June 5, 2010, 1:24 p.m.
I've been seeing a lot of talk about the recent decline in the top beer manufacturers sales lately. The big number to focus on is the decline in Bud Lite sales, which haven't declined in a ridiculously long time (39 years maybe?). On the other hand craft beer has been a growing segment for the past 20 years. That's been said over and over. I just read an article my the Atlantic that put an interesting point into the discussion, where macro-brews are on the decline liquor and wine are growing....
May 28, 2010, 4:05 p.m.
Woot! I'm celebrating this wonderful end of the work week with a Belgian beer made by monks, Orval. Its an incredibly effervescent beer due to the addition of wild yeast. The wild yeast gives it a tart taste similar to buttermilk. The malt backbone is simple and slightly sweet. It does more to showcase the yeast character than anything else. This bottle also has some hoppyness to it. I've had an older bottle that did not show much hops. Both are good. The hops are not the focus of this beer, ...
May 28, 2010, 4:05 p.m.
Woot! I'm celebrating this wonderful end of the work week with a Belgian beer made by monks, Orval. Its an incredibly effervescent beer due to the addition of wild yeast. The wild yeast gives it a tart taste similar to buttermilk. The malt backbone is simple and slightly sweet. It does more to showcase the yeast character than anything else. This bottle also has some hoppyness to it. I've had an older bottle that did not show much hops. Both are good. The hops are not the focus of this beer, ...
May 15, 2010, 1:48 p.m.
I mounted my camera to my bike and shot a short video! The audio quality is pretty horrible, there was a lot of wind noise. I was able to remove some of it using Audacity but the real fix to remove wind noise is "don't stand in the wind." I'm going to try this again with something wrapped around the camera's mic and see if that works better.
May 15, 2010, 1:48 p.m.
I mounted my camera to my bike and shot a short video! The audio quality is pretty horrible, there was a lot of wind noise. I was able to remove some of it using Audacity but the real fix to remove wind noise is "don't stand in the wind." I'm going to try this again with something wrapped around the camera's mic and see if that works better.