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Homeopathy risks being subsumed by modern medicine, argues a historian of science. Not only does this means that homeopathy's heroes have become mere footnotes in history, but it could limit homeopathy's potential to contribute to the treatment of today's pressing medical problems, she says.
Lyn Brierley-Jones, a historian of medicine at the University of Durham, will present her thesis at the annual meeting of the British Society for the History of Science in Leicester on Saturday 4 July.
Her paper will seek to reveal homeopathy's forgotten heroes, from the 18th century German physician Samuel Hahnemann, who founded the field, to London-based practitioner James Compton Burnett, who came up with a cure for tuberculosis in 1880.
As a result of the contributions of such figures, homeopathy became prominent, particularly in the US. There, by the end of the 19th century homeopaths had their own medical schools, societies, journals, libraries, hospitals and dispensaries, regularly publishing statistics showing the superiority of their practice over mainstream medicine.
Ironically, however, the translation of key homeopathic ideas into mainstream medicine had the effect of undermining the profession, says Brierley-Jones. "By the 1920s, homeopathy had gone into decline, a state from which it has only recently started to recover."
There are significant benefits of keeping homeopathy separate from mainstream medicine, she argues. "It has the potential to create new remedies and to solve many contemporary problems in medicine, such as the individualisation of drugs, reducing their side-effects and managing chronic illness," says Brierley-Jones. "Any future integration of homeopathy into mainstream medicine should be carefully managed to ensure homeopathy's survival."
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"This is to be our final transmission.
The rebels have defeated our illustrious armies.
They have damaged our intention of ugly and defiant malevolence.
All that we love and care for will sink
Into the abyss of a new dark age.
Made more sinister and perhaps more protracted
By the light of perverted science and rebellion.
The whole root and heavy core
Will perish and starve in captivity.
You will never win your freedom,
You cannot escape...
For years F.E.A.R had ruled the lives of many. Hope was rarely found in those dark days, instead replaced by fear and hopelessness. All this came to an end however, when the Rebels, also known as the Wild Ones, appeared. They rose up against the tyranny and fought for those who couldn't fight for themselves. Many lives were lost, mostly Wild Ones but eventually F.E.A.R was vanquished and peace one again returned. The Rebel leaders were crowned heroes and together, the five of the kept the harmony but, as all mortals must eventually do, they passed into the void but not without leaving a legacy. Their children stepped up and took their place. And just in time too, for F.E.A.R has returned again, and this time, they're stronger than ever.
(So, the setting is in the desert. The Rebels have camps, mostly ruins and destroyed buildings. F.E.A.R has a giant building where they take captured Rebels and do all sorts of unspeakable things to them. Everyone is HUMAN; except for F.E.A.R and I will be playing them. No one has any superpowers or abilities. There is no modern technology, no guns, computers, cars etc. You are able to have a sword but it must be a normal one. Spears and bows as well.)
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Clothing(remember, they're in the DESERT. It also cannot be really colorful.)-
Bio(you HAVE you have a bio. It doesn't have to be long, just put something. Your character will not be accepted if the bio is not there)-
Andy's Daughter- (Me)
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Son- {Syvas)
Daughter- (Reserved for Savi)
Jinxx's Son-
Jake's Daughter- (nerdygirl2015)
C.C's Son- (Reserved for DraconianBlade)
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The Daily Green's senior editor Dan Shapley asked Roger Doiron, a 2009 Heart of Green Award winner, and founder of Kitchen Gardeners International (newly redesigned - check it out!) 13 questions about gardening for beginners and gardening for politicians. Doiron and Kitchen Gardeners International were a big part of the movement that convinced Michelle Obama to plant that organic garden at the White House. It was Kitchen Gardeners International that launched the Facebook petition drive you probably remember joining. So he knows a thing or two about not only gardening, but also politics and inspiration.
Here's what he had to say:
What measures do you look at to gauge whether or not the kitchen garden trend is taking hold? What's your idea of success, from the perspective of your work to promote kitchen gardening?
It's very difficult to measure impacts. We know that we reached millions of people with our White House garden campaign and news of the garden itself has of course reached even more, but it;'s hard to know how this is translating into more people gardening. We have some anecdotal indicators like seed sales and demand for community garden plots which are up considerably, but there's no authoritative data. According to a new survey by the National Gardening Association, 1 million new food gardens are planned for 2010. If you compare this with the 20 million new gardens that were planted in 1943 at the peak of the Victory Garden movement (when US population was half what it is now), it suggests that we are still very at the beginning stages of the kitchen garden revolution.
Is there an aspect of the local food and grow-your-own movement that is particularly exciting to you right now?
Here in Maine there are some innovative efforts under way to bring farmers and fisherman to talk about how community-based food systems can help sustain people while preserving natural resources and Maine's traditional industries. We're starting to see the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model applied to fishing which is quite exciting. I'd be remiss as KGI's director if I didn't mention some of the new innovative things we're doing. We've just launched our new gardener-powered website where people are doing all kinds of fun things like starting their own blogs, participating in discussions, setting up local groups, and sharing everything from garden tips to favorite recipes. It's built with the open-source platform Drupal and represents an important step for us in becoming a sort of "open source" organization.
See how to eat healthy by joining a CSA.
What is your and KGI's next big project?
My board and I joke that as the only worthwhile follow-up act to helping give a kitchen garden to the Obamas is to give the rest of the world one too. We're going to continue focusing on gardens and local foods in the U.S. through educational activities and campaigns like Food Independence Day (our campaign to have America's governors and families source their July 4th meals from local and sustainable sources), but we're also putting more resources into our work and partnerships abroad. In fact, I'm planning on taking KGI on the road next year with my family. We're going to be doing a "family academic year abroad" with Belgium as our home base. I'll use the year to make some connections with gardens, gardeners, and garden groups in Europe ...a Tour de Plants you might call it.
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Sorry if I'm asking a stupid or old or irrelevant question, but I was wondering...
Why isn't That Authoring Group in your list of authors? Aren't they authors too... ;_;
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The Rotting Christ track looks awesome. I especially love the part at 3:30 on guitar.
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Please, remove the rating system, because I could not disagree more with them.
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"And onward now, and on forever, all great things to come"
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"And onward now, and on forever, all great things to come"
Any words on new Free Spirit tracks? I know they are in the pipeline, just thought we might see a new one this week.
It's only oversaturation if you have to switch discs.
Where's.. Tesla, Zeppelin, Gallagher, Floyd?
#1 Free Spirit fan!
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A few things about the rating system:
- I never rate below a 5 or above an 8. Any ratings past those will have to be done by community response (for example, if I make something an 8 because it's got good charts, good playability, and nothing that would make it a bad RB track, and you guys all go "THIS SONG IS FRIGGIN AMAZING", I'll probably bump it to a 9 or 10. If I make something a 5 or 6 because there are things wrong with it, and you guys go "Wow, this has a terrible chart", I'll probably bump it to a 3 or a 4.
