tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210790312024-03-08T13:28:52.017+13:00Twisted LogicRamblings and general insanities... often about beerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-90732875632977211672013-01-11T15:57:00.001+13:002013-01-11T15:57:33.417+13:00BC beer travels 2012 - Part 3: Vancouver Island<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-6326072982960929782011-06-30T09:04:00.000+12:002011-06-30T09:04:29.956+12:00The good things in life - desserts and beerOh hello dear blog, long time no write. I should really do something about that. Maybe I will...
As requested here is the recipe for the Bitter Chocolate and Stout Pots. This is from the June issue of Cuisine magazine. I'm having lots of fun with this issue. There are plenty of 'winter warmers' so if you are that way inclined I strongly suggest picking up a copy.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-36043755455653203012010-12-16T11:57:00.008+13:002010-12-30T15:40:00.535+13:00Canadian Beer Travels v2.0 (Part 3)And then back to Vancouver…
Went to Steamworks a couple of times due to the location.
Steamworks Empress IPA – reminded me of a Pale Ale or Bitter more than an IPA but was lovely after walking around on a warm day (thumbs up)
Steamworks Nirvana Nut Brown – sweet/smoky smell, hints of porter (thumbs up)
For some reason I noted that one of the songs on was one used to death at Spin class and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-59130881526218186132010-12-16T11:44:00.005+13:002010-12-16T12:06:33.556+13:00Canadian Beer Travels v2.0 (Part 2)Then for the highlight of the beer tasting travels – two days of the Great Canadian Beer Festival in Victoria. This was such a pleasure to attend (particularly in comparison to something like the NZ Beer Festival).The first day ended up being much colder than expected therefore did not go down so well but I got myself a Red Racer t-shirt so all was well in the world!Sun was out for the second Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-36766464404120709362010-12-16T11:18:00.017+13:002010-12-16T18:20:53.800+13:00Canadian Beer Travels v2.0 (Part 1)Okay so months after the fact I am finally telling the tale of our Canadian Beer Travels v2.0. This time we spent our entire trip in BC and managed to get ourselves to both days of the Great Canadian Beer Festival (GCBF). Unfortunately our trip was delayed by one week, meaning we didn’t get to explore the “northern” BC breweries, and I was also quite lazy with my tasting notes on this trip. AsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-44089752877858142622009-07-08T11:40:00.002+12:002009-07-08T11:49:26.157+12:00Canada Beer Blog Part 3La Barberie was our favourite place in Québec City, thus our second favourite of the trip (nothing could beat Dieu du Ciel for me). They are a cooperative and had 16 beers available. Also noteworthy was the price, at CAD$5 a pint they were definitely the cheapest pints of the trip. IPA – smell of toasted hops with a hoppy bitterness. 4/5 Rousse Bock – dried fruits (figs? dates?), rich, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-44979968213321666442009-07-08T11:03:00.006+12:002009-07-08T11:39:01.912+12:00Canada Beer Blog Part 2Now to our absolute favourite place in Montréal (and in fact Québec as a whole). Dieu du Ciel had 17 beers available (on tap of course). I cannot fully do this place justice, we would live here. Corpus Christi – Pale Ale de Seigle 5%. A red pale ale with bitterness. Nice!! 4.5/5 Equinoxe du printemps – Scotch Ale à l’erable 9%. A real sipper at 9%. Creamy with a hint of dried fruits.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-11771184159808127642009-07-08T10:37:00.005+12:002009-07-08T11:03:02.029+12:00And finally... Canada Beer Blog Part 1Upon arrival in Vancouver I managed to not fully commit to the Domestic transfer area and was released into the airport at large to find Toru. Given that our flight to Montréal wasn’t until 11.55pm (and despite arriving late it was still only 4.30pm), we hopped on the airport bus and headed to Granville Island Market. After a coffee and a stroll much time had passed and the market was closing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-43901188921079267572009-01-20T16:11:00.005+13:002009-01-20T16:24:58.788+13:00Beer o'clockHmmmm tis about time I wrote something.So we're off to Canada again in April, hitting the other side this time... After some researching the trip is starting to look like a microbrewery tour of eastern Canada. So we're hitting Montréal, Ottawa, Trois Rivières, Québec City and Rivière-du-loup. Who knew there were SOOO many microbreweries in the area? I think I will have to keep a beer Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-7796481567258700912008-07-02T15:38:00.004+12:002008-07-02T16:04:26.502+12:00An update of sortsWoah, it's me! I still live!So although my enrolment isn't confirmed yet, I arrived home yesterday to find the course material for one of the papers. Okay, so I went completely crazy (or had a brilliant moment of sanity) and decided once and for all I was going to do a Graduate Diploma in French. As I've probably mentioned before, I've been doing night classes at the language academy. They'reAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-60829270222480111152008-04-25T12:45:00.003+12:002008-04-25T12:56:59.859+12:00FinallySo yes I have been beyond slack. But so has everyone else.But yes - I'm still alive! And slightly distracted as I'm listening to the latest Flight of the Conchords album as I write this.So since my last post many moons ago, I left my job and moved to another and gained a little more respect in the process. Certainly a vast improvement. Anyway... it's something different.The update for my gameAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-30145896259195116692008-02-27T08:52:00.002+13:002008-02-27T08:54:37.223+13:00Update coming...Honestly!! Once this week and these years finally come to a close I will post something. Right now I wish to keep you all from reading an insane attack on everything (and almost everyone!). A post next week will be pleasant and happy!