A federal jury has concluded that while General Motors sold cars with defective ignition switches, they weren't the cause of a Louisiana accident, Reuters is reporting. The two-week trial - the second related to the scandal - concerned the crash of a 2007 Saturn Sky on a New Orleans bridge that complainants Dionne Spain and Lawrence Barthelemy said was […]
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The BMW 3 Series has been the benchmark to which all manner of vehicles are measured. The comparisons go beyond the likes of the Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Volvo S60, and include BMW M3 vs Chevy Camaro and BMW 328d vs Toyota Prius. It seems that every car company in America makes at least one […]
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A federal jury has concluded that while General Motors sold cars with defective ignition switches, they weren't the cause of a Louisiana accident, Reuters is reporting. The two-week trial - the second related to the scandal - concerned the crash of a 2007 Saturn Sky on a New Orleans bridge that complainants Dionne Spain and Lawrence Barthelemy said was […]
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The BMW 3 Series has been the benchmark to which all manner of vehicles are measured. The comparisons go beyond the likes of the Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Volvo S60, and include BMW M3 vs Chevy Camaro and BMW 328d vs Toyota Prius. It seems that every car company in America makes at least one […]
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On September 11, 2012, my career as a print-magazine motoring journalist came to a semi-abrupt end. And unlike my much more famous colleague in the UK, I didn't have to punch anyone to get fired from Top Gear. That's not to say I didn't go out with a bang. I was on my seventh year of writing […]
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The automotive press expends much effort (present company included) telling OEMs what they should and should not do. Automakers may not always take action, much less seem to care, but they value your opinion. Otherwise they wouldn't have given me a car for a week in hopes of influencing your next buying decision. I'm thankful […]
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Beware of the Emailed Speeding Ticket Scam
If you're driving in or through Pennsylvania anytime soon (or have recently) and you get a speeding ticket emailed from a local police department, don't click the link. It's a new malware scam that contains accurate speeding data, including street names, speed limits and actual driving speeds, according to the Tredyffrin Police Department. The link claims to lead to a photo of the user's license plate but instead loads malware onto the user's device. It's a brilliant scam, but if you get it, don't click the link. So far it's only been reported in Pennsylvania but be on the lookout for copycats in other places. Read more about the scam here.
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Where do I start? So, Honda unveiled a shoe yesterday, and it's the next best thing to owning and driving a 2016 Civic. At least, that's what we're led to believe. The limited edition…shoe…is a collaboration between Honda (maker of 3,000 pound vehicles that can drive places and are way pricier than pants), lifestyle-oriented digital […]
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On September 11, 2012, my career as a print-magazine motoring journalist came to a semi-abrupt end. And unlike my much more famous colleague in the UK, I didn't have to punch anyone to get fired from Top Gear. That's not to say I didn't go out with a bang. I was on my seventh year of writing […]
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The automotive press expends much effort (present company included) telling OEMs what they should and should not do. Automakers may not always take action, much less seem to care, but they value your opinion. Otherwise they wouldn't have given me a car for a week in hopes of influencing your next buying decision. I'm thankful […]
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Beware of the Emailed Speeding Ticket Scam
If you're driving in or through Pennsylvania anytime soon (or have recently) and you get a speeding ticket emailed from a local police department, don't click the link. It's a new malware scam that contains accurate speeding data, including street names, speed limits and actual driving speeds, according to the Tredyffrin Police Department. The link claims to lead to a photo of the user's license plate but instead loads malware onto the user's device. It's a brilliant scam, but if you get it, don't click the link. So far it's only been reported in Pennsylvania but be on the lookout for copycats in other places. Read more about the scam here.
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Where do I start? So, Honda unveiled a shoe yesterday, and it's the next best thing to owning and driving a 2016 Civic. At least, that's what we're led to believe. The limited edition…shoe…is a collaboration between Honda (maker of 3,000 pound vehicles that can drive places and are way pricier than pants), lifestyle-oriented digital […]
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It sounds like a fantastic book for anyone who's interested in the United States of America. According to Amazon.com's description: “To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light-these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.”