- The ratings are not based on how good the song is, but rather on things like notability, playability, and interest. For example, Nugget Man would get rated highly because it's humorous. We don't get a lot of those. Whereas a lot of the Free Spirit songs (while they are all fantastic plays imo) might not get rated so high because there are a lot of them.
I'm hoping this clears the air on some of that. The ratings are for people to take notice of songs that stand out from the rest.
I'd love to answer this.
We have the list of authors based on the authors that are involved with the site. The first step for the authors is to give me that information, the next step is to register on the forums, and the step after that is to post announcements on the news page. Some authors have gone through all steps (Chart Toppers, Gigakoops, etc) while others haven't gone through the first one (RockGamer, That Authoring Group).
Last I heard from That Authoring Group, they plan on getting started, but haven't yet. If you want to see them on there, I'd suggest emailing them about it.


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Duck Identification Book
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http://www.amazon.co...lemaster method
This book "Field Guide to Upland Birds and Waterfowl" is also another I use. It is not as good as the first one, though it does give a light amount of info about the bird and covers more than duck.
http://www.amazon.co... identification
I personally think if you get these two books you will be set in the field; furthermore, I would also recomend a hard cover large book for home. This is not for identification, just simply to make your mouth water in the off season.
Posted 03 July 2012 - 08:27 PM
Google duck indent there is a ton of stuff available. DU has a decent one, but to identify ducks takes many years to be good at. I've found that wing beat and wing shape helps the most. Still pics help somewhat but when ducks are coming in early in low light situations it is a challenge.
Yep. Eventually you will find little tell tales that will let you know what kind of ducks are coming in and those tell tales will be different from one hunter to the next. To me widgeon look like they have a chubby rear end when they fly, canvasbacks are long and kind of hang their heads low, sprig use short rapid wing beats. I have a tough time with gadwall and mallards when I can't see their colors. With teal and ringneck they are both small and run at wide open throttle most of the time so once in a whileI still get surprises after the retrieve.
Real tractors have two cylinders and hand clutches.
My rifle is mine, it isn't for sale, and I only give guns to people that I really like.
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I unload all of my own shells!
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I have been using the Ducks Unlimited App which is pretty cool with multiple photos, descriptions and Sounds.
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Japandemoniu... | #1 Subject: How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:17:15 |
Despite SEGA Sammy posting $243 million in profits for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, that number was squarely placed on the shoulders of SEGA Japan, which made up for $86 million in LOSSES from its European and American publishing operations. Things are so bad that practically all of the American division's responsibilities have been shifted to the UK, and after a massive round of layoffs, SEGA of America is struggling to find its place in the company. According to a recent press release, all but four franchises have been suspended in the US (Total War, Alien, Football Manager, and Sonic are still safe). That's not to say we would never get games from another franchise, but for now, any scheduled release that wasn't among those four IPs has been cancelled. Instead, SEGA of America says that it will focus on digital content and existing IPs, but what are they really doing to plan for future success? Football Manager does absolutely nothing in the US (it's soccer, not NFL, just in case you were wondering). Sonic does okay but has limited appeal as an aging mascot who can't seem to change with the times. Total War consistently pulls favorable numbers in the US, but it's not like SEGA develops the games. They just publish them, and it's obviously the same with chronically delayed Alien titles. Did anyone else even purchase Aliens: Infestation on DS? I was only one of a mere 40,000 in the United States / 70,000 worldwide. So, what can SEGA of America do to pull itself out of the red? And please don't say "make this" or "make that" because we're talking about publishing, not the development end that the Japanese studios handle. For instance, I firmly believe that some of the Yakuza (Ryu Ga Gotoku) content that never got a US release would be fair game for SEGA of America to turn into quick profits. All they would need is a bit of translation work, and most of it could be distributed digitally, thus forwarding SEGA's new agenda. It's cheap. It's popular. And it's a large amount of quality content that requires zero development. Not to mention, it would prime American audiences for an eventual Yakuza 5 release, which should be coming in 2013 and will be five times the size of Yakuza 4. Some of my friends and I started a petition on Change.org - http://www.change.org/petitions/sega-expand-yakuza-in-america - that is designed to support SEGA while suggesting fan-requested content that would help out their financial crisis. Considering the Japanese division just devoted Nagoshi's brand new "Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio" to the development of Yakuza IPs, shouldn't SEGA of America be making better use of the content it's already put out? We certainly think so. At any rate, I would like to hear suggestions for what SEGA of America might do to forward its new digital content agenda and improve its bottom line. Thoughts? |
zma1013 | #2 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:19:58 |
I didn't read your Rosetta Stone of text there, but I'll just go ahead and say they can't. They don't make any games tailored to Western tastes. How do you expect to succeed in a market when you don't make anything they want? It's like they are trying to sell hamburger in India. |
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Japandemoniu... | #3 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:28:24 |
On the contrary, SEGA's attempts at publishing games with Western appeal almost always backfire. Remember Alpha Protocol? |
zma1013 | #4 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:33:26 |
Well yeah, you can't make a bad game and expect it to do good. Let me know when they make a good westernized game. |
Dub_Z | #5 Subject: How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:38:36 |
i would have loved to have played Aliens Infestation. put it on Vita. port Renegade Ops, Hell Yeah! & Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection to the Vita while people are still looking for things to buy on it. ports don't break the bank. publishing & subsidizing development for games like Renegade Ops and Hell Yeah! will be their bread and butter imo. these avenues are your new Treasure. put their PSP, PS2, X Box etc games on their respective storefronts... do the licensing costs needed, put them on as many digital storefronts as possible so that it doesn't need to be priced too high to sell on just one venue, and don't break the bank for anything that isn't a revered classic in need of HD remastering. get Saturn emulation working for Dragon Force, Legend of Oasis & Three Dirty Dwarves... and whatever else people want. i read they lost the source code for Panzer Dragoon Saga... try to find it like that movie where the woman exonerates her brother by putting herself through law school and finding archived DNA evidence that was supposed to have been destroyed and wasn't. then get the MGS & SotC HD guys to do a remaster for $20. print money. in the future, get localizations for games like the mainline Yakuza series done before they're outdated and over a year old don't cancel PSO2 for Vita pay thatgamecompany to make Ecco the Dolphin, even though that would never happen and you said don't post a wishlist. honestly, the only thing that's going to save Sega is mercy from the press when they do get it right, or close to it. Aliens has the potential to be crucified for not being a CoD doorbuster, and a loaded talking point for media pundits to make a podcast out of. |
Japandemoniu... | #6 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:39:54 |
