I will present these algorithms in a separate post, the third and last of this series.

The new, simplified graph syntax supported by TikZ

TikZ is the graphics language that comes bundled with PGF. In the upcoming version it includes a new syntax for specifying and drawing graphs. First, let us remember the old syntax though (copied from the previous post):

\usemodule[tikz] \starttext \starttikzpicture[every path/.style={>=latex},every node/.style={draw,circle}] \node (a) at (0,0) { A }; \node (b) at (2,0) { B }; \node (c) at (2,-2) { C }; \node[rectangle] (d) at (0,-2) { D }; \draw[->] (a) edge (b); \draw[->] (a) edge (c); \draw[->] (b) edge (c); \draw[<-] (c) edge (d); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext

Remember the problems: manual node positioning, verbose declaration of nodes and edges. Here's the result once again:

Now, let's take a look at the new syntax using the same example:

\usemodule[tikz] \usetikzlibrary[graphs] \starttext \startTEXpage \starttikzpicture \graph [no placement,nodes={draw,circle},edges={>=latex}] { A [at={(0,0)}] -> { B [at={(2,0)}] -> C [at={(2,-2)}], C -> D [at={(0,-2)},rectangle] } }; \stoptikzpicture \stopTEXpage \stoptext

The main differences compared to the old notation are:

The graph is declared with the \graph macro which executes all TikZ options in the /graphs scope, making the definition of options possible that are not visible to other elements in the TikZ environment (such as nodes={} instead of every node/.style={}).

Nodes no longer need to be declared with the \node macro. Instead, simply typing their value is often sufficient. Name names may contain spaces as well as special characters, so things like x_i -> x_j are possible too (in combination with the math nodes graph option these nodes would be typeset just like in a math environment). A third notation is name_text, where name is the internal name to be used when defining edges and text is a string that is displayd inside the node. Again, this text may include special characters and spaces e.g. for formulas.

The manual positioning with the at option is a bit more verbose but there are ways around this as you will learn soon.

Note that TikZ options can be passed to nodes as well as edges by using the [] syntax.

Nodes can be combined in chains (e.g. A -> B -> C) and groups (e.g. { A, B }). Groups are particularly interesting as edges entering or leaving a group are (often, not always) duplicated and re-routed to/from the individual nodes in the group. Also, groups can be assigned TikZ options as well, allowing all nodes or edges in the group to be altered at once (e.g. by changing the color of the nodes A and B to red with { [red] A, B }).

This new syntax has plenty of other features, some of which are still in development (e.g. yesterday we discussed a new syntax for edge labels). All of these features are explained along with helpful examples in about 50 extra pages in the updated manual that we will ship with the next release.

Basic node positioning strategies

In the above example, I chose to set no placement to avoid automatic node positioning. In the upcoming version, TikZ supports various placement strategies including:

Cartesian placement (from left to right, with nodes in the same group being placed at the same level),

circular placement (nodes are placed on a circle),

grid placement (nodes are placed in a N * M grid where the number of columns or rows can be configured by the user), and

no placement (for manual positioning)

Here is an example using circular placement and grid placement:

\usemodule[tikz] \usetikzlibrary[graphs] \starttext \startTEXpage \starttikzpicture \startscope \graph [circular placement,nodes={draw,circle}] { a, b, c, d, e, f, }; \stopscope \startscope[xshift=2cm,yshift=1cm] \graph [grid placement,n=6,nodes={draw}] { a, b, c, d, e, f, }; \stopscope \stoptikzpicture \stopTEXpage \stoptext

There are various options for these placement strategies. Together with a set of standard graphs (complete graphs, complete bipartite graphs, circles, grids etc.) that can be created using keywords such as subgraph K_n or subgraph Grid_n, these already cover a number of use cases.

The original problem, however, remains: how to find a good layout for arbitrary trees, state machines, automata, flow charts and graphs compiled from large sets of data? This is where the new graph drawing subsystem of PGF/TikZ comes into play.

The Lua-based graph drawing subsystem of PGF

Lua is a powerful, light-weight scripting language often used to extend complex software systems such as computer games. It combines elements of procedural, functional and object-oriented programming and is similar to other modern languages like Ruby or Python in that regard. The major differences are that it ships a rudimentary standard library only and that only a few basic data types are provided by default. All other complex data types need to be built on top of the table data type which is a mixture of an array and a hash table.

LuaTeX is an enhanced distribution of the TeX typesetting system that embeds Lua as a scripting and extension language. One of its features is that there is a TeX macro to execute Lua code directly from TeX: \directlua. This can be used to process TeX data with Lua scripts and pass data between these two layers (TeX and Lua).

Combining the power of LuaTeX with algorithms available for automatic graph positioning (or: graph drawing) might be a good idea. At least that's what Till —- author/maintainer of PGF/TikZ and supervisor of my undergraduate and graduate theses —- and a group of students thought before they went on to implement a graph drawing interface between TikZ, PGF and Lua. Later when I started my graduate thesis I picked this up and continued to improve and complete it.

Today, this graph drawing subsystem is closed to being stable. It offers TikZ options to select and configure the graph drawing algorithms available in the PGF repository as well as data structures and algorithms to help with implementing new drawing algorithms.

Implementing a new algorithm is as simple as creating a .lua file in the PGF tree and implementing a single function (although I am about to change this so that a class needs to be implemented rather than a function). After that, users can select your algorithm and if you create another file in the PGF tree, you can even specify graph, node and edge parameters for them to configure.

Creating a new algorithm

Again, in order to create a new graph drawing algorithm, all you need to do is create a .lua file in the PGF tree. The graph drawing subsystem resides in the generic/pgf/graphdrawing directory which is divided into two subdirectories called algorithms and core. The core directory contains all the internals and data structures while the algorithms directory holds all the graph drawing algorithms. The algorithms tree is further subdivided into directories for the different classes of algorithms, namely force (for force-based algorithms), layered (for layered drawing algorithms), trees (for graph drawing algorithms related to trees) and misc (for stuff we didn't know how to classify it).

To demonstrate the procedure of creating a new algorithm, we are going to create a new misc algorithm by creating a file

generic/pgf/graphdrawing/algorithms/misc/pgfgd-algorithm-simple-demo.lua

with the following content:

pgf.module("pgf.graphdrawing") --- A trivial node placing algorithm for demonstration purposes. -- -- All nodes are positioned on a circle with a user-defined radius. -- function drawGraphAlgorithm_simple_demo(graph) local radius = tonumber(graph:getOption("/graph drawing/simple demo/radius")) local nodeCount = table.count_pairs(graph.nodes) local alpha = (2 * math.pi) / nodeCount local i = 0 for node in table.value_iter(graph.nodes) do -- the interesting part... local node_radius = tonumber(node:getOption('/graph drawing/simple demo/node radius') or radius) node.pos:set{x = node_radius * math.cos(i * alpha)} node.pos:set{y = node_radius * math.sin(i * alpha)} i = i + 1 end end

Let us quickly walk through the code to get an understanding of the concepts involved:

The first line tells PGF to import the graph drawing Lua module. This makes all data structures and functions of the graph drawing available in the script.