Grab it: Grab a copy of “Travels With Charley in Search of America” by John Steinbeck for $8.26 (paperback) here.
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Ungodly horsepower and unbridled car lust? Check. Gaudy awesome lettering and badges? Check. (Optional) Disco era moustaches? Check. If you're triggered by anything that isn't subdued, then the Trans Am SE Bandit Edition is definitely not a safe space. Trans Am Depot, the Tallahassee-based creator of custom-built Trans Ams (using 5th-generation Chevrolet Camaros as a canvas), is […]
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Will the methanol fuel cell vehicle (pictured above) kill the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? In September 2015, the first methanol (wood alcohol) fueling station was opened in Europe. The station is located in Aalborg, Denmark.
Some of the advantages of methanol fuel cell vehicles are:
On the downside, methanol fuel cell cars are not zero emission vehicles as some CO2 is emitted during operation.
So, will methanol FCEV's dominate the future landscape of transportation?
According to Jørgen Wisborg, Managing Director at OK, “This hybrid solution is our way of including the electrical car into the transport sector, and we believe that this is one of many ways. We do not want to single out one final winner among the future's energy technologies for the transport sector, on the contrary we believe that we are going to see more than one technology.”
This is my belief, too. The future won't be hydrogen cars or battery electric cars or methanol FCEVs. The future will be hydrogen cars AND battery electric vehicles AND methanol FCEVs plus a handful of other alternative fuel vehicles. What is for certain is that we need to #keepitintheground in regard to fossil fuels.
References
http://serenergy.com/video-europes-first-methanol-filling-station/
http://www.methanol.org/energy/fuel-cells.aspx
It sounds like a fantastic book for anyone who's interested in the United States of America. According to Amazon.com's description: “To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light-these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.”
Grab it: Grab a copy of “Travels With Charley in Search of America” by John Steinbeck for $8.26 (paperback) here.
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Ungodly horsepower and unbridled car lust? Check. Gaudy awesome lettering and badges? Check. (Optional) Disco era moustaches? Check. If you're triggered by anything that isn't subdued, then the Trans Am SE Bandit Edition is definitely not a safe space. Trans Am Depot, the Tallahassee-based creator of custom-built Trans Ams (using 5th-generation Chevrolet Camaros as a canvas), is […]
The post Burt Reynolds Approves of This Teenage Fantasy Turned Real appeared first on The Truth About Cars.
Will the methanol fuel cell vehicle (pictured above) kill the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle? In September 2015, the first methanol (wood alcohol) fueling station was opened in Europe. The station is located in Aalborg, Denmark.
Some of the advantages of methanol fuel cell vehicles are:
On the downside, methanol fuel cell cars are not zero emission vehicles as some CO2 is emitted during operation.
So, will methanol FCEV's dominate the future landscape of transportation?
According to Jørgen Wisborg, Managing Director at OK, “This hybrid solution is our way of including the electrical car into the transport sector, and we believe that this is one of many ways. We do not want to single out one final winner among the future's energy technologies for the transport sector, on the contrary we believe that we are going to see more than one technology.”
This is my belief, too. The future won't be hydrogen cars or battery electric cars or methanol FCEVs. The future will be hydrogen cars AND battery electric vehicles AND methanol FCEVs plus a handful of other alternative fuel vehicles. What is for certain is that we need to #keepitintheground in regard to fossil fuels.
References
http://serenergy.com/video-europes-first-methanol-filling-station/
http://www.methanol.org/energy/fuel-cells.aspx
There are longer minivan jumps you could watch, even some with explosions, but no flying family hauler can match the poise and grace of this 1980s Toyota Tarago. Somewhere in rural Australia — possibly near a dingo — this sturdy conveyance not only survived its flight seemingly unscathed, it probably stopped off for a case […]
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Amstedam’s Dam Square (webcam.nl/amsterdam/dam)
Natalie and I just returned from Europe, where we were on a Vantage river cruise that began in Basel, Switzerland. The cruise ended in Amsterdam and since Natalie had never been, we decided to spend a night in the city. I booked a room at the NH Collection Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, which is smack in the middle of Dam Square (Amsterdam’s Time Square). If you’ve never been, this live, interactive webcam (you can turn left and right and zoom in and out) will surely give you a good feel for this unique and beautiful city.