Just recently, SEGA and Index Holdings of Japan (aka Atlus) reached a publishing agreement where SEGA would publish future Atlus titles in their home country. But here in the US, Atlus of America does just fine as a publisher. They seek out properties that were not developed by their Japanese division, games that would never have been localized by another company (Demon's Souls is a perfect example). They have had quite a bit of success in doing so, and maybe SEGA of America needs to follow their example. |
Japandemoniu... | #7 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:44:58 |
Awesome points, Dub_Z. If you read the petition, part of my point was that Yakuza: Black Panther 1 & 2 would be an easy translation project, and since no one would expect UMD releases at this point, SEGA could get away with putting both on PSN for $29.99 each to fill out the Vita library. Both are excellent games, and how much would SEGA really need to pay a couple guys to sit around a computer translating text and uploading the final builds to PSN? I'm fluent in Japanese, and I could translate both games in less than two weeks. |
zma1013 | #8 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:50:57 |
And how is Yakuza, a game the is heavy inluenced by Japanese culture with a name most Americans can't spell, supposed to help them do good in America? |
Dub_Z | #9 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:52:13 |
Japandemonium wrote: probably. it sounds like Sega of America needs to snatch up available projects in the west when they see it, if bringing anything not made by Sega to the US is already off limits. indie studios here, good ones, don't really need a big publisher for distribution or creative compromises, but they can probably always use subzidization for development and marketing. alot of Genesis fans back in the day were as into games like General Chaos & Mutant League Football as they were Phantasy Star and Shining Force. both published by EA then, and imo that's the same kind of appeal as games like Renegade Ops have. |
Dub_Z | #10 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:54:00 |
zma1013 wrote: remember that video a few years ago where Soljia Boy was visiting Japan and bought Yakuza 3 sayin "y'all dont know nothin about this" America Loves Gangsters |
Japandemoniu... | #11 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:54:50 |
Have you ever played a Yakuza game, zma? They're as close as Japanese development ever comes to open-world sandbox titles that we eat up like donuts in the West. And "Yakuza" is pretty common terminology, not much different than "Mafioso" and certainly much easier than its original title of "Ryu Ga Gotoku" (Like A Dragon). |
zma1013 | #12 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:54:52 |
I don't know who Solija Boy is. |
zma1013 | #13 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:58:07 |
Japandemonium wrote: Yes I have, and it's takes place in Japan and it shows. The theme and atmosphere is completely different from anything Americans know. It's not just the gameplay, it's the whole theme and feeling of the entire game that matters. Vanquish is westernized in it's gameplay, but the theme is Japanese anime mumbo jumbo. Doesn't mean people are out knocking over shelves to get Vanquish though just because it's a shooter. |
Japandemoniu... | #14 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:58:18 |
Well, zma, if you don't know Soulja Boy and can't pronounce Yakuza, I'd say you're part of the problem and not the solution... just kiddin', bro, but I would like to hear more constructive suggestions. With your 4 million posts, I'm sure you have better input to offer. |
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Dub_Z | #15 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 12:58:58 |
Japandemonium wrote:
Japandemoniu... | #16 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:00:34 |
Right on. |
zma1013 | #17 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:02:04 |
Japandemonium wrote: Not quite 4 million, but it only averages out to about 5 posts per day. Easily accomplished on a lunch break. |
nipsen | #18 Subject: How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:02:32 |
..ok. Here's how they can do it :p 1. Cancel Virtua Tennis. Drop it. I don't care how much Sony loves established brands, the game sucks, and there's nothing you can do to improve it. Also, don't try to promote a tennis-game during the winter. It doesn't work. 2. Partner with foreign studios. Not necessarily to publish their games, like Alpha Protocol (which is a very good game, you misers). But to be able to pilfer design-documents, style assets and personnel. 3. Publish more unashamedly Japanese titles, but incorporate good translation teams in the process. Valkyria Chronicles and Resonance of Fate were two extremely good projects in that regard. Because they were genuinely good games that happened to be Japanese. Yakuza 3 was another very good product, even though the translation came a year after the release of the game (which is a waste of time - this could have been done while the game was made). 4. Stop relying on SEGA USA for setting the agenda for promotion efforts in the "west". These guys are idiots. Do things like change "Still Alive" in Resonance of Fate to "Victory", and you're just treating the game, and your fans with disdain. 5. Promote games, not the brand. SEGA used to be something you saw on a quality title. But I really don't think it was ever the case that you bought a game because it said SEGA on it. That's just not how it works. But SEGA had many titles that were innovative and interesting, and that's what I associated the brand with. Resurrect that idea. 6. Stop trying to "appeal to the west". It's stupid. Unless you're talking movie tie-ins, or some tent-pitcher project you know will sell on beforehand, you can't create something that "appeals to the west". It doesn't work. 7. Ditch Sonic. Just do it. Release the genesis versions with larger screens and in better resolution or something, but just leave well alone. You already know that the game was created over old hardware, to show off how it would work (like a long range of other Sega games were), with specifically created code to the specific hardware. And you've tried to resurrect Sonic in 3d, 4d, and everything in between for a decade. It doesn't work. Stop doing it. 8. Actually promote your good products. Do some media-trickery, pretend it's a grand new plan, and that there's a line through all the titles that demonstrate a bold new effort for the company, or whatever you want. But promote the actual titles you publish, and have confidence that they will sell. With things like Yakuza 3, Resonance of Fate, Valkyria Chronicles, Alpha Protocol - these are 15+ games. So sell them as 15+ games. Not as "Funny Japanophile trolololicon games for Weebos". Valkyria Chronicles and Resonance of Fate were a surprisingly successful marriage of action and strategy. Sell the games as that. Not as "Crazy Japanese game with mad hairstyles". 9. Don't put yourselves in a position where "Japanese only" and "Western oriented" releases can't be developed by the same team. PSO2 seems to be stuck in a loop where it has to rely on being successful exclusively in Japan - before it can be released in the west. This is an extremely unwise way to do business - even if the game was slightly more narrow, there's very little effort involved with launching a digital only title, with three different server-clusters (like Asia, EU, and NA). At best, different developers could create more location friendly events in the game. At worst, the Japanese team could simply duplicate their stuff over the other regions, and have someone else translate it (if necessary). That way: expanding the possible audience, without increasing the costs by paying the US team for sabotaging the title, etc. ....oh, and 10. Put Phantasy Star Portable and Valkyria Chronicles 2 back on the PSN-store. I just bought a psp, damnit. That they do this, as soon as possible,is essential to the success of SEGA's future efforts in the West, without any doubt whatsoever. |
Dub_Z | #19 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:04:19 |
zma1013 wrote: Yakuza 3 & Valkyria Profile @ 2:44 |
zma1013 | #20 Subject: How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:06:05 |
nipsen wrote:
Japandemoniu... | #21 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:08:07 |
Good stuff, nipsen. I agree with practically everything you said, even if a few of those decisions aren't in SEGA USA's direct control. Since we seem to be on the same page, what did you think about the points made in the petition? |
Japandemoniu... | #22 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:09:51 |