The function drawGraphAlgorithm_simple_demo() is the entry point to our algorithm. In PGF/TikZ the algorithm will be known by a more readable name: simple demo. The Lua file and the function have to be named consistently to make this work.

The function takes a single argument called graph. This is an instance of the Graph class shipped with PGF/TikZ. It holds nodes and edges and provides a number of useful methods to manipulate them, iterate over them etc.

Our algorithm places nodes in a circle with a user-defined radius. Thus, in the first line of the algorithm, the /graph drawing/simple demo/radius option is retrieved from the graph object. This option is defined in a different file but we'll get to that later.

Once we have the radius, we can count the nodes, iterate over all of them and place them on the circle where they belong. Note that all values are assumed to be in points, so if the desired radius is 1cm, the value of radius would be something like 28.35.

Basically, everything a graph drawing algorithm is supposed to do is take a graph and set the positions of all nodes to something that makes sense. (This is not entirely correct. Some algorithms may also want to bend edges so that they don't cross nodes etc. but this is not covered here.)

Defining algorithm parameters for graphs, nodes and edges

I promised to talk about how to define and pass parameters which will lead us to the final syntax for using the algorithm in TikZ. Each class of algorithms (force, layered, misc etc.) forms a so-called TikZ library (graphdrawing.force, graphdrawing.layered, graphdrawing.misc etc.). This way people are not forced to load everything. Instead, they can choose what to include and what not to include in their TeX document. For misc algorithms, this library is defined in the following file:

generic/pgf/graphdrawing/algorithms/misc/pgflibrarygraphdrawing.misc.code.tex

This is where graph, node and edge parameters are defined. For our simple algorithm this would look as follows:

\pgfgddeclarealgorithmkey{simple demo}{simple demo}{algorithm=simple demo} \pgfgdset{ simple demo/.cd, radius/.graph parameter=evaluate math expression, radius/.parameter initial=4cm, node radius/.node parameter=evaluate math expression }

The above lines define:

A graph drawing algorithm called simple demo. The first argument for \pgfgddeclarealgorithmkey is the name of the algorithm in PGF/TikZ. The second argument is the algorithm family. Sometimes different algorithms take the same parameters and this way the parameters can be defined once and be re-used in all of these algorithms. We do not need this in our simple case and so the family key is set to the algorithm name. The third and last parameter can be used to execute any kind of code allowed in PGF keys. We want to set the graph drawing algorithm to simple demo, which will make PGF/TikZ load our Lua file. We could also set default values for parameters here.

Inside the \pgfgdset call we first switch into the algorithm family. Then, we define two parameters: one to be passed to the \graph macro and the other to be passed to nodes using the [] option syntax. Both parameters may be complex mathematical expressions (with optional units). By using evaluate math expression, we leave it to PGF/TikZ to resolve the expression and convert it into points. The general rule to follow here is to leave all parsing to PGF/TikZ and pass values down to the algorithm that are ready to be used in Lua. The radius parameter has a default value set to 4cm which is automatically passed to the algorithm unless the user defines a custom value in the description of the graph.

This is it. There are other ways to define algorithms, families of algorithms and algorithm parameters and those will be covered in detail in the updated PGF manual. In order to understand the basic idea of the graph drawing subsystem, the above information should be sufficient.

Using the new algorithm

Having written a simple graph drawing algorithm the next, obvious question is: how to use it? An brief explanation follows, again using a basic example:

\usemodule[tikz] \usetikzlibrary[graphs,graphdrawing,graphdrawing.misc] \starttext \startTEXpage \starttikzpicture \graph [simple demo={radius=1cm},nodes={draw,circle}] { a -> b -> c -> d [simple demo={node radius=2cm}] -> e -> a }; \stoptikzpicture \stopTEXpage \stoptext

Again, we have to load the graphs library for the graph syntax. We also need to load the graphdrawing library which will pull in graph drawing subsystem. Finally, we need to load graphdrawing.misc to have access to the simple demo algorithm and its parameters.

We select the algorithm by typing \graphs [simple demo]. The part where the radius is set to 1cm can be omitted if the default value proves to be fine. The node d is altered to have a different radius by setting the corresponding node parameter to 2cm. Here is the result:

And that's it.

Conclusion

With this graph drawing framwork in place we have plenty of opportunities to implement various kinds of graph drawing algorithms and experiment with new ideas. Creating an algorithm and making it available in TikZ is easy once you get used to it, making PGF/TikZ one of the most flexible and developer-friendly graph drawing systems out there.

In the next post

In my next article I will demonstrate the algorithms that were implemented as part of my graduate thesis. These algorithms are comparable with those shipped with Graphviz and Mathematica and are useful for many graphs and work well with grids, symmetric graphs, flow charts, flow networks and state machines/automata. Stay tuned!
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This post is part of a series of articles about PGF/TikZ and its new graph drawing features on which I am working as part of my graduate thesis.

In this post you will learn about the motivation for using computer-aided tools to draw graphs as well as the graph drawing features and problems of PGF/TikZ in the version currently available. At the very bottom of the article I will introduce to you the graph drawing features that we have worked on over the past months. They will be covered in more detail in my next post.

Motivation based on my life as a student

When I started as a computer science student, I first had to learn about all the tools that exist out there in order to help with writing down one's homework. In particular, everyone was looking for an easy way to combine text, math formulas and code for our programming assignments. The answer to all this will be obvious for most of you: LaTeX. Or, as I found out later, its main alternative ConTeXt which I prefer to use nowadays.

LaTeX and ConTeXt make embedding math formulas and code into text documents a bliss, at least compared to other solutions on the market such as the math editor of LibreOffice. The output format is PDF (although other formats are possible) and the resulting documents are rendered and typeset in exceptionally high quality. Sure, you can write homework down on paper yourself. Not everyone fancies professionally-looking, printed documents as they often take more time to create if you are not familiar with the tools. But in our case, having invested a lot of time into preparing our homework was followed by the desire to produce visually appealing documents.