Screenshot from webcam.nl/amsterdam/dam
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Asheville, North Carolina’s Highland Brewing is set to release their first cans in May.
The first beers to be available in 12 ounce cans will include Highland Pilsner, and new Mandarina IPA.
Highland tells Beer Street Journal that if all goes well, Continue Reading →
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There are longer minivan jumps you could watch, even some with explosions, but no flying family hauler can match the poise and grace of this 1980s Toyota Tarago. Somewhere in rural Australia — possibly near a dingo — this sturdy conveyance not only survived its flight seemingly unscathed, it probably stopped off for a case […]
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Amstedam’s Dam Square (webcam.nl/amsterdam/dam)
Natalie and I just returned from Europe, where we were on a Vantage river cruise that began in Basel, Switzerland. The cruise ended in Amsterdam and since Natalie had never been, we decided to spend a night in the city. I booked a room at the NH Collection Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, which is smack in the middle of Dam Square (Amsterdam’s Time Square). If you’ve never been, this live, interactive webcam (you can turn left and right and zoom in and out) will surely give you a good feel for this unique and beautiful city.
Screenshot from webcam.nl/amsterdam/dam
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Asheville, North Carolina’s Highland Brewing is set to release their first cans in May.
The first beers to be available in 12 ounce cans will include Highland Pilsner, and new Mandarina IPA.
Highland tells Beer Street Journal that if all goes well, Continue Reading →
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A top Ram executive is heading to Brazil next week as the truck maker increasingly cozies up to the idea of adding a smaller pickup to its lineup. The trip comes after Mike Manley, global head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Jeep and Ram brands, told The Detroit News that an “opportunity” exists in the U.S. midsize […]
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Far and further
1. Far and further
The photo above is not of Port Moresby, the Papuan capital of some 400,000 people. Clearly. It is of the wild of Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands from a few thousand feet up, where I sat at the moment my shutter clicked inside a wobbling nine-seat aircraft, strapped in by over-the-shoulder seatbelt. At that moment, my group was several steps beyond the relative modernities of Port Moresby. To get to this point, we had:
We had found far-flung adventure at these earlier stops, but we were pushing still further into it—into the uncorrupted, green-and-curling-muddy-river Papua New Guinea of the imagination. Below the plane’s wing, the far reaches of that imagination, and of our planet’s face, were closer than I’d ever seen them.
As an entry point, and as a layover between deeper PNG excursions, Port Moresby yielded plenty of surprise, but as an outlet for real Papuan daring, it was just the beginning. Port Moresby is dusty and nondescript, but it is recognizably an urban environment. Cars rumble around busy roundabouts, kicking up loose rocks; there are homes, offices, billboards advertising mobile carriers. There is a mall that each December hosts the “largest indoor Christmas tree in the South Pacific,” and inside the mall is a nightclub, where for a “jug” (pitcher) of SP beer it is 50 kina (currently 0.33 to a US dollar). Especially near the airport, where expat compounds line the hillside, open real estate is increasingly elusive.
Outside the city, the distance between known and new accelerates at an exponential rate. One day, you’re marveling at the idiosyncrasies of Port Moresby’s Airways Hotel, and the next you’re floating in the mild oblivion of Lake Murray, your mind a clean slate. You can always go further, weirder, wilder, more dangerous in Papua New Guinea and in my experience, that’s an amazing thing.
Mudmen in Pogla
2. Mudmen in Pogla
Safely in the weirder and wilder category is the transcendent story of the mudmen, here reenacted for us in Pogla village outside Mount Hagen. What on Earth was being reenacted?
