Hello…. Blue Moon

August 31, 2011 under Beer Reviews

So, a couple of weeks ago I find this article online. Its talking about these new “craft beers” coming from America, that people seemed to quite like them, as opposed to the taste sensation that is Fosters / Carling etc…

They sounded exactly like the beers from Belgium but if people are being drawn towards better Beers because of it, who I’m I to judge?

A couple of days later, I came across one of these beers in Sainsburys. A bottle of Bluemoon seemed to call my name, that and the fact it seemed fairly cheap in comparison to the other “American Craft” beers seemed to help.

So what is this stuff actually like? Well to put it simply, if you like Belgium wheat beers, you’ll probably like this. Its very very similar, except the slight creaminess does give it a gentle aftertaste that is more then worth sampling.

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Tea + Beer???

August 29, 2011 under Beer Reviews

Two Questions.

One why I’ve not thought about googling this before?

Two. Where can I get some tea beer in Devon????

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Doctor Who: “Lets Kill Hitler” Review

August 29, 2011 under TV Shows

Wow, now wasn’t this fun…

If not a little bit odd.

Kinda glad I’m a fan, else I’m not sure how accessible this would have been. Saying that, the episode did manage the great trick of kinda explaining itself as it went along, so maybe the non casual viewer would have been ok with it.

Some gorgeous moments from the episode include:

  • “Shut up Hitler”
  • The doctor facing down Hitler! “The English are coming”. Great stuff!
  • “Shut up Dad, I’m focusing on a dress size”

I Loved the idea of a time lord assassin fighting the Doctor. Yes we’ve has The Master… This is a different level of crazy. If “A Good Man Goes to War”, was the birth of Melody Pond, the brain washed assassin, then “Lets Kill Hitler”, is the birth of Riversong.

How much of a treat is the Tardis voice interface scene? For just a moment… I could have sworn Steve Moffat pulled of a spoiler free coup – and we would have Billie Piper back for a moment. Didn’t have her back, but nothing wrong with little Miss Fish Fingers and Custard.

Rule 1: The Doctor lies.

Let’s face it. Hitlers barely in it. Let’s face it not much really happens. And at the end of the day, the Tesselecta is just a massive plot device used to explain some of the madness, and make it clear that the Doctor knows he is due to die…

…doesn’t mean it wasn’t all a damn fine watch…

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Torchwood: Miracle Day Part 7 – Review

August 26, 2011 under TV Shows

Yey!

We get our first flashback of the series… Nooooo… It’s really dull!!!

Why are we presented with all of this now? Why couldn’t the flashbacks have been taking place over the last few episodes? Why is this all been presented to us now? If nothing else having all of this presented at once made the whole thing feel rather obvious.

Well it’s kinda slow…

But at least we have our first monster moment, our first ‘doctor’ reference, as well as another monster reference. With that in mind, having the Trickster behind all of this would make sense.

Look let’s have some positives. The Captain Jack / Gwen stuff was decent, but it should have come sooner in the series.

I’m waiting for someone to post a three minute version of the episode on YouTube. That would be an improvement over this.

So yeah… Rubbish!

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Tasting Notes: Adriaen Brouwer Dark Gold

August 20, 2011 under Beer Reviews

Some beers feel sleepy. Some beers you have to taste in order to feel its life.

This beer wakes as you pour it – gentle pouring recommended! A fruity smell also blasts you as pour. A burnt caramel taste greets you as you drink. Sadly I started hiccuping again after I started drinking it… so yes lively!

Tasty. Not easy to drink, but there is an interesting taste there.

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Torchwood Miracle Day – The Middle Men

August 18, 2011 under TV Shows

 

The end of the last weeks we were given what looked like an excellent preview of tonights episode. It made tonights episode look amazing.

 

We get to tonights episode… and for the first 20 minutes… We get nothing.

 

Again.

 

Then 3 treats.

 

Then for some reason. Captain Jack becomes useful. He somehow shifts himself from what ever miracle day show that was featured at the end of last weeks, to stalking the Ghostbusters girlfriend. At this point we get the epsiodes first treat. A sensible mature conversation between two old men of the sci-fi universe discussing the nature of “the system”.

 

The action is switched back to the camp in America, following Rex and Esther as a series of wrong choices lead to Rex being tortured in an amazingly intense scene, quickly followed between THAT fight between Esther and Colin Maloney – That finger / eye move! Great stuff!

 

The third treat… THAT explosion! Good Stuff.

 

Kudos also needs to be given to John Shiban, the writer of tonights episode. For including a steady theme throughout the episode, of the difference between the middlemen of this world – and those who say no. So arguably the best of the series so far. Shame we had to sit through the first half of the episode to get to the good stuff… again.

 

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Tasting Notes – Miss America from Batemans

August 14, 2011 under Beer Reviews

Ok. So “Miss America”. The competition that symbolizes all that is American about America.

Its also a beer released by Batemans Brewery to celebrate American Independence, I guess they chose the name “Miss America” as it sums images of America… well as I said… being American… The good news is, this tastes more English then American. The beer itself is gently sweet with a citrus finish. Its a decent enough beer, and if you open the bottle expecting a cheap American nasty you’ll probably enjoy it, but there are better Ales in Aldi.

One question to end with. Why are Batemans celebrating American independence?

Aldi Website

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London Riot Fail…

August 12, 2011 under London Riots

Riots. Sponsored by Heineken.

Doh!

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Torchwood: Miracle Day Part 5 – Review

August 11, 2011 under TV Shows

“”Torchwood’s gone – its just a name these days”

Well. The Good.

We’re back in the good old UK.

The bad news. It didn’t stay in the UK… or lets face it – Wales.

I cant help but think this just helps to remind how much I miss the “Welsh Torchwood”. On one side we seem to have – what look liked fairly big budget drama, on the other side – we had people talking under the nice American sunshine.

For the first 35 minutes or so anyway. Ar least the action seemed to pick up again towards the end. It seems to be a staple of this series to only be interesting during the last half of the episode.

Well lets face it. It might be getting interesting. Sure they brought the doctor in, just to get rid of her – but did anyone really care?

Hopefully its set up for it to get better next week.

So a mixed bag. Again. but hey. Doctor Who is coming back

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