A special problem my fellow students and I were often confronted with was drawing graphs. Typically, we were dealing with binary or arbitrary trees, directed or undirected graphs, flow networks, state machines or automata in general. There are many image editors and vector graphic applications out there, but which one to pick for these kinds of tasks? In the beginning, I remember, we simply left empty spots in the PDFs and filled them with hand-drawn graphs later. This was ok for small graphs but manually arranging the various elements (nodes, edges, labels attached to them etc.) soon became tiring and painful, in particular with larger graphs. Just think about drawing a Huffman code tree for a small alphabet, which was one of our earlier assignments. (Although trees are harmless as it's relatively easy to predict how they grow.)

Graphviz and the problem with specialized graphics tools

Anyway, you can imagine how happy we were when, finally, we found out about Graphviz. It provides two things mainly: a relatively simple and succinct syntax for specifying the structure of graphs (again: nodes, edges, labels and other information) as well as a set of command line tools to convert this syntax into image files (I mostly used PNG). Graphviz supports directed graphs as well as undirected graphs and provides a handful of different tools/algorithms for drawing them. Here is an example of a simple directed graph drawing with the dot command:

Now, this is quite cool. Even better, the code needed to achieve this layout is just a few lines:

digraph mygraph { 1 -> 2; 2 -> 3; 3 -> 4; 4 -> 2; 5 -> 6; 6 -> 3; 6 -> 7; 6 -> 8; 1 -> 8; 1 -> 5; }

The major disadvantages of Graphviz (at least from my perspective) are:

Rather than being a general purpose graphics toolkit, Graphviz only supports drawing graphs. There are many kinds of graphics people need to create while working on homework, theses, research papers or books. As you can imagine it's hardly desirable to learn a different syntax or tool for each of these types of graphics.

Graphviz only ships external tools and is not integrated into the typesetting systems many people are used to (like TeX). Thus, whenever you change your document's font, you also need to update and regenerate all the graph drawings created by Graphviz. This might be solvable by generating PostScript files to be included in TeX documents though, I am not sure.

Which leads us back to the topic.

PGF/TikZ — A graphics package integrated into the TeX typesetting system

For TeX-based typesetting systems like LaTeX or ConTeXt there are a number of full-fledged graphics packages that come bundled with their own syntax for creating complex graphics of every kind. Their main advantage is the tight integration with the typesetting system, allowing graphics to be embedded in TeX documents in order to adopt the font and metric properties of the document itself.

One of the most versatile of these graphics packages is PGF (for the lack of a proper official website I am linking to texample.net here) which comes bundled with the TikZ graphics description language. With a bit of exercise and patience, PGF and TikZ can be used for almost anything. PGF has a manual comprising 800 pages of dense information about all its features and options as well as the internals (the latter being useful for developers mostly). In PGF/TikZ, there is a solution to (almost) everything.

Graph drawing in PGF/TikZ and the problems with the current features

Many graphic objects in PGF/TikZ are represented as nodes and the visual connections between them are remarkably similar to edges as we know them from graphs. It thus comes as no surprise that TikZ can be used to describe and draw graphs. Here is a simple example:

The ConTeXt code (based on the syntax available in the current PGF stable release) for this is more verbose:

\usemodule[tikz] \starttext \starttikzpicture[every path/.style={>=latex},every node/.style={draw,circle}] \node (a) at (0,0) { A }; \node (b) at (2,0) { B }; \node (c) at (2,-2) { C }; \node[rectangle] (d) at (0,-2) { D }; \draw[->] (a) edge (b); \draw[->] (a) edge (c); \draw[->] (b) edge (c); \draw[<-] (c) edge (d); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext

The syntax presented here is a lot more verbose than the compact syntax offered by Graphviz. In particular, nodes have to be defined with the \node macro and edges are defined using the \draw instruction. Obviously, with a syntax like this graph drawings are harder to create and understand at the same time. Again, for small graphs the syntactic overhead might be acceptable. On the other hand creating drawings of large graphs this way becomes a tiring process.

More important and critical than the syntax issues, however, is the fact that, in version available publically, PGF/TikZ does not arrange nodes automatically. As you can see in the above example, all nodes are positioned manually (e.g. node (b) at coordinate (2,0)). People are unlikely to have the perfect layout in mind before seeing a visual representation of the graph the first time, so typically, manual positioning requires step by step improvements or paper sketches to find a visually appealing graph layout. This clearly defeats the purpose of using computer tools.

Note that for trees there is a different syntax. The following example shows a tree drawn with TikZ:

One way to write this down would be with the verbose syntax and manual positioning as described above. A more comfortable notation supported by the current stable version of PGF/TikZ is this:

\usemodule[tikz] \starttext \startTEXpage \starttikzpicture[every node/.style={draw,circle}] \node { a } child { node [fill=black!20] { b } child [->,>=latex] { node [red] { c } } child [<-,label=x] { node [blue] { d } } } child { node[rectangle] { e } }; \stoptikzpicture \stopTEXpage \stoptext

There is quite a lot you can do with this syntax without blowing the code up too much. The main problem of this node/child approach though is that the built-in tree growth function is somewhat inflexible. And of course it does not solve the problems with general graphs.

Luckily, there is a solution coming up.

Major graph drawing improvements in the upcoming release of PGF/TikZ

Over the past twelve months, there has been a lot of activity around graph drawing in the PGF repository. Let me briefly list some of the major new features available in the development tree, all of which will be part of the next release of PGF/TikZ:

TikZ now supports a new and drastically simplified syntax for defining graphs. This syntax is inspired by the Graphviz format but is more flexible as it allows nodes and edges of a graph to be combined with elements of other features of the graphics system.

A couple of simple node placement strategies have been added such as circular placement (placing all nodes of a graph in a circle) or grid placement (placing nodes in a N*M grid).

As part of a student project and my graduate thesis, PGF has been extended by a graph drawing subsystem that allows automatic graph layout algorithms to be implemented in the Lua programming language. This is as simple as dropping a Lua script in the PGF tree that implements a single function. PGF provides a number of very useful object-oriented data structures for working with graphs.

A number of standard algorithms have been implemented (some are work in progress) to cover the most common scenarios. This was the main subject of my graduate thesis. After initial research I decided to implement three force-based algorithms (for distributing nodes evenly on the plane and highlighting graph features such as symmetry) as well as a modular algorithm for layered drawings of directed graphs. These algorithms are very similar to those available in Graphviz and Mathematica. The results so far look great!