Generations ago, somewhere in folkloric Papua New Guinea, there was a conflict between clans, one smaller than the other by many men. As the story goes, the outmatched smaller clan—the underdog—was pushed off its land by its larger foe and banished to the hills above. The larger clan was then content; the smaller clan was not. And so when the fog rolled in one night, the men of the smaller clan painted their bodies in grey, runny mud. They fastened claw-like bamboo segments to their fingers, and they hid their faces inside heavy, haunting clay masks. Exploiting vulnerabilities in the spirit-fearing dogma of the day (which lingers in 2016), the “mudmen” descended upon their old home disguised as their own ghostly ancestors seeking to reclaim the sullied land. The larger clan was spooked, convinced and defeated, and in defeat it fled. And PNG’s most famous underdog story was born.
The story of the mudmen does not belong to Pogla, nor today to any particular Papuan village, clan or tribe. The most accepted origin story places its inspiration in the Eastern Highlands, but the true birthplace doesn’t really matter. In the performance I witnessed, what mattered most was the genuine unease the mudmen induced in a new audience, and the shiver-inducing clacks of sharpened bamboo fingers cutting through the humid air. Smoke poured from a fire, cloaking the deliberate movements of mud-smeared bodies creeping toward us. It all happened so slowly—clack!…………clack!—until suddenly there were long, slow-twisting bamboo fingers inches my face.
The ghosts of PNG past, calculated as they were, slipped silently out of the palmy brush and into our Malarone dreams that day (as Will put it). In a larger sense, they showed us that everyone on Earth, in some from or another, likes an underdog story.
Open skies at Mount Hagen airport
3. Open skies at Mount Hagen airport
In Papua New Guinea, you spend a lot of time walking around on runways with mountain backdrops (like in Mount Hagen, above). You see airports stripped down to their functional minimums, as just waiting areas and runways; during a stopover in Tari, our pilot walked off airport premises for cigarettes while we killed time in a sort of gazebo beside the tarmac.
Flying is simply a different beast in Papua New Guinea. Outside of Port Moresby and a few small airports, the tourism network is essentially a series of discrete points, like pins on a corkboard map. Roads and land routes occasionally exist between them, but infrastructure is overwhelmingly lacking, particularly in the west, north and far east (islands like Bougainville and New Britain). Small-plane and charter flights (arranged by able agents like Trans Niugini Tours) drop you out of the sky into whatever new world is on your itinerary that day, and later, they return to pluck you for your return to civilization. They are the logic in deeper PNG navigation; without them, it’s really hard to make sense of the landscape. It’s also a huge country made all the more indomitable by the complexities of its tribal life—and so in Papua New Guinea, you fly.
You also place your trust in your pilots. The best of them, for now mostly westerners that have for whatever reason (money, opportunity) taken work in Papua New Guinea, are big personalities full of big stories. You share moments with them in and out of the sky—moments that drag the world of PNG alternatingly further from and closer to western comprehension. There is an intimacy to flying within this map that you feel like the pounding noise of an engine in flight. I’m convinced I learned about the mechanics of flying through observation alone sitting two feet from Matt at the rudder. Also: I learned that somewhere rural, and it doesn’t matter where, a clan planted a tree on an airstrip to disrupt air access, and it worked—until one day a Kiwi pilot took a machete to it and opened it back up.
Pilot Matt and local kids on the airstrip
4. Pilot Matt and local kids on the airstrip
From Mount Hagen, the flight to Lake Murray is a little over an hour, but I suppose it depends on your pilot. Ours—Matt, in the sky blue shirt—looped in a two-minute detour for better views of Lake Murray Lodge. Nice. Matt then swung his nine-seater down toward the green Papuan Earth, which from about 500-feet up appeared unfit to receive a plane. But the grassy strip seen in part above, overgrowth and all, took us in with a bump.
We unfurled ourselves, and then our bags from a compartment beneath the cabin, with eyes on us. The sound of our 750-horsepower turbine engine had drawn an audience of curious Lake Murray locals, among them children of varying heights. They stood solo and groups, just off the airstrip and just visible off in the distance—eyes, even from afar, on us. Others peaked through the brush bristling in the light wind. They wanted to see us, and we wanted to see everything. The moment held a lot to take in.