Oh, and Dub_Z, just FYI, that was Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!, the Yakuza set in Edo period Kyoto, not Yakuza 3. Still, props for remembering the clip. |
PizzaBagel | #23 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:16:18 |
Why hasn't a new Streets of Rage game been made since 1994? I never played it, but the Golden Axe game on PS3/360 was universally panned. Games like Sonic Colors had full retail releases, but Sonic the Hedgehog 4 was digital and went largely unnoticed. Why? At least the 3DS got a Shinobi title. That was Sega right? The Conduit and Conduit 2 are supposed to be really good, but the marketing and promotion for it seemed non-existant. And I don't know about anyone else, but I really liked Madworld. |
Japandemoniu... | #24 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:26:36 |
Also, on a different note, several people in other threads have asked why Yakuza: Dead Souls hasn't sold well in America, so I thought I would share my observations. First, Yakuza: Dead Souls is an alternate universe, and since its primary draw is zombies, something that our market is severely oversaturated by at the moment, few of the regular Yakuza fans made it a priority. That's not to say those Yakuza fans wouldn't plan to buy the game later, but SEGA also foolishly placed its release against a crowded field of Mass Effect 3, Xenoblade, and several other heavily anticipated titles. Because Yakuza is such a decidedly Japanese, niche franchise, it performs best when its release isn't surrounded by high-profile contenders. That being said, the poor reviews by online outlets like IGN didn't help. Many potential buyers may have postponed Yakuza's purchase in favor of a better-reviewed game, opting to wait for Dead Souls' inevitable price drop. |
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nipsen | #25 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:34:23 |
Japandemonium wrote: Signed :) No, agree with you on many of the points there. Specially that if they really have to drop making Yakuza titles in the way they're doing it now, then they should move to digital distribution, and find ways to make them profitable. I'm putting it that way, but the real problem as I see it, is that they seem to be basically sacrificing animation and modeling tech with the Binary Domain game, for example. And it's kind of sad that they would do that, or put a team that can do better to do not just titles that are very obviously marriage proposals to "western players", but also while dropping some of the neat tech that the titles were constructed around. Same with Valkyria Chronicles. How could they not use the Canvas engine on a new project? Or build on that "serial anime" plot construction for the games? It's massively successful - at least as a game. And it didn't exactly sell nothing either, even though it wasn't advertised for at all, of course... I mean, I'm replaying Yakuza 3 now. And it's silly at times, and so on. But it still is the best and most expensive looking Yakuza movie/story production to come out of Japan. Unlike Y4, it has a very solid plot and pacing as well. Unlike the movies foreign studios make, it's not charicatures and serial finger-cutting seppuku orgies. So it's sad if they drop what Yakuza 3 was, in favour of "something" else that supposedly makes money, imo.. @zma: I know that. But why does it make money? It's because they push Sonic into every advertisement there is. Same with the Sonic fans (and please don't kill me), there's just too much expectation of something that can't really be done. Just imagine a "next gen" Sonic, with quick-time events where Sonic saws the eyes out of Eggman, in brown and realistic colours. Just doesn't work. It's over. Ended. Cannot work. I'm sorry. |
luminaire28 | #26 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:34:33 |
You really think Sega can be trusted with making a new Streets of Rage? I wouldn't even trust them with hiring an outside developer cause i just know they'd hire someone that would do a poor job. Sega should finally release an arcade game collection and not that sorry excuse for one we got on ps2 that was nothing, but remakes. As posted before they should get Saturn emulation as good as possble and start releasing ports of their good Saturn games. Golden Axe should basically be turned into the Capcom D&D arcade game, no single player hack and slash game like they failed at before. Make a new Toejam and Earl(could be something as simple as an HD remake of the original with drop-in and out online co-op) to erase how bad the Xbox one was, erase the female character from existence too please. ESWAT could be turned into either an fps or tps. There are so many things Sega could go with, they just need to stop caring so much about the West and just make games like they used to do back in the day. |
Japandemoniu... | #27 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:48:20 |
By the way, nipsen, I'm glad that you mentioned Resonance of Fate. It's easily the most underappreciated JRPG this generation, but yet again, isn't that SEGA of America's fault for snoozing on its marketing? Seriously, if SEGA USA is just waiting on their Japanese studios and a handful of Western devs to finish their work without doing anything noticeable for its ad campaigns, I don't see what could be keeping their diminishing staff busy. What do they even do? Shouldn't we be seeing social media campaigns, viral marketing, some behavioral targeting ads, press events, etc.? I work in digital media and online marketing, and there are countless ways to increase product visibility and brand awareness without breaking the bank... |
Dub_Z | #28 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 13:53:00 |
PizzaBagel wrote: one thing sega could do is make an honest woman out of that Streets of Rage fan game that combined all of them together into one crazy-ass remix. be the opposite of square, basically. |
Japandemoniu... | #29 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 14:01:09 |
I always thought it would be nice to see SEGA license Tomoaki Sugeno's Vanguard Princess as a retail port, either as a PSN title or PSP/Vita downloadable. Who wouldn't want a high-caliber, all-female moe fighting game with silky-smooth 2D graphics? It's working for Skullgirls, and Vanguard Princess couldn't cost much, considering its current version is freeware. |
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nipsen | #30 Subject: Re:How can SEGA repair itself in the West? Posted: 04/11/2012 14:57:07 |
Japandemonium wrote: Mm. Good point. And yeah, who knows what they're doing.. Saw a definite pitching clash between the Japanese, EU and US publishers with RoF as well. Some of them were talking about making a good game with a good story, and that the translation was as good as possible, while being faithful to the game and the content. While certain others were talking about how narrow the title was, and the need for an expensive dub. I think that some of SEGA's ideas are extremely old fashioned in that sense. With the east/west bull, and how the markets are so different and unpenetrable, and all that. I don't think they are. And RoF sold, what.. 1 million? On word of mouth alone. While getting a fairly bad wrap in the press, not in the least after the entire "let's launch on the same date as FFXIII thing. Which was pretty amazing. ..but it still seemed to sell more than what SEGA on this side of the world expected.. |


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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Boney Macaroni & Etc!
The other part is that Blogger is not LIKING me and is not uploading my pics. AUGH! I get the "waiting for photos.blogger.com" prompt on the bottom of the screen, but nothing uploads. I've edited my photos. they are way under 100k a piece...I don't know what the deal is, but I did upgrade my firefox and maybe it has something to do with that. Some glitch or something. I didn't have the problem with the OLD firefox!
FINALLY! I have tried IE, I have tried netscape, I went back to firefox, I rebooted the computer...FINALLY..I can get pics in!
This quilt pic is of a customer's "dutch geese" quilt. I LOVE IT! It reminds me so much of the colors I saw in the netherlands, some places even the walls were painted this bright blue, or the golden yellow...this is the next quilt up on my machine and I'm needing some ideas on how to quilt it. The fabrics are SO busy, there isn't alot of space for quilting that will show. I'm leaning towards baptist fans, but what thread color? Every color is going to clash somewhere...I'm thinking either the gold, or kind of an in-between grey-blue that might hide itself in the prints of the fabrics. I can use any suggestions you can send!