These awesome new features will be covered in detail in the next post. They greatly improve the usefulness of PGF/TikZ for drawing all kinds of graphs and hopefully will make many people's life easier. Also, the Lua-based graph drawing subsystem provides a great framework for graph drawing researchers to experiment with new ideas. So keep your eyes open for the next post!
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2.05/5 rDev -30.3%
Ooooh, a retired Belgian! How shiny, you can even taste the rarity! Sadly, this was not the case. 2005 on the cork, and the only number I can make out on the cage is 2007. Cork came off with a nice enough pop. 375ml bottle.
A - Apple juice body, a tiny white head that disappears really quick. Carbonation is minimal. Little bit of sediment. Its not yeast, just some floating bits of brown substance which I can only imagine is cork.
S - Is putrid the right word? I guess not. Its certainly unpleasant though. Like stale spicy bread with some strong offensive odors towards the end. Just a hint of rotten peaches.
T - Bread and some light peach flavor that's followed up by some spice and off flavors. I can't finish the bottle due to the flavor, but it is a bit better than the aroma.
O - This beer did not age well. I know it didn't have the most humble of beginnings (artificial sweeteners and spice?) but I have had success with some other aged liefmans beers. The kriekbier and frambozenbier actually held up quite well to 5 years. I'm afraid the de Boomgaard line falls short. I would avoid any and all bottles of this since they are now ALL past their prime...if it ever did have a prime.
07-19-2011 00:25:53 | More by davey101
3.08/5 rDev +4.8%
I found some notes from Turkey Day of '06.
Looks like a banana yellow and peach that's a little foggy wtih a creamy frothy white head with a nice stream of carbonation coming up from the bottom.
Smells of aluminum, white flour and corn syrup.
Tastes like the same AL sting witha syrupy peach juice from a can. The white flour comes back too with a lfew walnuts in the finish.
Feels a bit heavy and syrupy with a prominent and tingly carbonation.
When it wasn't tasting bad, it tasted like candy.
04-24-2008 01:48:04 | More by DarkerTheBetter
3.65/5 rDev +24.1%
The color is a cloudy golden peach, minimal head, no lacing. The smell is sharp and sour. Surprisingly, the taste is dramatically different from the smell. It's very sweet. The taste is mellow, very static. This gives it a very balanced feel from start to finish but doesn't give it much excitement -- nothing to look forward to from the next sip. There is a smooth apple/peach flavor throughout the entire swallow. Aftertaste is also very sweet -- like nectar. It's way too sweet to take the next sip right away -- you must space it out and drink it slowly. If you drink it too fast it's distasteful. Drunk slowly, it can have a pleasing taste on the palate.
02-09-2008 16:58:59 | More by BlueHammer
2.88/5 rDev -2%
"Movin' to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches"
--Presidents Of The United States Of America
I wish I could say De Boomgaard Peche is peach colored, but it's more of a bold amber... like tens of thousands of other beers on the planet. The regal white cap is heavily creamy and should be around for quite a while. It's still too early to see any lace and I'm already thinking this might be one of the highest quality heads that I've ever seen on a fruit beer.
The nose is a few peaches short of a bushel. How is it possible to brew a beer with peach juice and not have it smell much like peaches? Repeated sniffs bring out a musky fruitiness that I could probably identify as peaches if given at least two guesses. Minor spice notes help a little.
Peche has to be the least fruity fruit beer on record. I thought the nose was just an anomaly, but I was wrong; the flavor is even more deficient. Everything else is present and accounted for... the almost cloying sweetness, the full mouthfeel... there just isn't enough peachiness to go around.
The spices (I won't even guess) are still in the background; no surprise when there's nothing in the foreground. Although warming helps a little bit, average is still not attained. It should be noted that my standards for average when it comes to fruit beer are laughably low. Peche doesn't even warrant a chuckle.
Like most beer with this much added sugar, the mouthfeel is to my liking. It isn't as full as the mouthfeels on most such offerings, but then it isn't as overly sweet either. A few more bubbles might improve things.
De Boomgaard (which means 'The Orchard') Peche isn't offensive beer in the least, it just doesn't have enough fruit flavor. I shouldn't even have to ask the question, but what's a fruit beer without fruitiness? I certainly hope the rest of the De Boomgard beers have more going for them than this one.
02-01-2007 21:32:00 | More by BuckeyeNation
3.05/5 rDev +3.7%
Pours a nice clear golden color with a nice amount of carbonation to keep a nice thick white head going. The smell was nice. Very much peach. Nothing else really very sweet smelling. The taste is much as the smell. Sweet. Too sweet for me, very peachy. I couldnt tell any other flavors present besides the fruity flavors.
10-01-2006 04:19:21 | More by HochFliegen
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3.2/5 rDev +8.8%
The beer poured into the chalice clear golden amber with a white and frothy head which fell slolwy to the edges of the surface and laced the glass.
The aroma was lightly spicy with an earthy and lightly peppery mix coupled with a fairly strong apricot fruit presence and some diacetyl buttery character.
The flavor was fairly strong peach, like opening some canned peaches and drinking the liquid from the can. The flavor was strong and sweet, almost to the point of being cloying. Luckily the flavor died off with a light bit of tartness in the flavor so that it did not overpower the entire experience with the brew. A very light spice was present but was overshadowed by the forced peach flavorings.
The finish was even and long into the aftertaste the peach flavor eventually turned dry. The body was just below medium with a fairly high carbonation level. Not one to seek out, definitely a bit too sweet.
12.7 ounce corked and bailed bottle. 2005 on cork, Sept 2007 on top of bail. The label says brewed with spices and peach juice.
08-27-2006 21:29:07 | More by GCBrewingCo
1.93/5 rDev -34.4%
Presentation: 375ml (12.7 fl.oz.) green glass flask dimpled based bottle sealed with a thumbed cork, cage and steel cap. Cork is dated 2.005 whilst the yellow steel cap seems to have a sate of Sept 2007 on it, surely a Best Before Date?! Listed on the main label as de Boomgaard Peche a Belgian beer brewed with spices and peach juice. Listed at 4.1% Alc. By Vol.
Appearance: Hazed pale orange body with some golden marmalade thrown in for good measure. Big head on the initial pour, but it soon runs away and drops down to a thin broken scattered junk yard of froth. Streamers add some excitement to the boredom.
Nose: Half-assed old peaches left over from earlier in the week on the Friday market stall. Damp straw stained by dark yellow Bull urine fights with the fuzzy peach skins and sweetness. Sickly fluffy nose to a degree.
Taste: Thin start with a sickly peach middle. Incredibly one-dimensional, flaccid, debilitating and lifeless. If this was radioactive it would have a Half-Life of 1.2 seconds. Very forgetful .and erm, Im sorry what was I saying ..
Mouthfeel: Thin, diluted, and like sucking on a silver plated knife that has some broken plating. Carbonation is fine but the overall montage is something terrible. Hard to get to grips with.
Drinkability: I was at least expecting an overtly sweet Peche, which I could have handled, even if I did not enjoy it!! But this ..heck, it has a terribly wanting watery feel and the Peche-ness is woefully inadequate. The metallic plated lingering finish is disgusting.
Overall: Terrible stuff, thin and insipid at times, allegedly made with spices but I never got any in the nose or taste. This is unbalanced, piss-thin and too sweet - at least when you can get over the watery body and break away from the metallic finish.
Urgh!! No sign of James or any Giant Peach here.
08-27-2006 02:56:16 | More by TheLongBeachBum
3.08/5 rDev +4.8%
Poured into a tulip it forms a decent ivory white head, mostly made up of fizz at it fades to a ring around the edge. Hey what do you know...its peach colored.
Smells fruity, although more subdued than I had anticipated. Ripe peachy taste, leaning heavily to the sweet side of things. Almost tastes blended at times, like a tropical mix. Gets crisp in the middle with a hit of carbonation but doesn't finish very clean as the lingering sweetness tends to stick around for a little bit. The finish is not annoying at all as the fruit profile is rather tasty.
Notes: Its decent for what it is trying to be. Sweet but far from candied, Peachy but not over the top. I bit like fruit juice when all is said and done. Pretty easy drinking and a nice way to start the night.
06-03-2006 00:09:29 | More by DogFood11
3.53/5 rDev +20.1%
03/30/06- Purchased at Bevmo in San Mateo, CA.
Presentation- 375ml bottle, caged and corked. Poured into my Duvel tulip. Year 2005 imprinted on the cork.
Appearance- Apricot and golden pour. About a 3/4 inch pillowy head. Light streams of carbonation rush up to the top. About your average lacing.
Smell- Super sugary candied peach scent. Kinda like the juice at the bottom of a can of peaches with a bucket of sugar dumped in. An alcoholic whiff as well.
Taste- About the same as the scent. Doesn't really taste like freshly harvested peaches like other quality lambic's do. For of a canned peach with infused sugar taste. Definite alcohol flavor as well.
Mouthfeel- Well carbonated with a sugar coating in the mouth.
Drinkability- To much sugar going on here. Almost like they are trying to mask a flavor or something. Not bad, but there are many better. If you want a nice peach...go Lindemanns.
03-30-2006 20:29:09 | More by GClarkage
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"When she (Gotta Have Her) stumbled coming out of the gate," said Baze, "I just had to sit there, let her tell me what she wanted to do and point her in the right direction. Jenine said don't move until you get back on the grass, so I waited until we crossed (the main track). When we hit the grass again, I hit her a few times, and she just flew home. I have all the confidence in this mare. She's just unbelievable to ride."
Gotta Have Her, fourth choice in the field of eight, paid $13.40, $6 and $3.20. Reba Is Tops, who turned in a game effort at 16-1, returned $10 and $4.20. Tuscan Evening paid $2.10 to show.
"She ran the same race she has been running," Gomez said of his mount afterward. "The last couple of races, she's been able to kind of scoot clear of some of them, coming down the hill a little more comfortable. Today, she had one on her hip the whole way (Reba Is Tops), kind of pushing her along. When I came across the dirt, she went with the other horse, but the other mare just quickened a little more than she could."
The setback cost Gomez any chance of equaling the Santa Anita stakes record of 19 in a single season that was set by Laffit Pincay Jr. in 1982-83 and tied by Corey Nakatani in 1996-97. The Eclipse Award winner the last two years moved his base to Keeneland earlier this month and does not plan to ride again at the Santa Anita meet that closes on April 19.
With her victory in the 35th running of the Las Cienegas, Gotta Have Her earned $60,000 to lift her career figure to $396,023 from a 6-4-2 record in 18 lifetime starts. "I'm not sure where she'll go next," said Sahadi. "I'm savoring this moment."
Following dark days on Monday and Tuesday, Santa Anita's final five days of racing will commence on Wednesday with an eight-race program that starts at 1 p.m.