But pilot Matt, transplanted New Zealander—Matt had done this before. From the belly of the plane, he produced a box of corrugated cardboard about the size of a laundry basket. The flaps on top were unfastened, and he scooped out a couple of those T-shaped plastic helicopter toys you spin with your hands (like these) and stepped confidently toward the closest congregation of kids. With his own hands, he showed them how—and then the helicopters passed between hands, we saw them twirling in the air, and we were off to Lake Murray Lodge by foot.
He’d bought a thousand of these toys online, Matt later told us, for $1000, and the moment we witnessed was a reoccurring one. It won’t last forever, but for now, in Papua New Guinea, first impressions mean a lot.
Cannibal waste?
5. Cannibal waste?
Actually, yes. On one of the evenings I slept at Nuli Sapi, before a phenomenal dinner of chili crab on the water, we walked in the footsteps of cannibals. As the couple running Nuli Sapi—Australian Kayli and Joe from Louisiana—prepared our meal, a local associate walked us off the wooden Nuli Sapi boardwalk and into the rainforest of Logeia Island. We curled around large roots on some style of trail for ten, 15, 20 minutes as darkness crept closer, our trust fully tethered to this man promising us a cave of skulls.
Cannibalism left PNG for good in the 70s, this man assured us, and the act itself existed historically as a symbol in clan violence. There was no nutritional agenda, and even as a tool of war it was rarely fastened. And then the walking stopped, and we were looking at some 70 human skulls shelved inside a rocky crevice. With prompting, we took them in our hands and grappled, for a few moments, with the death of cannibalism as the exotic measuring stick. The human skull I hold in the photo above is a real part of the world’s history. As we trekked back toward dinner on Milne Bay, the feelings from our cannibalism encounter fell away into the larger, disorienting reality of this PNG trip. Beneath streaks of clouds and a bright moon, we arrived home—at four over-water bungalows made of bush materials on the other side of the world.
In Part 4, next Friday: 5 more photos. Part 2 is available here. Part 1 is available here.
For more on travel to Papua New Guinea, check out papuanewguinea.travel and pngtours.com.
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Dogfish Head Squall IPA is back on shelves. The beer has been on hiatus for a few years now.
Squall IPA is a continually hopped (much like 60, 90, & 120 Minute IPAs), as well as unfiltered. The imperial IPA is also bottled conditioned, to allow the beer to naturally carbonate.
Clocking in at 9% ABV, this citrus-forward IPA has a hoppy aroma with floral notes of pine and grapefruit.
Dogfish Head Squall IPA is a limited release in 750 milliliter bottles.
Style: Imperial IPA
Hops: Amarillo, Simcoe, Cascade
Availability: 750ml Bottles
Distribution: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI.
Latest Return: March, 2016
9% ABV
Pic: Dogfish Head
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Prior to the New York International Auto Show, Toyota distributed an upbeat press release. Come party with us, it said. “Scion is not going away quietly.” Yet, as I walk toward Scion’s booth, a quiet unease fills a void once occupied by a loud, confident generational pulse. The typical eye-catching signs with heavily embossed, trendy hashtags are all but entirely absent upon my arrival. […]
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Kentucky Race Day Session IPA will join Kentucky Ale’s lineup in at the end of March, 2016.
As the name suggests, Race Day a session-style IPA that boasts a low, 4.5% alcohol by volume. Hops in the brew include Calypso and Cascade, with Hallertau in the dry-hop.
As Lexington Brewing was getting ready to release this beer, they heard about a fire at Old Friends thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. The non-profit organization takes care of former racehorses, giving them a happy retirement. While the fire didn’t hurt and people or horses, the fire was damaging to the organization.
Coinciding with the launch, the brewery will be donation a portion of the proceeds from April 1st through May 8th to Old Friends.
Kentucky Race Day Session IPA is a seasonal offering.
Style: IPA
Hops: Calypso, Cascade, Hallertau
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Seasonal Release.
