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More pages that need help similar to this one are here. NOTE-If you feel the need is satistified, please remove this notice.
Reason: This article should be written from a Multiversion point of view since it describes methods of installing software on a local computer for use as a local server. Any version of Joomla! will work on a local server as long as it meets the requirements of the specific version. The version of XAMPP is out of date - the latest version is 1.8.3 and an example for WAMP would also be highly useful
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It is very useful to be able to learn and experiment on your own machine. The aim of this document is to help you to download a sample Joomla! site to your own computer, known as a 'localhost' installation. It has some helpful sample content that allows you to become familiar with the way that a Joomla! site is put together. You can also install an empty copy of Joomla! for creating a new site.
Not everyone using this Manual will have enough experience to feel comfortable doing this. You need to know a little about computing, for example:-
Experienced developers and people with programming experience will be fine.
There are three basic stages in doing this:-
Important note on versions of XAMPP - as at March 4th 2011. This section covers installation of the older version 1.7.3. There is a newer version, 1.7.4, which became available the end of January 2011.
The point of this to to configure your own machine to behave as if it were a server with the difference being that the result is not visible over the internet and is thus confined to your own computer. This is very useful for learning new things and even developing a new web site.
Make sure you have a separate folder for downloads.
Download sites for using a Mac or Linux with documentation.
For installation instructions of Xampp and Joomla on Linux see also Installing_Joomla_on_Debian_Linux
Warning: If you are not familiar with downloading software - don't be put off by unfamiliar vocabulary on the download Web site!
The site for Windows download. This is a page with links to downloads as well as instructions for installation.
This is what you do to get the stable 1.7.3 version:-
A file with the XAMPP logo is saved to the Download folder. In Windows Explorer Details view, the file type will be Application.
Extracting the software and installing the files:-
The next window gives on-screen instructions.
Installation Progress is indicated on the screen. When the files are extracted, a Windows command screen asks a few questions to configure the installation.
The files are placed in the correct locations and you are then prompted to press <Return> to continue and to confirm the timezone.
Finally the screen presents 7 choices.
You should see a XAMPP Control Panel on the desktop. To open it is it is not already open:-
This is the Control panel with the services running.
Apache and MySQL need to run as Services (indicated by a tick against Svc in the Control Panel). Make sure the following are set:-
Type in your local home page's address in your browser - which is
If it has not been successful - you will get a message saying 'Unable to Connect'. This may happen if:
If it has been successful - there will be a splash page with a choice of languages.
You now see a Welcome page which says 'You have successfully installed XAMPP on this system!'. There are also various links to documentation and other things to the left.
You can move on to downloading and installing Joomla! itself.
Under the XAMPP folder (for example C:\XAMPP\) there is a folder called htdocs (C:\XAMPP\htdocs ). This is the folder under which all content that will be seen on the localhost Web site is located. (There are already files there - such as index.html which displays the logo for XAMPP)
It will be called a Compressed(zipped) Folder in the Details list in Windows Explorer
The Extraction Wizard prompts for where you want the files to be located. This is in the folder created above - for example C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla16
Progress is indicated by the blue bar. When completed an Extraction Complete screen displays.
The files are now in the right place and you are ready to set Joomla! up for use.
If you called the file something else - then use the name of that file instead of 'joomla16'.
The Joomla! Installation screen displays. Here you are stepped through seven choices in order to set up the site, the database and a few other things. Your progress is indicated to the left of the screen.
There is some information on the side panel about why you should install the sample data.
Why install the sample data?
If you want both a site with sample data and a site with no data - you can install another instance of Joomla! on the same computer as explained in the last part of this document.
Sometimes there is a message that the database won't connect. The fix - Click Previous and remove the password. Check that the other settings are the same as you originally entered and then continue.
The Finish screen has helpful advice.
You need to do one more thing - remove the installation directory. In this example it is at:-
If you try to go on to use the site without doing this, you will be prompted to do it. You are only allowed to continue when it has been deleted.
There are separate web addresses for the main Site and for the administrator Back-end Assuming the site is 'Joomla16':-
If you have used a different name - put that in instead of 'Joomla16'
You can install and configure another instance of Joomla! using a different name. You do need to download it again as you removed the installation directory as a security measure.