When Jason and Shanon came to visit in March, we made an appt to go to sears to get pics made. The fight with the scanner meant that I never got around to uploading them! Here is one I really like....done in sepia tones. The boys are 22, and 16 and when they were little, you could tell the age difference. I see now that the gap is getting narrower! They are about the same height and I hope that when Jeff has also grown into adulthood that they will form a strong brotherly bond. With the 6 years in between they never had a lot in common, other than pestering each other.
This close up is of Jason and Shanon. A couple weeks ago they moved up to Mankato Minnesota where Shanon's family and grandparents live. This tickles me, because I was born in Minnesota! I still have aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins and one grandfather who also still live there. There is a family reunion for my mom's side of the family at the end of July and I am looking forward to going. My mom lives in Idaho, and it's been FOUR YEARS since we have seen eachother due to the fact that we are nearly on opposite sides of the country. Jason and Shanon will be able to come to the family reunion too, and I will get to meet Shanon's family. I'm really looking forward to this trip.
And now for the Boney Macaroni part! It's a nickname we have given Jeff...he has gotten so tall so fast, that there is no meat on his bones :c) His brother did the same thing, and so did their father and myself in our teenage years. I have no fear, just wait til they hit 40...and I know they will fill out :c| This is the buzz cut that Jeff and his friend did last week. When he said he SHAVED his head...I thought really SHAVED...it's just a short buzz, and I really like it! So does he. You can see his friend Allen behind him in the pic if you look close.
I did get my bernina picked up last friday, and hallelujia, they did a cleaning/maintenance on it too, not just fix the foot pedal, so I don't have to take it in next month and be without it again. I also bought the new foot that has the knife edge on it for accurate 1/4" piecing. Not sure if I like it as well as I liked just having the screw on guide up against it, but I haven't done much piecing to really tell if it is going to work for me or not. I pieced ONE block over the weekend, and that was for a block lotto for a small group that I belong to.
This past weekend I did post-event massage at an olympic distance triathlon in Greenwood SC..it was 100 degrees, with the heat index make that 105 in the shade, and I was roasting! When I came home from that I just died in front of the a/c for the rest of the afternoon. My massage practice is building, which is wonderful....I'm still keeping up on customer quilts, but it has eatten in to the time for my own piecing/quilting and I feel bad about that...like I've chopped off my right foot. I just hope it grows back soon!
I'm heading into the clinic in about an hour...I'm fully booked this afternoon, I don't finish my last client until 6:15, I'll be home around 7pm....I'll feel like going to bed, and starting another day when I wake up tomorrow morning. That's about the extent of it!
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My word! Jeff with his hair cut short looks the image of his elder brother - good lucking lads Bonnie - you must be well proud of them - funny your eldest ending up back where you originated from - my baby brother ended up where my parents lived when they were first married long before he was born and where my father and I were both born - even stranger he has now taken a job as CEO of the local rugby club where our great-grandfather was president around a hundred years ago - life has a way of turning full circle
ReplyDeleteLove the customer quilt..never thought of making pinwheels from 4 flying geese like that. I think either the gold or the greyish blue would work, I'd lean more toward the blue. I think fans are a perfect choice as nothing really else will show up.
I agree with Anne...good looking bunch of kids! I like the scalped look, and he's right that it will be perfect for summer!Bonnie, the kids do look great! They all look happy and that counts for a lot!
As to the thread, it's hard to tell from the picture but what about Mother Goose or Baguette? I use those two a lot! I quilted one of my own quilts last week that had lots of brights and I was going ot use gold and ended up using Oyster Shell, a light gray, and it worked great. Not sure if it would blend with the golds but it would sure work with the blues.
Judy L.Wow Bonnie! so much to catch up on in your life! The Dutch Geese quilt is wonderful! I would choose a gold thread, I think it would look best against the reds and blues and of course the gold. Quilting Pattern? Wow - that is where I always fall back to ones I love. I was thinking maybe clamshells if you don't want to baptist fan it?
Jeff and Jason and Shannons pictures are all so wonderful! What great pictures to have! And how great you get to see your mom and them this summer in MN! Very cool!What a nice pictures!!! The one in sepia is a treasure. their smiles are so good to see :c) .
Jeff is looking like his dad ! do you see it too ...
I love the dutch quilt. Yes the colors reminds me to the museum in marken !! They always inspired me to make a quilt with those colors . and here it is. Does the customer know that she used that kind of colors? you can show her a picture. I think I made one inside the little house in Marken . Lovely !!!Bonnie I'm exhausted just reading your post! Love the photos - they are so precious and it's rare to get all the family to cooperate for those formal photos.
Oooh I really like your customer's quilt. Good luck with the job! It's a hard one.
I could so do with a massage - don't suppose you service Canberra, Australia? LOLIt sounds like you're really staying busy!
On the quilt, I'd be tempted to use a variegated thread, in the red/orange/yellow range. I've been looking at the different patterns you can buy, now that I'm trying freehand with my machine - not that I'm going to buy any, just for ideas.
For all those geese, guess I'd go for something simple too. I've seen some that have the look of puffy clouds, and look almost like a meander at first.
The haircut turned out great! Bet it's a lot more comfortable for summer!the pictures are great Bonnie ! Don't worry about the mohawk, not too many 40 year olds running around with them. So that must mean we all grow up and become a bit more subdued in style.
Happy to hear about the massage business growing. Just saw on the news last night that Americans are now obsessed with massage, which is great for you !When I looked at the quilt and just started reading your post - I immediately thought "gold" for quilting thread, and then further down you'd said gold too - great minds and all that!
Jeff looks cute with his hair gone LOL
Make sure you schedule time for yourself or you'll burn out! Glad work is going great and you're enjoying it.Oooh! That quilt is brilliant! You've probably already gotten it machine quilted by now and back to the owner...but I would love to see BFs on this baby! Love 'em. I know you'll have the perfect colored thread, Bonnie.
Those boys of yours are quite good looking! You and hubby did well! And Shanon is such a pretty lady...those eyes!
How fun that your kids are moving where you have roots! Isn't life interesting! You'll soon be up in my neck of the woods...er...prairie! We may have to meet up somewhere!!!I never heard much about Minnesota until I found out last month that we have to move there.
Keith's company has a manufacturing plant in Mankato and they're moving their corporate offices from Marietta, GA to Minneapolis. I visited the city for the first time last week and really liked it in JUNE but I'm afraid of the winters!
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Ratings: 142
Reviews: 32
rAvg: 4.69
pDev: 6.82%
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Alpine Beer Company
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Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial IPA
| 8.88%
on-tap (22)
growler (8)
cask (2)
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Formerly known as Toronado 25th (Double Nelson)
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Served in a tasting glass the Firestone Walker Beer Fest. From notes. Reviewed 1 June 2013.
The beer smells so strongly of resinous hops as to smell like weed. The main taste is fruity and delicious, and remarkably drinkable for the ABV. Overall, I really enjoyed it and would love to have again.