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SB Nation Atlanta suggests Peterson's likely getting a short-term deal.
Stephen Nicholas agreed to a five-year deal the day before, so anything more than a year or two for Peterson would be kind of surprising. In Curtis Lofton, Sean Weatherspoon, Nicholas and perhaps Akeem Dent and others, the team has a number of skilled young linebackers. Not to mention important secondary and offensive line players to re-sign.
There's nothing wrong with keeping a few guys on a team as good as the Falcons were last year.
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90 South St
Morristown, NJ 07960
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Dining Style:
Casual Dining
(973) 984-7700
Hours of Operation:
Lunch & Dinner:
Monday - Thursday: 11:30am - 9:30pm
Friday & Saturday: 11:30am - 10:30pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 8:30pm
Payment Options:
AMEX, Carte Blanche, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, Visa
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Smart Casual
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BYO Liquor, Gluten-free Menu, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access
Please review our catering menu on our website. We now also have Gluten Free pasta options that can be substituted in any of our pasta dishes!
Our patio is open whenever weather permits. Its " first come first serve on the patio " and we only reserve inside the restaurant.
Getting there
Cross Street:
Pine St.
Public Transit:
Morristown train station is one block down from the restaurant off Pine St.
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There is plenty of metered parking throughout Morristown and there is a large public lot on the other side of the theatre.
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Casual Italian dinning at its best and conveniently located directly adjacent to Morristown's Performing Arts Center (MPAC).
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I've seen this place full so often
I finally gave it a try. It was not a good experience. I waited 10 minutes to be waited on, even though I was one one of three groups in the restaurant. They play loud and awful music. The food was tasteless, lamb with pasta. There must be an appeal to many, judging from its popularity. But this not a place for people serious about food and ambience."
Dined on 8/24/2014
Beautiful night in Morristown. We
sat outside. I went inside first to announce we were here via Opentable. Waiter very attentive but a bit sweaty…working hard I presume. You can skip the stuffed pepper(1) app. There was only 1, it was not hot and it was not that interesting or tasty. It WAS $13. Did I say 1 red bell pepper. My wife had some forgettable, possibly warm pasta and shrimp. Yeh! I had French cut chicken which was ok. Not hot but warm enough to not complain. Bottom line we should have had the pizza. I had to ask 2 people to get my Opentable points. Honestly the best part was sitting outside in setting sun drinking the beers we brought. Everyone was very nice but I went for a good meal. No reason for us to go back."
Dined on 7/25/2014
We went there with another couple
for dinner before a show at the Morristown Performing Arts center and needed something in walking distance. This is my second time there and I loved the ambience and the hustle and bustle of the place. The food was consistently great at this place and we ordered salads and they were large and the sea bass special was perfect portion and fantastic. The server was excellent and she has served us both times we have been there and she was excellent. Will definitely go back."
Dined on 7/22/2014
The Hostess was rude an
incompetent. When we asked if we could sit at an open table in the front because the back is pretty noisy and cramped, she told us it was for customers with a reservation. When we showed her in the book that we had a reservation she acknowleged it, but when we asked again about the table, she said it was for customers with a reservation, bizzare! She gave us a table in the back and left the menu folders, but unfortumnately there were no menus inside. The waiter appologized and he was great and the food was very good. We go there at least once a month and this was not typical service. The table we asked about was still empty when we were leaving."
Dined on 7/1/2014
Food was very good but service was
terrible. Very noisy and loud."
Dined on 7/1/2014
We were having a birthday dinner
for my daughter,which was ruined. We left after almost 2 hours, because we were never served our dinner."
Dined on 6/29/2014
Perfect spot if you're going to
the theater as it is right next door. Sat outside on a nice night. Food was good. No complaints. I had the Chicken Balsamico and liked it. Service also good for a busy night. BYOB. And a public parking lot right next door."
Dined on 6/10/2014
we were not happy with the table
we were seated at. I would NOT sit there again. We were constantly getting hit by the servers walking by as were were in front of the brick oven. The noise level was extremely loud and made it very difficult to talk. I would not reserve a table there again unless I knew we would be in the back away from the front area. This was our 2nd time here and for some reason we were in the same section both times, but the first time we were a table in from there. "
Dined on 6/3/2014
I've been to Brick Oven a couple
of times both with large and small groups. Oddly the experience with a large group was 100 times better than with a small one. The food was great the first time and the server was attentive but most recently I went and it took an hour for salad. We were convinced our server forgot to put in our order completely because other people around us came and left. There were screaming kids running around playing and the group seemed to be friends with the manager so nothing was said. Was very disappointed and debate going back. Food is good though, but some things weren't the same the last time I went- just not sure if its worth it if the dining experience isn't consistent."
Dined on 5/18/2014
The Brick Oven is located next to
the Community Theater in Morristown. Had dinner before show the meal was excellent. I think a pre fix dinner would be nice for show goers."
Dined on 5/16/2014
We got reservations for 5 Mother's
Day evening. I thought we'd have to dine indoors because they don't take reservations for outdoor tables. We were lucky and got an outdoor table (the weather was great that day). Calamari was great. Beet salad with goat cheese was also very good. Everyone had a good meal. The only, less then great, dish was my salmon. I thought it was grilled or seared, it seemed to have a coating on it and was greasy. I would have preferred a "healthier" grilled salmon but I may not have read the item well and missed something. We will definitely go back and recommend the restaurant. We also want to try their sister restaurant next door, Havana Koi. "
Dined on 5/11/2014
Known for having "Brick-Oven"
Pizza, but the pizza fell flat. It was too dry and the "Margarita pizza" is not traditional style. Service was good and we were seated right away, even though we were 30 min early for our reservation."
Dined on 5/11/2014
We went with the family to Brick
Oven for Mother's Day lunch. Since it was a beautiful day we took advantage of the outdoor seating. There is not a view (it's right on South St) but lovely for sitting out, enjoying a glass of wine (BYO) and people watching. The service was a bit slow, but to be fair it was very busy, and some of our group was late. The servers were pleasant and tried hard. The owner greeted us personally with a flower for the Mom- very friendly and nice touch! The food is always good, pretty basic Italian reasonably priced. This was not our first visit to this restaurant,handy before attending a performance at the Mayo Center next door- serve a very good meal and get us out in time. Overall, a tasty and reliable restaurant!"
Dined on 5/11/2014
I joined friends here after work.