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-7794958963487652912008-01-10T11:17:00.000+13:002008-01-30T13:25:20.491+13:00Yeah stuff... and stuffSo I finally gave in to that little voice and I now own one of these babies16GB of beauty. Okay, I'll move on...So we went, we saw we conquered. We did our 3 day kayak of Abel Tasman which was wicked. Catered, equipment provided multi-day trips are the way to go my friend. And there was beer... not good beer, but beerAnd you know, we had chocolate dipped fruit, omelets, scrambled eggs, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-48945192517497018662007-11-28T09:20:00.000+13:002007-11-28T09:55:08.088+13:00MusingsMy apologies to Daniel for not blogging this sooner. I am sorry to deprive you :P Life has been a hectic shamble the past week.At approximately 3.30pm on Friday 23 November, myself, Jem and Katelyn rocked up to Trusts Stadium all the way out in Waitakere town, dressed in our finest...Or something like that. A small crowd had already gathered and like them we were prepared with our line-waitingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-77521482419459000322007-11-14T14:47:00.000+13:002007-11-14T14:56:36.007+13:00Muse, geekdom and hiding from ho-ho-hoMy least favourite time of year is quickly approaching. But this year Toru and I are packing up for a few days and doing a 3-day kayak through the Abel Tasman. Fun times!Ahhh Muse next Friday. And the "Osten invasion" as it is being called. It's going to be quite crazy next week, two people crashing on our floor for like 4 days and my parents are also in Aucks that weekend. I'm surprised I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-1619114977003442082007-10-11T09:08:00.000+13:002007-10-11T09:14:41.488+13:00Some luck or similar pleaseI really need something good to happen and instill some sense of optimism.I'm sick of the buses... I'm sick of getting up 10mins earlier in the morning in an attempt to avoid waiting at the bus stop for all the buses that are running late. Or the ones that are so packed it takes half an hour to get to work.I'm sick of this country...I'm sick of people (well not all people but I can exaggerate).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-18929520317828077262007-09-27T14:01:00.000+12:002007-09-27T14:02:56.802+12:00Blah............................Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-15110115014528023672007-08-23T13:33:00.000+12:002007-08-23T13:35:44.017+12:00What I would give for a baseball bat...I'm so sick of friggin incompetence and people getting involved in things that don't concern them. And I have to run around cleaning up the mess.Urgh...I want my Muse tickets alreadyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-84098396890881794972007-08-19T17:07:00.001+12:002007-08-19T17:13:59.927+12:00Are we really this stupid?I really have to question where the common sense has gone when I see that on an item of clothing. Seriously??So Daniel, Sarah, Toru and I went off to be cultured last night and saw King Lear. And I'm sure Daniel wants to be reminded that we all saw Sir Ian McKellen naked. I have learnt that close to 4 hours of Shakespeare in a warm, stuffy theatre after a couple of beers is just not for me. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-71200478994147302992007-08-08T08:51:00.000+12:002007-08-08T08:59:56.514+12:00Same old, same old...Yeah so I haven't written anything in awhile but it's all the same old crap these days. Unfortunately I seemed to have filled my spare time up a little too well, most likely in an attempt to compensate for other things, and now I feel like I hardly have any free time. And thus the vicious cycle of resentment begins...So yeah, I'm still going to the gym 5 days a week, still going to my French Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-31636021663611390602007-07-13T09:13:00.000+12:002007-07-13T09:15:50.571+12:00Snow Patrol tickets - hell yeah!I wonder how long I can block out the world and stay in my happy little bubble after buying my Snow Patrol tickets in the members pre-sale.Blaring music on my laptop just doesn't work... I shall find better speakers.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-84938675013207275582007-07-10T11:32:00.000+12:002007-07-10T11:35:01.346+12:00Oh to be a student againI miss the days of free trips to student health. I still go there cos it's right above my office. Somehow I got away with not paying the last year... Now it's $30 for the one minute it takes to ask for a repeat prescription and them to print it. That's it... :( At least it's still only $3 per prescription.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079031.post-38037505562676955822007-07-04T09:43:00.000+12:002007-07-04T09:52:58.677+12:00GoodiesThe news of upcoming concerts tends to put me in a pretty good mood and send me straight to my phone to drag Jemma in on the excitement. I just got an email saying Snow Patrol are coming (AGAIN!) and being as special as I am I have access to the pre-sale in a couple of weeks. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. And this time we don't have to take an hour bus ride to get to the venue.I'm still Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135614749326336370noreply@blogger.com0