Serving type: on-tap
08-15-2013 07:25:22 |
More by AgentMunky
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look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Sometimes Raul just has to do it. Like your granmama when she goes to K-Mart for a new muumuu, sometimes Raul just has to splurge!
Did someone bottle a tropical rainforest, put it in a Magic Bullet, blend it, add some hops, and then put it in Raul's glass? I mean, bomb diggity! Ecstasy on all levels!
Like when your baby mama's mama's flight gets delayed - Raul can get used to this!
Serving type: on-tap
06-05-2013 07:59:19 |
More by RaulMondesi
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Served on-draught into a pilsner glass at Alpine's pub in Alpine. Expectations were extremely high; I love Alpine. Reviewed from notes. I don't recall the cost. Whatever it was, it was worth it.
A: Pours a half finger head of off-white colour, somewhat thin but of fair cream. Retention is average. Body colour is a vibrant understated copper. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show.
Sm: Citrus, floral hops, a hint of hop bitterness, some pine, and pale malts. Evocative and inviting.
T: Heavy hop flavours. Very balanced; no hop bitterness comes through at all. Oily hops. Grapefruit. Hints of pine. Biscuity floral hops - amarillo? Crisp citrus. Floral notes. Pale malts. Very complex; has real depth of flavour. Dank. Clean and very enjoyable. The balance is masterful. Still, it's not as complex or subtle as I remember Exponential Hoppiness being.
Mf: Perfect dryness and smoothness for the style, coaxing out the flavours. Ideal carbonation and thickness. Not as luscious as some other great beers in the style. Buttery on the finish. Refreshing and custom-tailored to the flavour profile.
Dr: Extremely drinkable for the style and well hidden ABV. I could down this one all night. Really tasty, but perhaps not Alpine's best IPA. Slides down real easy. I love it. Another home run IPA from Alpine.
Serving type: on-tap
01-29-2013 22:54:36 |
More by kojevergas
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
From cask to pint
A: cloudy yellow-orange in appearance; frothy, sudsy head that never fully recedes. Lacing everywhere.
S: Grassy, boozy, citrus-y, piny. The nose is less tropical than its little brother, but there's a buttery tone with a tropical edge. Nose is more subdued than expected.
T: Guava and orange flavors up-front - distinctively 'Nelson'. Flavor profile is a lot more layered than the nose, with sweet, bready malts bouncing off various citrus notes. Smooth and creamy throughout; by the short finish it's more sweet than bitter.
M: Probably the creamiest, most frothy IPA I've had on cask. I'm pretty shocked at how carbonated this is, might as well have been on tap.
One of the best brews I've had. Touches all of the hidden corners of the palate while still dropping huge hop character. And the amount of carbonation this has is incredible - puts to bed the notion that IPA's shouldn't be served from a cask.
Serving type: cask
01-03-2013 02:35:01 |
More by rand
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Finally getting around to my notes on this taken from my lunch at Alpine right before the holiday's. The beer pours a beautiful light copper with a thin head of beady white foam. The nose is the tell tale Nelson Sauvin hop profile meshed with sweet malty bisquits and the funkiness from the hop bill. For me this is a different beer than the last effort that was either called T-25, Double Nelson or whatever you wanted to call it. This seems a bit hotter, the booze is evident here, its bitter as it should be but almost in an unfinished clunky way that isn't as seamless as the last time I had it. The mouth is fine if not a bit hot but its a joy to drink none the less. I still prefer the regular bottling of Nelson to the more amped up version.
Serving type: on-tap
12-29-2012 01:53:47 |
More by OTB
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Got a growler from ThaFATkid on Christmas Eve. Thanks Brandon you're the man.
A: A very nice crisp golden orange with a half finger to a finger white head.
S: Extremely dank on the nose with nice orange and grapefruit zests.
T: Probably too drinkable for it's own good. This went down like a breeze. Tons of fragrant tropical fruits & hops with a slight malt backbone. Just the right amount of bitterness to make this a truly well balanced beer.
M: Medium carbonation. Very crisp on the tongue.
O: What a special treat. Living in Chicago I have only had the chance to try Alpine on a few occasions. Having a chance to have this on draft was one of my better beer moments of the year. If you have a chance seek this out immediately. Up there as one of the better double IPA's I have ever had.
Serving type: growler
12-28-2012 03:12:02 |
More by jdhende
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Draft service into a shaker pint glass at the Alpine pub.
A: Slightly hazy, orange-golden color with less than one finger of white foam head. Moderate lacing remains on the glass.
S: Very intense at first, with a juicy combination of mixed citrus and tropical fruits. No alcohol is detected.
T: Begins dry, with an early burst of acidic and fruity hop aromatics followed by refined pale malt. Sweetness picks up into the middle where malt loses all semblance of graininess, instead becoming doughy and comparable to a powdered sugar that is heavy on the cornstarch. Flavors are simplistic into the finish where bitterness is more intense than the typical Alpine pale ale. No alcohol is detected.
M: Medium viscosity, slightly acidic yet a little lifeless on the palate, with moderate carbonation.
D/O: While this beer leaves little doubt that it was born in an Alpine fermentation vessel, with a smell that simply oozes nelson hops, it also seems unfinished. Malt qualities are not polished here; base malt is cloying instead of showing off influences from rye or other specialty grains. It may be overrated here due to its ephemeral existence, but it is not the best showcase of Alpine's majestic beers.
Serving type: on-tap
12-24-2012 21:50:07 |
More by beagle75
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at O'Briens
*2nd release – stoked to catch this still on the day after.
A: Goldenrod body with some orange tones and a smidge of haze. Just enough to distort the appearance of your hand when peering through the glass. Thin lid of paper white foam with some slow rising bubbles. Sticky dots and ribbons of lace.
S: A fantastic floral nose bright with mango and peach notes. Big on the pineapple juice, with some passion fruit and just a suggestion of white wine in there. Smell is pretty killer. Not as heavy on the Nelsons it seems but all fruity and tropical hops.
T: Expressively hoppy flavors of melon, pineapple, and grapefruit. Lesser doses of white wine grape and green berries. There is real nice trailer of herbal weed stems as the pucker hits from an upper moderate bitterness on the palate. Has a perfect balance of sugars with minimal malt character and just a soft caramel kiss to it. Creeper alcohol warmth is well disguised at first. A fantastically hoppy DIPA. Not quite the Double Nelson I was hoping for but definitely tasty.
M: Medium to lighter body with an overall wetness to the beer. Although there is a bit of a crisp drying lift towards the finish. Sappy lingering hop oils with a slight bitter constricting feel.
D: Another hoppy homerun from Alpine. This did not make me think of a Double Nelson but it is delicious in its own right. Flavors are fruit forward with a more restrained white wine note. I do love the Nelson and wasn't totally mind blown here but still very happy with the outcome. Profile of this batch comes together more like an uber fresh Sculpin or what the guys down at Societe are doing. Balance is superb however and I think I would even prefer this over Enjoy By.