Morristown was buzzing and had nice weather. I received prompt service and the staff was friendly and attentive. Parking was a challenge. We ordered calamari and broccoli rabe with sausage.We then had a margarita pizza, Shrimp Alfredo which was not on the menu but accommodated,eggplant dish and a bolognese pasta. Everything was great except the pizza, to my surprise. I was expecting a real "brick oven" pie. It was nothing more then what seemed to be a pita like dough with a lot of white cheese ,two slivers of basil and diced tomatoes thrown on top. I was expecting more of a Brooklyn or Naples type margarita pie.Not even close . I will not go back for pizza but will go back for Broccoli Rabe."
Dined on 5/1/2014
We had a spectacular meal at the
Brick Oven before an awesome show @ MPAC."
Dined on 4/29/2014
This was our second visit to the
brick oven of Morristown prior to a show at the Mayo center. We had 6 o'clock reservations and were seated promptly. The restaurant, which is fairly small, was crowded but our service was good as was the food. I had a mushroom soup with sausage which was quite tasty and my wife had a large salad for her appetizer. My wife enjoyed her main course which was a variety of seafood and garlic over linguine, while my chicken breast and a port wine reduction sauce over garlic mashed potatoes and with peppers and vegetables was excellent. I asked them to add hot peppers to the dish which they did. . Service is good however at times you have to call for a busboy if you need something when it is as busy as it was. "
Dined on 4/26/2014
We were attending an event at the
Mayo Theatre so the restaurant location was perfect. WE liked the ambiance and the pizza was great. Coming from a family that has been in the restaurant business, we did not think the service was great. I had to ask 3 times for my water glass to be filled and we had an empty bread basket that the waitress never refilled or asked to refill. It took a long time to place our order and the food was not very hot. With all that said though we did have a good time and would definitely come back. It was a busy night there and we assume that could have been the issue."
Dined on 4/23/2014
Disappointingly average and
overpriced. The food was good, but too expensive for what it was. The bread was horrible; dry, flavorless, and uninspired. The place was empty and the waitress spent more time talking to the hostess than waiting on our table. Just an, at best, average place. First and last visit. "
Dined on 4/22/2014
Not as good as usual. The meal
that I ordered was different than the description of it on the menu, and it was not served on time. I had to track down the waitress to find out where our food was. She was not very attentive. So in conclusion the service was awful and so was the meal."
Dined on 4/19/2014
We have eaten here before only
when going to the Mayo Theatre which is right next store.Sadly there seems to have been a decrease in food quality and sevice. The service was chaotic and the food was mediocre. I had an beet salad with feta chese for over 11.00 dollars that had no dressing. No server ever came back to check or bring fresh pepper. I had gnocchi, which was served in a thick white sauce, seemed like wall paper paste?Again no server follow-up. The only thing good was the dessert Tiramisu.The staff was actually running but people around us waited for their food forever. Save your money this is not a fine dining restaurant, which are the prices they charge. Next time we have tickets to Mayo we will eat else where. "
Dined on 4/19/2014
We took our daughter to the
theater for a play and decided to have dinner after the show. The location was great (next door to the theater), delicious food and great atmosphere! Good choice for families w/ kids - would definitely recommend!"
Dined on 4/18/2014
Main plus was being right next to
concert venue. Food was pretty good. Crowded seating. Pretty noisy."
Dined on 4/16/2014
We were squeezed at a table for
two. Both of our chairs were backed against the tables behind us. The wait staff had to squeeze behind my moms chair and she kept getting hit from behind. We never got our bread until we asked for it after 15 minutes. We never received our bread plates at all (used the cup saucers instead) The appetizer was put down and again we had to ask for plates. The food was good, our waitress was pleasant. Just wished we weren't so squeezed in."
Dined on 4/12/2014
Brick Oven is no longer my
favorite go to after subpar food and service twice in a row. Our recent visit the food was way below standard. Angel hair pasta with seafood had small shrimp and scallops which were overcooked. The sauce was gritty from the sand in the clams. Fried calamari arrived with random zucchini fries mixed in. Leftovers from the fryer I would guess. My two children, who ordered spaghetti and meatballs were served adult entrée spaghetti with a side of meatballs, and priced accordingly. My husband ordered salmon which arrived raw in the middle and overdone on the ends. It was ice cold. Service was friendly but extremely slow."
Dined on 4/11/2014
I went to dinner with 2friends
before a show. Nice place to relax and eat. A bit loud but friendly staff and nice Loki."
Dined on 4/11/2014
The bread they served was steal
and the pasta dish I ordered was in need of some seasoning. I woredered pasta with eggplant and in was a bowl with pasta topped with eggplant. aweful..."
Dined on 4/10/2014
My husband and I had not eaten
here in a year or so. We were really looking forward to going back. But unfortunately, it was atrue disappointment. The restaurant crammed so many people in on this Saturday night that people were practically sitting on top of one another. Plus the food was just so so. We might be back for only pizza in the future."
Dined on 4/5/2014
We were going to see Jay Leno last
Friday and took a chance on the restaurant, which is next door to the theater. We were late due to rain and a poor navigation system routing and they held reservation willingly even though the restaurant was packed. When we arrived Jen took us under her wing, got us seated and ordered the wine of our choice from a store nearby that delivers to the restaurant, as we did not know they were BYOB. The food was great, but the staff went way above and beyond. We travel and dine out quite a bit and I can assure you this was one of the best dining experiences we have had in years. We would come back often if this restaurant was in our neighborhood and not a two hour drive."
Dined on 4/4/2014
Overheard that the waitress was
new; couldn't tell by us, she was very competent."
Dined on 3/28/2014
There is a loud din that overcomes
you at first, but once you settle into your seat, you realize that the energy is intoxicating and welcome."
Dined on 3/22/2014
As noted the food was excellent
and the staff was quite professional. Additionally, since we had concert tickets for the night to the Mayo performing arts center next door they took 10% for our bill. It all made for an unforgetable evening."
Dined on 3/22/2014
I eat often at this restaruant
because I attend performances next door at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. I have never had a bad meal. The food is good, fresh and interesting. My oly complaint is that I ALWAYS ask for a window seat and hve NEVER received one. I am always seated near the food prep area, although this is not necessarily a bad thing. It is interesting to watch the chefs prepare the meals."
Dined on 3/19/2014
My son and I went there right
after a show at the theater and it was perfect. Family friendly, good service and very reasonable prices. I would return"
Dined on 3/8/2014
The food is fresh, delicious and
satisfying and the kitchen really hustles. Great spot to get your pre-theater dinner as it is right next to the Mayo Arts Center. NOTE: They are BYOB and if you are going to a show leave plenty of time for closing out your bill as there will be many other people doing the same thing."
Dined on 2/27/2014
I wish this restaurant was closer
to where I live but I was here with my mom for a concert at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. The town of Morristown was so cute - wish we had more time to walk around. The food and service at Brick Oven of Morristown was amazing. Our waitress Giselle was outstanding! We were running late and so we only had about 40 minutes to eat before our show so they got us in and out quickly but the food wasn't comprimised at all. It was delicious!! I hope we get to come back someday."