Configuring Joomla!
The set up stages are the same, except:-
And - of course - do not install the sample data if you want a clean site.
This time the addresses are different:-
If you have used a different name - put that in instead of 'development16'
You may want to uninstall Joomla! and XAMPP. If you do this - make sure you have copies of anything you may need, such as configuration files.
There are two possibilities.
The easy way - you can use the uninstall script.
This opens a command window and asks if you want the htdocs directory deleted.
The services are then stopped and the control panel removed from the desktop. The next message is that it will delete the files. Your response should be y for uninstalling the package.
The installation can be uninstalled by deleting all the files under the \XAMPP\ folder, but there may be errors if you do not stop the services and check that nothing is running first.
There is also documentation on the XAMPP site about uninstalling.
You now have a Joomla! site to work with and some documentation to go with it.
Become familiar with Joomla! by altering and adding content.
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Centennial 10 Year Old Canadian Whisky
Review: Centennial 10 year Old Canadian Whisky 90/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on December 8, 2009
Centennial is a 10 Year Old Whisky produced by Alberta's own Highwood Distillers. Rather than using corn to as the base grain for this whisky, Highwood uses soft Canadian winter wheat. This gives the Centennial a smooth and soft flavour profile unlike any other Canadian whisky I have encountered. In fact, using grains grown exclusively on the Canadian prairies, distilling the grain in their home Province of Alberta, and aging the spirit in the severe Western Canadian climate for a minimum of ten years, makes Centennial is a Whisky unlike any other in the world.
In the Bottle 4/5
The Centennial comes in an elegant tall slender bottle. A neat little booklet is roped around the slender neck. This little booklet tells the story of the whisky's distillation and blending. To crown the presentation the sleek bottle is capped by a straight sided high density cork. The only drawback is that the bottle is too tall for my liquor cabinet. A very minor quibble.
In the Glass 9/10
The whisky is pale brown with amber tones which seems to accent a honeyed caramel aroma that rises from the glass. The liquid displays very little oiliness in the glass, and the rye notes are somewhat mellowed compared to a normal Canadian Rye. The use, by Highwood's Master Blender, of wheat instead of the usual corn in the blend provides a more mellow and polished nose than a straight rye would have.
In the Mouth 54/60
A clean crisp rye which fairly oozes honey and spice. This is polished and subdued, with the hard rye buffed and smoothed. The spices are light and enjoyable, and I find the balance to be superb. A purist of Canadian rye may complain that the rye flavour sits too far backward in the taste profile, but I disagree. The entire presentation is smooth and mellow. No awkward heavy notes spoil the parade, and the character of this whisky remains true regardless of previous taste experiences on my palate.
In the Throat 14/15
Smooth and clean right through to the finish. The faintest touch of bourbon appears on exit, and the experience is well worth enjoying again.
The Afterburn 9/10
Highwood Distillers are truly one of the best kept secrets of the whisky world. The entire experience of this rye is completely enjoyable. The only possible flaw would be that I would consider the spirit to be a mood whisky. The mood is mellow and smooth almost to the point of suave. It is possible that the consumer may occasionally want a little harder kick in the throat when he chooses rye to drink. But for a more sublime rye experience, this is one of the best.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
Suggested Cocktail:
Here is a cocktail which works well with any good Canadian Rye Whisky.
Canadian Whisky Splash
2 oz Canadian Rye Whisky
2 or 3 Large Ice-cubes
Splash of Ginger-ale
Slice of Lime
Add the Ice-cubes to a rocks glass
Pour the Whisky over the ice
Add a splash of Ginger Ale
Garnish with a lime slice
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
13 Responses to "Centennial 10 Year Old Canadian Whisky"
May 12, 2013 at 9:22 am
Just tried this recently. I agree – a welcome addition to the Canadian whisky scene. I agree completely with you on the issue of presentation: so many Canadian whiskies are packaged rather indifferently. Ours is a huge country with huge potential for creativity and product development. I do wish we'd see more of a single-malt mentality take hold in our industry – not price-wise, but individuality-, personality-, and flavour-interest-wise. The presentation of this rye is perfect: elegant bottle and classy cork stopper. The whisky also has personality, which is important. As someone who does not enjoy mixed drinks, I like to be able to try a whisky and see character in it.