Great beer hope to see this become a regular.
Serving type: on-tap
12-21-2012 19:04:25 |
More by Nugganooch
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Was Fortunate enough to be in town for this release. Had it on tap at there pub on and got a growler for a lucky trader. So this review is from my notes that I took while.
A- Nice orangish white somewhat cloudy body with a little bit of a white head.
S- Hoppy sweet citrus, some honey, mango, pineapple, hoppy weed mixed with a little bit of malty sweetness.
T- Double Nelson fits this perfect this needs to be bottled! With that said first off theres a fruity hoppy honey citrus sweetness that first comes to mind and as the beer warms up the better it tastes. Not too hoppy not to sweet and not bitter a well balanced beer.
M- Smooth Medium and pleasant.
Overall- Like I mentioned earlier this was from my notes and thats what I wrote while drinking it and even now I wish that they would bottle it or have it on tap more. I hope to be able to try this again to compare my notes. Drink Alpine or Go to Bed!
Serving type: on-tap
12-20-2012 05:51:02 |
More by ThaFATkid
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Alpine
A - Pours a bright orange/brown with very little head. Slightly hazy.
S - Large citrus aroma with a bit of weed thrown in. In addition to the citrus, quite a bit of mango in the aroma.
T - A little sweeter than I thought it would be from the aroma. Hops still predominate, and the sweetness is actually complimentary in this case, even for an IPA. Like the aroma, lots of citrus and mango in the taste. Just enough malt base to provide balance. Very smooth and tasty.
M - very smooth mouthfeel. Just a touch of alcohol burn, but very minor. Nice bitterness, though the finish is pretty clean.
O - Haven't had Nelson in a while, so I can't compare directly, but this is very nice. Would love to have again.
Serving type: on-tap
12-16-2012 22:19:41 |
More by warnerry
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Huge thanks to Mike T for sharing a growler of this at Dyan's going away tasting. Served in a goblet. Pours a nice, clear orange color with a lasting white head. The nose has delicious resinous hops. A bit dank and heavy rind. A bit of malt and alcohol, but mostly all hops. Medium body. Quite bitter. Really an excellent double IPA and one I hope they make again...soon. At the same time, if you can't get your hands on it, I honestly didn't think it was THAT much different than super-fresh Nelson.
Serving type: growler
12-16-2012 19:40:40 |
More by Thorpe429
District of Columbia
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
On cask at O'Brien's. Apparently the last of batch 1. Tall, thin 10oz glass.
A: Pours a murky straw color, with a thin ring of off white head. Poor retention and no lacing.
S: Some pale malt and a honey-like aroma, a little fruit (tropical and citrus) and spice, but overall very tame. I had to struggle to catch a whiff of anything.
T: Some fruity hop characteristics and rye malt. Ugh, the flatness is destroying the taste for me.
M: Flat, medium body. If I were an optimist I would point out that this hides the high ABV exceptionally well. But I'm not particularly.
O: A flat, less hoppy version of Nelson. Just not very enjoyable. A big disappointment, esp. since Nelson is one of my favorites. The cask did not do this beer any favors, unfortunately, but my fingers are crossed that they'll brew this again.
Serving type: cask
09-08-2012 04:01:51 |
More by pmarlowe
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
From the T25 anniversary party. I had several pints of this.
A: Pours a clear, golden-peach color capped with a finger of off-white head. Great retention with lace streaking down the sides of the glass during the drink.
S: Citrus -- a tropical smorgasbord of mango, pineapple, and papaya -- followed by weed and finishing with a spicy element. Initially, I assumed the spice was just the rye bill amped up, but during my second glass, an image of onions came to my mind, and I couldn't shake it thereafter. I don't like onions in beer; that being said, it is a mild presence here and not a deal-breaker.
T: As above, the predominant character is citrus (mango, white grapes, pineapple); the tropical element resonates very well with my taste buds. But that's arguably par for the course now with West Coast IPAs; even the weed presence is starting to become more commonplace. What sets this beer apart for me is a grassy, herbal undercurrent (Masterski claimed "chives," which I'm not totally sure I can place, but I can see why he said it). The rye spice is another nice touch, and it is amplified above standard Nelson. It works nicely with that onion character I noted in the aroma.
M: Medium-bodied. This hides the ABV very well for nearly 9%, and what's more impressive is that the body doesn't need to be syrupy to do it. I usually find that 10% beers and up have a bigger, maltier body than their lighter offerings, presumably to hide the alcohol better. This is at the point where the crossover from dry body to malty body must begin, yet it manages to stay relatively light and drinkable.
O: This was the hit of the day for me. It's pretty unusual for me to put down 3 pints of a 9% beer in a single sitting; this is one of the few beers that truly begged for it.
Serving type: on-tap
09-02-2012 18:44:04 |
More by Arbitrator
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Received this growler via Bdige, a true stellar trader, thanks Brandon!
Okay, it's no secret to anyone that I trade with, drink with, talk about IPA's with, Alpine Nelson is my favorite IPA out there, with Maine Brewing Lunch and Surly Furious coming in 2nd and 3rd (no particular order).
I received this growler on a Friday, 13 days after it was released(!!). Generally we have a tasting here in Tampa on Wed. or Thursday. I found out this weeks tasting was canceled yesterday (Wed.). Alright, time to go big balls and open it by myself.
I'm thinking "Man, that's a lot of beer to drink myself" than I think a little harder "WTF, pussy? It's like going to Cigar City for a tasting and having 4 pints total." I can ssure you a CCB tasting with our group is WELL over 4 pints total.
SO fuck it, I drink this beautiful golden IPA bitch all on my own. I did share a couple of sips with the wife so maybe I had 60 oz. of it. I WISH IT WAS 128 oz.!!!
Golden delicious, straw colored rye IPA. Nice bubbles and head. Freaking absolutely fantastic IPA, the best that I have ever tasted. I give it a 4.75. I could drink this all day long (theoretically) and am so glad to have been able to try it. FANTASTIC IPA!!!
Serving type: growler
08-31-2012 04:00:11 |
More by sendsilk
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Thanks for sharing, Ryan!
Dark orange color with a white head. Enormous citrus aroma. Pineapple, pine, grapefruit, and tangerine. Tropical fruits galore! Flavor is slightly sweet with tons of fruit. Peach, pineapple, melon, mango, grapefruit, and tangerine, just to name a few. Pine bitterness with some floral hops and very minimal malt flavor.
Serving type: growler
08-23-2012 15:30:43 |
More by womencantsail
District of Columbia
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Thanks to Mad Mike for sharing a growler of this. I've had good luck with Alpine growlers in the past (shhhh, don't tell them), but fear this sample lost it's edge in transit.