Debut: 3/28/16
4.5% ABV
Pic: Kentucky Race Day Session IPA with Silver Charm. Silver Charm is known for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He is now retired and resides at Old Friends in Georgetown, KY. To visit Silver Charm, book a tour at www.OldFriendsEquine.org.
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Woodstock, Georgia’s Reformation Brewery is launching a new Adventure Series in April, 2016. First up, Reformation Quest.
Quest is a Belgian-style saison, brewed with rye & honey malts, and fermented with Belle Saison yeast.
CoFounder/CEO Spencer Nix says, “These Georgia rivers, fields, and woods call us to carve new paths. There is freedom in open spaces which breeds a new quest in all of us. You live life long enough in this beautiful place and it becomes a part of you. We all bring our own stories to bear on the present, and Quest embodies the story of our rustic brewing heritage and our search for something newmaking something unique to this time and place.”
Reformation Quest is draft only in the brewery’s Georgia markets. Expect more to join this initial release throughout the year.
Style: Saison
Availability: Draft only
Release: April, 2016
5% ABV
Image: Reformation Brewery
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Spy shots of the next-generation Nissan Micra undergoing road testing have rolled in from southern Europe. Despite the camoflage, it’s the clear the next sub-subcompact Micra will be a departure from the bulbous current model, no doubt influenced by the Nissan Sway concept car unveiled at the 2015 Geneva International Motor Show. The spied Micra […]
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“Hybrids? Those things that can’t make up their mind on what they want to be in life? Come on!” – Mazda. That, Volkswagen floors the accelerator past a deadline, March looks like a boffo month for vehicle sales, Audi dials it back a bit, and getting a Tesla Model 3 depends on whether or not […]
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Terrapin Sound Czech Pils was last seen in 2010 as a part of the brewery’s Georgia Theatre Series. The Athens, Georgia music landmark was gutted by a fire in 2009.
Terrapin Beer Co., the music loving bunch of folks they are, released four beers in the series, celebrating the theatre, while helping raise money to restore the venue. The third release was Terrapin Sound Czech Pils, named for obvious reasons.
Like music to your cars, the Terrapin Sound Czech Pils is a concert of flavor. Brewed with 100% Pilsner malt, for exceptional crispness, and accompanied by Czech and German hops for noble superiority, this traditional lager will amen you stand up for an encore performance.
This edition of Terrapin Sound Czech Pils is a little different than the first release years ago. This recipe boasts German Magnum hops, Czech Saaz, and Sapphire hops. The malt base is 100% pilsner.
Now available in 12 ounce cans year-round, starting in March, 2016.
Style: Pilsner
Hops: Saaz, Magnum, Sapphire
Malts: Pilsner
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft
Debut: March, 2016
5.2% ABV
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I tend live my life by a rather loose set of rules and codes, but there are a few maxims to which I always adhere. The first and foremost of them? When Alex Roy invites you to something, you go. No questions asked. Put on your best scarf and show up. Something interesting is bound […]
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Founders Mosaic Promise heads back to shelves. The beer was originally an ArtPrize series offering in 2014. ArtPrize is the largest art competition in the world that is held in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
Mosaic Promise is brewed with a just one malt (Golden Promise), and a single hop (Mosaic).
Mosaic Promise showcases two unique ingredients: Mosaic hops and Golden Promise malt. The versatility of the hop’s pleasing aroma and flavor characteristics and the traditional barley’s depth of flavor comprise this clean, rich, golden beer. We can brew complex beers with the best of them, but we recognize that there is also beauty in simplicity.
Founders Mosaic Promise is once again available in 12 ounce bottles and draft until September, 2016.
Style: Pale Ale
Hops: Mosaic
Malts: Golden Promise
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Latest Return: Late March/April, 2016
5.5% ABV, 50 IBUs
pic via Founders Brewing
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Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers to find out how often they fly, their favorite destinations and what they never leave home without.
