Hoptimistic Thoughts

Trying beers from around the corner to around the world. I'm just your average guy who likes himself a pint on the weekends. I made the decision to put any beer I can get my hands on to the test. I want to see if major products are worth the ad campaign, find beer that can appeal to aficionado and new drinkers alike. If there's anything you can recommend me to try I'll go in search of it and give the utmost honesty on every beer that finds its way to my hand.

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The fact that this toy revolver is double action only bothers me a lot more than it should.

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Cold Steel Tantos.

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A Handgunner’s Love.

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When I see a girl competently shooting a big gun, I know that all is right with the world. 

photo by Oleg Volk.

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[y10k]

I don’t throw the term genius around loosely, but..

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Gene Belcher - Feminist

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Colour Photographs of the Attack on Pearl Harbour

The vivid colour photographs above were taken from various sources, many of them are stills from colour footage while others are kodachrome photographs.  They show the thick black choking smoke and the raging fires which took hold of ships and shore installations.   

The photographs show the hangers of the US Naval Air Station at Wheeler Field ablaze with wrecked aircraft strewn across the runway and the flames from USS Arizona with the desperate efforts of sailors to quell fires and escape stricken vessels.  

Sources:

Images One - Six Source

Images Seven - Nine Source

Image Ten Source

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Bar Jokes

If you get drunk on cheap beer you are being your Pabst self.

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Bar Jokes

Past, Present, and Future walk into a bar, it was tense.

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Guinness Blonde American Lager

So it appears the Guinness is breaking away from it's stout comfort zone and trying a new line of beer from around the world. The first amoung the series is an "American Lager" by the name of Guinness Blonde. Question is do we have a dumb blonde on our hands?

Scent: Grainy, watery, and copper like. Not too pleasing I'm afraid but I am recovering from a cold so I can be a little lenient. SCORE - 8/20

Taste: Crisp and hoppy for a lager with a gently roasted finish. somewhat watery in the middle but full easy flavors overall. SCORE - 16/20

Buzz: A little on the low side at %5.00 abv but just enough kick to feel it after two or three. Rest easy with this blonde lager for it won't over intoxicate.SCORE - 14/20

Hardiness: I liked it much better in a pint glass and it is a beer that wants you to taste bottle after bottle. With a solid pour and coldest temperature this beer works as a default lager.SCORE - 14/20

Price: This six pack was around $10.00. For an even tone lager that people wil accept but not necessarily rave over it is a bit over priced.SCORE - 10/20

FINAL SCORE - 62/100 or 6.2/10

HoptimisticThoughts: Like I said in Hardiness, this is a lageer beer drinkers would accept but not rave over. Worlds above the cheap adjunct lagers that were reviewed last month but still it falls short due to its price. at let's say $7.50 I would consider this a bigger bargain but an even lager like this just goes a little to high for my liking.

[catsbeaversandducks]

"Friday. My second favorite F word."

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Really, which one? *Ba Dum Tish*

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Be honest, you wanna try it just because of the name and it being some of the best label art ever.

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sound advice.