Appearance looks like a beer. Clear, mild amber in color. Sufficient white head with adequate retention and lacing is as expected for style. Bright hoppy nose of resin, lemon, and floral... hops. Soft, medium light body, well carbonated, bitter and juicy finish. Flavor has a light spiciness throughout but is dominated oily, resiny hops; grapefruit, orange and pine. I expected this beer to be a transcendental experience that brought me to tears. Instead, this was a tweaked, optimized version of one of my favorite IPAs, but not quite as good as HF Ann. What a waste.
Serving type: growler
08-23-2012 03:08:17 |
More by yourefragile
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thank you, Mike/Jacob. This one leaked a little bit in transit, but otherwise, seemed in excellent health (great carbonation etc.)
Mostly clear mild amber with a dense, white head with decent retention and some lacing, this smells nice. The nose is excellent. Beautiful hop expression with a big pine, lemon and spicy op character. Dank, resiny and weed-like, these notes whelm the fruity Nelson hop notes.
The palate opens super dank and resiny, with pine and a little bit of rye. The bitterness is big, but clean. Moderately fruity as well, with a mild grape character, but this is just so dank! A little bit of alcohol is present on the finish.Medium light in body with moderate carbonation, this beer is fantastic on the palate. I really hope they rebrew this.
Serving type: growler
08-19-2012 12:26:31 |
More by DefenCorps
New York
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had this one in a growler.
I am a huge fan of Nelson. Was thrilled to get to try some of this.
This is an excellent beer, cant stop drinking it.
I have to compare it to regular Nelson. Regular Nelson is more flavor full, given the choice would take regular Nelson.
But this is a great beer for sure. Not the best, but excellent.
Serving type: growler
08-18-2012 21:09:50 |
More by jrnyc
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
A- Pours an amber color with small amount of head and little retention
S- Floral hops, weed
T- Deep resin flavor. Hits you in the back of your nose. So smooth and crushable for nearing 9% and just delicious. I have never had a better DIPA. Move aside Pliny, Heady Topper, Double Sunshine, and yes, even Citra.
M- This is the only knock I can give this beer. I would have liked a little more carbonation for the style. But, don't get me wrong, this is still the best I've had.
O- I don't normally review beers, but had to let Alpine know just how good this beer is so hopefully they'll make it again. Very hard to resist the urge to go to the Toronado and just drink this beer until I can't stand up to leave.
Serving type: on-tap
08-17-2012 20:52:42 |
More by dsgolovin
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed this one the day after the 25th Anniversary party. Poured into the glass an orange color with a thin head of white. Aroma was big juicy hops, fresh crystalline cannabis buds, orange and lemon peel. Taste was super balanced and a pleasant small explosion of weed like hops and orange. This was so juicy and fresh, dry in the mouth. Better than Elder in my opinion.
Serving type: on-tap
08-17-2012 02:12:02 |
More by kayalla
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had a couple of these on draft at the Toronado anniversary party. Pours a clear golden amber with a small white head that settles to a ring and leaves some light lacing on the glass. Aroma is quite dank with grapefruit, pineapple, mango and some floral notes present. Just a bit of rye on the nose and no alcohol. The initial taste has a bit of sweetness with pineapple, rye, and mango. There is also a bit of white grape and some dankness. The finish has a decent bitterness and is dry. No alcohol at all. Medium body. Medium carbonation. This was probably the best IPA that I've had. It was easily the best beer at the Toronado anniversary party. Hopefully, they start making it regularly.
Serving type: on-tap
08-16-2012 21:46:49 |
More by jethrodium
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
On-tap at Toronado - San Francisco. Numerous pint glasses consumed throughout the anniversary party.
A - Transparent golden body, with white foam that settles to a thin collar leaving minimal lacing. Servers filled the glass to the brim, so it's hard to read on head volume and retention.
S - Great mix of citrus, tropical fruits, dank weed, and a hint of onion. This year's Nelson Sauvin crop seems to be particularly marijuana-heavy. Malt character is fairly restrained for a DIPA - would have pegged this as a regular IPA. No alcohol either, just hoppy goodness.
T - Again, it's a ton of citrus flavor, tropical fruits, white grapes, with a touch of herb and chive. A touch of rye spice comes out mid-palate along with crackery malts to support the intense hop flavors. Alcohol is again entirely absent, and this drinks like a 6-7% IPA.
M - Pleasant carbonation, medium body, dry finish, and plenty of residual oily hop resins. Pretty much what you'd want from a West Coast DIPA.
D - A superb beer - I think I had 4-5 pints. Handily the best beer of the trip and one of the best DIPAs ever brewed. It will be criminal if Alpine doesn't make this semi-regularly.
Serving type: on-tap
08-16-2012 18:27:08 |
More by MasterSki
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
I had the pleasure of having two pints at the pub and a growler to go.
A: Slightly hazy burnt orange with maybe one finger of off white head. This is definitely darker and more opaque than regular Nelson.
S: WOW. Absolutely fantastic. Huge pine and grapefruit presence as well as the typical sauvinon aromas, i.e., white grape, gooseberry, etc.
T: Basically follows the smell. Massive grapefruit/citrus flavors, tropical fruit, pine. Massively resinous and "sticky." There is some lingering bitterness that lends to the exceptional finish. The alcohol is basically non-existent. Delicious.
M: Slightly on the "syrupy" side for an Alpine beer. Definitely a fuller mouthfeel than standard Nelson.
O: My favorite Alpine beer and possibly favorite beer altogether. This beer is everything you want: huge hop aromas, huge flavor, perfectly balanced bitterness, and outstanding drinkability. I really hope Alpine puts this in their full-time lineup or at least part of their seasonal rotation.
Serving type: growler
08-16-2012 18:12:49 |
More by LegalBrew87
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
A: Pours a glowing apricot color with a thin tan head.
S: Dear God. This smells amazing. A hyper fragrant mix of mango, grapefruit, marijuana, mint and hop resin. Incredible.
T: Somehow, the taste is just as good as the smell. An absolute atomic bomb of citrus hops that somehow has enough of a malt backbone to keep it somewhat balanced. Hints of tropical fruit, a touch of rye and a ton of resin. This may very well be the best IPA I've ever had.
Serving type: on-tap
08-15-2012 20:47:59 |
More by notchucknorris
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Stole the show at Toronado's 25th Anniversary Party.
A - Bright golden color with some orange in there. Not a ton of head on it, but it left some fairly substantial fine-web lacing.
S - Wow, this is a hop explosion. The initial sniff really just blows you away. It's like they crammed 5x the amount of hops into it that goes into a normal DIPA. Some tropical fruit, tons of resin. The hop oils are so strong and prevalent it almost smells buttery. Amazing.
T - Lots of floral and tropical fruit hops, with citrus, bitterness, cat piss, and a bit of onion. Just a touch of malt, but this is hops all the way. Unlike a lot of overly bitter, hop-bombs, this has very rich and distinct flavors, although they are unbelievably powerful. Great stuff.
M - Medium bodied, good carbonation, very oily.
O - Fantastic beer, one of the best DIPAs I've had in a very long time.
Serving type: on-tap
08-15-2012 19:27:47 |
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