March 26, 2012 at 11:02 pm
This is my comment of this special and smooth 10 years whisky I taste of all time. I thank Canadian for make such a good whisky.I do live in Chile Santiago and my brother live in Toronto so every time when someone comes to Chile brings me this delicious whisky.OHHH Canada always.
February 21, 2012 at 8:43 pm
And try it, Centennial, or Alberta Springs Premium, as a Manhattan…. my favourite rye cocktail. 2 oz Rye, 1/2 oz sweet vermouth (red), a dash of bitters, all in a shaker with a couple cubes of ice. Shake well. Strain into, I prefer a martini glass, and dress with a maraschino cherry in the bottom, and I also like just a dash of the maraschino juice…. and enjoy. A dandy working class male cocktail, in my view. Which some ladies might also enjoy, no doubt. And who doesn't like a cherry in the bottom? 🙂
February 21, 2012 at 5:19 pm
I bought his thinking it would be above the norm. I find it not so. However, when mixed with a little squeezed lemon and a pinch of sugar with ice it is a very pleasant tote.
January 19, 2012 at 5:55 pm
My first experience with centennial rye has been the most satisfying whisky that I ever tasted, it is so smooth, I just love it. I think that distillery should put more effort in advertising and promoting of that suberb whisky, especially in Toronto, where many LCBO stores do not carry it. We are proud of our Canadian products, thank you.
November 16, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Like Scott, I've been a scotch drinker mostly, but the price of single malts puts it in the occassional and "special occassion" category for me. My favourite scotch blend is Grant's.
Which has led me of late to sample some of the better Canadian whiskies. Of which, thus far, I have been most impressed with the taste, smoothness, nose and polish of this Centennial bottle of Rye/Wheat blend I bought a week ago. A very nice sipping whiskey that stands well on its own… 1 1/2 oz to an ice cube. I like it better than Jack Daniel's, and at least as good as Grant's, in my view.
I intend, on the strength of this sampling, to try other "sipping" Canadian whiskies, but will certainly return to another of Centennial. Of that you can be sure.
Jerry Munro
Revelstoke, BC
December 17, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Is there a person of Scottish descent who does not enjoy a wee sip of Scotch ?
Garry Rennie
Kelowna BC
December 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Welll, afterall, scotch whiskey is the "uisge beatha" or "water of life" as it was called in ancient times. 🙂 Though my wife, cynic if fine woman that she be, scoffs at that description.
Two possible origins for whiskey coming to be distilled in Scotland. "It is generally accepted that whisky has been distilled in Scotland for hundreds of years, and different theories as to its origins have been suggested. Some state that is was brought into Scotland by missionaries from Ireland; others point out that, as the Arabs were among the first to learn distillation techniques , thus knights returning from Crusades could have brought the knowledge back with them."
Which I thought was interesting, considering the times in the Middle East especially. 🙂
Jerry Munro
Revelstoke, BC
- December 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm
- December 17, 2010 at 9:45 pm
September 3, 2010 at 11:04 pm
My favorite Rye… I'm a scotch man, but with the prices of scotch in Canada, i cant afford to be drinking those on a regular basis… This sits nicely in my liquor cabinet as my "everyday" whisky


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Beer of the Month: Smuttynose Zinneke
I have never been a big fan of Belgian stouts. Some have been OK, but for the most part, I've been left disappointed with the style.
That's why this month's Beer of the Month selection of Smuttynose Brewing Company's Zinneke was so surprising to me. I really wasn't looking forward to it, and I absolutely loved it.
The Zinneke is 8.4 percent ABV and a portion of the beer is aged in bourbon barrels.
The oak adds a nice toasted vanilla flavor to this beer, which already featured chocolate and caramel notes. The beer is not as full-bodied as a lot of big stouts, but it still fits into the category and it makes it an easy drinking beer.
The Belgian yeast used in this beer really compliments the rest of the flavors, instead of dominating the beer.
Overall, this beer is a winner. If you see it on the shelf, you should grab it and give it a try. You won't be disappointed.


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