Dined on 2/21/2014
I requested a table near in the
front near the wall or window in my reservation. When I arrived they looked up my reservation for the first time - and so my request was not honored - was seated at a table in the back near the bathroom. So aggravating - especially since we had an early reservation Something else to wonder about - I went to the ladies room and when I went to wash my hands - the hot water was ice cold. I let it run for a few minutes -and still it just got a few degrees "less ice cold" - never even close to even luke warm. Ugh -employees that are preparing my food and serving my food are washing their hands in the sink - if they even bother because the water is so cold. The thought makes me wonder if I will ever go back again"
Dined on 2/8/2014
we were going to see bobby collins
at the morristown community theatre and made reservations at the restaurant next door for convenience. it turned out that we had a great dinner and night out y making those reservations at the brick oven. we were a little late for our reservation but the staff was very accommodating. the dinner was delicious and we never felt rushed or anything like that as the restaurant got packed on a friday night. each couple brought a bottle of wine, which kept the price down compared to another place where we would have bought drinks, and enjoyed ourselves immensely."
Dined on 2/7/2014
Brick oven of Morristown is
exceptionally convenient if you are attending a show at the mayo theater. It is right next door. The menu is interesting and different from the usual Italian red sauce places. Thefried meatballs with potatoes and long hots was excellent as was the gnocchi. The pasta dishes were freshly made with excellent ingredients. Portions are nice sized but not overly large and the service was excellent. I will definitely return there, especially when attending events as noted."
Dined on 2/1/2014
Way loud but good food and
service. Be prepared for crowds and close table. They do make it work."
Dined on 1/31/2014
Truly surprised at the quality and
service. Appears as a pizza restaurant from the outside. Very pleased with the friendly quality service. Our waitress was excellent. We had the steak special...it was the best steak I have had out dining in years. BYOB helped keep the cost down so why not splurge. Not a fan of row table dining but appreciate they are optimizing space. I would recommend highly, plus 10% off because attending a show at theater that night!"
Dined on 1/31/2014
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Any suggestions and please, no one suggest Dixie Craggers. Already have a Dixie Craggers for NC and not a fan.
Selected Climbs in NC - Lambert/Shull
As mentioned, the DC doesn't cover NC, so not sure what you're talking about. Right now, there is really only one comprehensive game in town. The Select Guide by Lambert/Shull. It is a pretty decent book and despite the fact that it is select and is not comprehensive, it will get you pretty far. There are older out of print versions of the Kelly Guide. There are specific books or PDF-short guides for Rumbling Bald boulders, Dixon School, Pilot, the High Country Cragger (Ship Rock, Little Wilson, the Dump...), Linville River Crags etc...There are a couple books in the works for the Piedmont and Rumbling Bald routes.
Any recommended bouldering guides while we're on the topic?
+1 for Selected Climbs. Not the greatest guide book ever, but it does the job. By the time you run through all the routes for any given area, you will have met enough locals to get the beta for all that's off the beaten path. The RB bouldering guide is supposed to be quite good. Also, Adam Sokolow just released a brand-spanking-new bouldering guide for Moore's wall. www.mooreswallnc.com/ Here's some beta on Linville Gorge bouldering: upstatebouldering.blogspot.com/2009/10/wnc-local-spot-linvil>>> Enjoy NC!
I've bouldered at the Bald every weekend I was free enough, so I'm sure I've had some impact at the most of the major bouldering areas, and I'm well aware of the access situation and surrounding issues, and am fully willing to work with the park on that situation. I was, however, appalled at the way the ranger treated a visiting group from CO last year who had no idea about parking at RB, or any of the surrounding issues at hand. Worrying about impact is hard when you're sitting on a gold mine, but there has to be a better way then to call the primary user group a "problem."
Tom- I didn't mean to say you were referring to boulderers that way, it seems as if the park has antagonistic feelings towards users of the park, particularly the bouldering crowd. I agree that some sort of more stringent managment is in order, and that all sorts of abuses have occured, but the sort of stonewalling that seems to be taking place on the part of the park(the lower lot, other CRSP areas) is reductive and facile. AdamB- To give you an idea, one Saturday last year, I rolled the 2.5 hours to the Bald to be turned away at the gate because the lot was full. I had no problem with this because I was well aware what the situation is/was. However, there was 5 or 6 person group at the gate too, who had come from CO to western NC to climb and visit. The ranger refused to have a conversation with them about the situation and sent them back down the hill to carpool up. These people were confused and a little bit put out, and the ranger didn't seem interested in helping. All of this is of course a product of the interaction between CRSP and the climbing community. The problem is that the park seems to take a "my way or the highway" stance, which I guess isn't a problem if you're local because you're used to it, but when other people show up, it gets messy.
Does anyone else find it strange that the park service is obsessed with the parking situation? It's not like there are dozens of parking based accidents that are causing the park problems. Why not charge $5 to park, and use the money to fix the problem? Anyone been to Tsali? You pay a fee to use the park, all the money goes back to maintain the park, that park, It's pretty nice there, and nobody complains about the parking. Anyone been to Laurel Knob and parked in Panthertown? I guess the rangers there are not quite as uptight about parking, Jesus you can park in the middle of a campsite and walk off for 3 days if you want and nobody will complain or even say a word to you.
So, back to the OP. I have been thinking about writing a new guide for the linville gorge. It is long overdue for some route documentation. I was wondering what the climbing community feels about a guide for that area. I have some ideas for how I think it should be done. My question for the community is do you think that publising a guide will cause problems. If so then what do you think the solution is to the problem of people going into the ditch every year and then needing assistance? Please be nice my feelings are fragile.
There is a fee to use crsp already. I believe it's $18 per visit? Same as Grandfather.
Actually the fee is 15 and it only applies to the actually CRP proper not all the other areas
No Shit. Make it apply to the whole place. Use the dough to fix the problem.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Kelly guide. It has A LOT of routes in it - a lot more than the Select Guide. I love both of the books for different reasons. The Kelly guide is hard to come by these days. As far as any new ones coming out, I've made it pretty well known that I am against ANY new guides to NC. It's not necessary - there is enough info out there for any reasonably competent person to find a life time of climbing. If you aren't a local and don't like wasting time finding routes and rap stations then don't come to NC - you don't belong. Plenty of areas in surrounding states that are documented all to hell. Books will come out and since I don't live there anymore there isn't much I can do about it. But if I can't climb at Moore's Wall when I move back home, I will kill someone.
High Country Cragger by Mike Grimm (of Misty Mountain Threadworks) Here... www.footsloggers.com/shop-online/books-maps