Peter Steyn
Name: Peter Steyn
Occupation: Consumer Insights Analyst
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Residence: Hong Kong
College: Lulea University (Sweden), University of Pretoria & University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
College major: Marketing, Economics, Industrial Psychology
Website: globerovers-magazine.com
Twitter: @Globerovers
Facebook: Globerovers Travel-Mag
Pinterest: Globerovers Photography
Instagram: globerovers
YouTube: Peter at Globerovers Magazine
Short bio: I’ve been a traveler since birth and always dream to travel to far-off destinations. I always like to see what’s at the edge of the map! Hope to one day make enough money off my travel experience and photography to fund 100% of my travels. Until such time, I analyze the consumers’ mind which pay my bills.
How often do you fly? About four long-haul (over eight hours) and 15 short-haul annually.
How many countries have you been to? 111 and countingl
How many continents have you been to? All but Antarctica.
Earliest travel memory: Traveling to Cape Town and around the southern part of South Africa. Absolutely stunning.
Favorite American city: Palm Springs.
Favorite international city: Tokyo.
Least favorite country: China.
I have no desire to go to: Saudi Arabia.
Friendliest people in the world: Middle East.
Country with the meanest immigration officers: China.
Favorite World Heritage Site: Petra, Jordan.
Favorite airline: Singapore Airlines.
Favorite aircraft type: Airbus A380.
Aisle or window: Window for sure because I hardly ever get up, even during a 12-hour flight.
Favorite airport lounge: First Class lounge at Hong Kong International Airport.
Favorite U.S. airport: Tampa International Airport.
Favorite international airport: Hong Kong International Airport.
Favorite hotel: Wherever I can find a clean comfy room which fits my budget. Moscow’s Hilton Leningradskaya when I’m in Moscow and have enough loyalty points.
Favorite cruise line: Never taken a cruise line and not interested.
Favorite travel credit card: Just my VISA and MC.
Favorite island: Innafushi Island, Baa Atoll, Maldives.
Favorite beach: Zinkwazi Beach, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Favorite fancy restaurant: CAFÉ 103, 103/F of The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong. Great buffets with stunning views over Hong Kong.
Favorite hole-in-the-wall: Many in the old city of Damascus.
Favorite bar: OZONE, Floor 118, International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong.
Favorite fruit: Durian and mangosteen.
Favorite food: Thai and Japanese.
Least favorite food: The incredible abundant maize-based pancakes of Latin America such as their dreadful tortillas.
Drink of choice (in the air and on the ground): Single-malt Scotch and South African wine.
Favorite travel movie(s): Yentl.
Favorite travel show(s): All of Anthony Bourdain.
Favorite travel book(s): All of Freya Stark’s (1893-1993) chronicles of her explorations of Arabia, in particular Yemen as in “The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut” (1936).
Right now I am reading: Nothing right now.
Top 3 favorite travel newsletters/magazines/blogs: thetravelcamel.com, Globerovers Magazine of course!
5 things you bring on a plane: Earphones, tiny relaxation tablet, toothpicks, iPod, camera to capture those stunning views.
What do you always seem to forget? Toothpicks.
What do you like least about travel? The planning which I do meticulously, especially finding the right airlines for a complicated multi-country itinerary.
What do you want your loved one to buy you from an airport Duty Free store? Nice cologne and a nice single-malt Scotch.
Favorite travel app(s): Booking.com, Google Maps, Evernote, XE Currency.
Most embarrassing travel moment: Too embarrassing to write about it!
I’m embarrassed but I haven’t been to: Antarctica even though I know that it will be the highlight of my life. But, I’ve been very close to the North Pole by dogsled.
Worst travel moment: Planned a trip to Iran and Iraq via Dubai and when I checked-in at Hong Kong airport I was informed that rules recently changed and I needed to get a visa for transit in Dubai. Had to cancel flights and rebook. Lost a lot of money!
What’s your dream destination? Antarctica.
Favorite travel charity: Earthbox from Global Volunteers.
Best travel tip: Leave all your preconception at home and enjoy your travels. Be an ambassador for your country.
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Wicked Weed Dark Age is a future barrel-aged offering from the Asheville brewery.