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We've all heard in the news about the "Fiscal Cliff" that is implicating the economy. But people don't realize that the fiscal cliff dilemma is detracting from the farm bill getting passed. Right now, the farm bill is expired; if this bill doesn't get passed, our unstable economy will face an increase in food prices that we cannot afford.
The farm bill was originally initiated in 1933 to keep food prices affordable in the United States and preserved farmland through conservation. In addition, it created various different programs in areas of nutrition, conservation, livestock, commodities, and research.
According to farm journalist Nate Birt from Ag Web, the Senate extended the farm bill for nine months as part of the fiscal cliff deal last Tuesday. By extending the farm bill, Congress is just putting off a problem that needed to be addressed in 2008 when the farm bill expired, a problem that will hurt the pocketbooks of U.S. consumers. Mary Kay Thatcher from the American Farm Bureau Federation explained that when a farm bill expires, it goes back to the permanent law written in 1949, which forces the government to buy milk from farmers at double the cost, thus causing an increase in milk prices and dairy products for consumers. Furthermore, Congress's inability to pass the farm bill would not only cause the price of milk and other commodities such as wheat to be affected, but would also hurt humanitarian efforts. Steve Baragona from the Voice of America website explains in his article that renewable energy programs, food stamps, conservation programs and food aid programs will all suffer from the expired farm bill. The nutrition programs that make up a majority of the farm bill will also have spending cuts that could lead to the removal of the food aid programs for the poor.
However, some believe the farm bill will pass before the price of food increases. Jim Dickrell, editor of
Dairy Today
explained that the increase in milk prices could happen but is very unlikely. He states that in order for the milk prices to double, "The USDA must write contracts and solicit bids for dairy commodities from processors; that in it of itself could take several weeks."
Nevertheless, if the prices of food were to increase, many people will be forced to change their spending habits. Food is a necessity for all humans and if we are unable to afford it, it will become a difficult and uncomfortable way to live. Farmers and consumers alike will have to undergo the negative effects of the expired farm bill. Jim Dickrell concludes, "Let's hope that congress acts [on the farm bill]." Jim isn't the only one hoping for Congress to act.
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