There have been a lot of wild and funky beers hitting the market from Wicked Weed lately. This release will be a bit of a break from the funk. Dark Age is a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. It’s big – 12.7% alcohol by volume.
Humanity’s path out of the Dark Age is one without end. This path carries us away from the mystical to the measurable, from the magical to the mathematical, and is a meticulous tale of progress from madness to method. Yet, we still find wonder in the Magic, and the extraordinary potential in the Mystery. Out of this yearning for the old ways, Dark Age Imperial Stout emerges from the whisky barrel, it’s dark malt complexity and bold, yet balanced, sweetness, softened by its mystical evolution in oak.
Wicked Weed Dark Age will be a 12.7 ounce bottle. The brewery has not yet announced this release.
Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Release: TBA
12.7% ABV
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After missing today’s deadline for a U.S. emissions fix, Volkswagen has been issued a new one, and will now face a summer trial if the date passes without a plan to cure its diesel ills. The extension of the deadline until April 21 was issued by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, who had earlier set the March […]
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Visit Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands
I just returned from sailing on a Vantage Travel river cruise from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam. Foolishly, I didn’t plan well because if I did, I wouldn’t have flown home the day before the Netherlands’ Keukenhof Gardens open for the season. Fortunately, I’ve been to Keukenhof once before (it was amazing), but I really wanted my wife to see it.
If you appreciate flowers, color or beauty of any kind, make a point to visit the 79-acre Dutch gardens at some point. They open today (March 24) and close on May 16. The gardens are located about 20 miles southwest of Amsterdam in Lisse and feature more than seven million bulbs, including 800 varieties of tulips. Tickets cost about $18 for adults and $9 for children ages four to 11.
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This week marked a major milestone for the Carnival Corporation, as its newest brand Fathom was approved by the Cuban government to operate seven-day sailings from the US to Cuba starting in May 2016. This news marks the first time in more than 50 years that a cruise operator has been approved to travel from the US to Cuba. The “social impact” brand received approval from the US government in July 2015. Cuba’s approval was the last legal obstacle before service can begin.
“We are excited about Cuban approval and are ready to take travelers there through an extraordinary guest experience,” said Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation. “This is a historic opportunity, and we know there is pent-up demand amongst Americans who want to experience Cuba. Everyone who sails with Fathom to Cuba will have a very special, rewarding and enriching experience [the] brand.”
The seven-day itinerary to Cuba on the 704-passenger ship MV Adonia will sail to Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. Guests will be offered cultural experiences and immersion activities including Cuban music as well as Cuban-inspired menu options.
Fathom’s seven-day itinerary (Credit: Fathom)
Special onboard programing will include learning Cuban history, culture and even learning Spanish. We’ve written about the onboard experience and sample itinerary here.
The first seven-day itinerary will begin May 1 and include Havana first for two days, then a day of traveling. Next it will be Cienfuegos for a day and Santiago de Cuba on the fifth day, followed by travel days en route back to Miami. The ship will depart Port Miami on Sundays at 4:30 pm ET and return back home to Port Miami at 7:30 am ET the following Sunday.
Prices start at $1,800 per person excluding Cuban visas, taxes, fees, and port expenses and including all meals on the ship, onboard experiences and several on-the ground activities.
This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are my own. For more on Fathom or to book a cruise, call 1-855-9FATHOM or visit fathom.org.
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Jailhouse Brewing 5150 is on deck as a future can release by the Hampton, Georgia based brewery. This recipe, an India pale ale, is a new one for the brewery.
The name is a code, for Involuntary Psychiatric Hold, California Welfare and Institutions Code. (An officer or clinician can confine someone that is a threat to oneself or others.) Believe me, if you’ve met the folks at Jailhouse Brewing, they all should be 5150’d.
First up in cans is Jailhouse Alibi. A golden ale brewed with stone ground grits. That canning day is coming in April.
Jailhouse Brewing 5150 will be a 12 ounce can offering. Glenn Golden, the brewery’s owner and founder tells Beer Street Journal they hope to can this IPA in mid to late 2016.
Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: Mid/Late, 2016
5.5% ABV
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