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Friday, December 4, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
-----Beer Week Announcement-----------------
In honor of Sam Adam's new beer that I posted about Tuesday, and because there is a lot of useless information on the internet about beer, monkaaay declares next week BEER WEEK. If you have any useful/funny/interesting/useless/etc. ideas, stories or pictures, submonkaaay them by Friday to have them posted next week.
monkaaay does not endorse drinking alcohol and the upcoming beer week is simply for entertainment purposes. The posts during beer week are intended for entertainment purposes and by reading them you should fully understand that the posts are comedic, or just factual, not opinion related. Also by reading the posts you agree to hold harmless monkaaay and any of its affiliations for any actions you might take that may in any way be attributable to your reading of the posts.
-----Customer Service Calls to God: 1 of 3---------
| Support Rep: | Good afternoon. Thank you for calling God. This is Reshawnda speaking. How may I assist you today? |
| Woman Caller: | (Distraught) I-I need to speak to God. |
| Support Rep: | I'm sorry, everybody does. Perhaps there's something I can assist you with? |
| Woman Caller: | M-My father... he's... in a coma. |
| Support Rep: | Okay. May I get your ID number, ma'am? |
| Woman Caller: | What? I don't have... |
| Support Rep: | It's on the back of your bible. |
| Woman Caller: | (The receiver is jostled. Pause) ...56839? |
| Support Rep: | Okay, ma'am. Are you somewhere close to your father where you can also hold the phone? |
| Woman Caller: | Yes. Please, I-I just want to ask God... to look out for my father... and... deliver him from-- |
| Support Rep: | Okay, ma'am. I just activated your father. Try him now. |
| Father: | (In background) Mary? What's going on? |
| Woman Caller: | Oh my God! He's awake!! |
| Support Rep: | Is there anything else I can assist you with today? |
| Woman Caller: | Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!! |
| Support Rep: | You're welcome, ma'am. May I ask you to take a few moments to participate in a brief sur-- |
(Line goes dead.) | |
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
-----Extreme Beer--------------------------------------------------
Sam Adams pushes new limits on extreme beer
BOSTON — It is banned in 13 states and sure doesn't come in a six-pack.
The maker of Samuel Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias - now the highest alcohol content beer on the market. At 27 percent alcohol by volume and $150 a bottle, the limited release of the brandy-colored Utopias comes as more brewers take advantage of improvements in science to boost potency and enhance taste.
"Just part of trying to push the envelope," said Jim Koch, a Cincinnati native and founder-owner of the Boston Beer Co. the maker of Sam Adams. "I'm pushing it beyond what the laws of these 13 states ever contemplated when they passed those laws decades ago."
Thirteen states - including Ohio - prohibit its sale because its alcohol content exceeds the legal limit for beer. The other states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
Since the 1990s, craft brewers like the Boston Beer Co. and the Delaware-based Dogfish Head have produced a number of "extreme beers" that challenge old notions of beer and decades-old laws that have governed them.
By law, these specialty drinks still are classified as beer when they are based on fermented grain. And despite the hefty prices of the high-scale beer, brewers still have to pay the required nickel deposit on bottles.
Utopias has reached its unique strength through a 15-year aging process in barrels at the Boston Beer Co.'s brewery in Boston. It's aged and finished in wooden containers like Scotch whisky barrels and sherry casks. The drink's yeast strains are regularly used in making malts and champagne.
A quick sip unveils a cognac-like hit combined with vanilla, honey, and maple flavors.
The long production cycle is what limits its availability to once every two years. This holiday season, for example, Koch is only releasing 10,000 bottles.
"It's like making 21-year-old Scotch," Koch said. "Yeah, you can make more. You just can't have it for 21 years."
The drink comes in a ceramic-and-copper bottle that resembles a tiny brew kettle.
Koch said he is presenting Utopias as an exclusive beer for sophisticated drinkers that should be consumed like champagne.
He would not speculate whether he would try to get more extreme with future brews, but noted that no one ever thought there would be an "insane brewer" who would be making such a strong Utopias.
"We'll see," he said.
Full Story submonkaaayed by Lynzi
BOSTON — It is banned in 13 states and sure doesn't come in a six-pack.
The maker of Samuel Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias - now the highest alcohol content beer on the market. At 27 percent alcohol by volume and $150 a bottle, the limited release of the brandy-colored Utopias comes as more brewers take advantage of improvements in science to boost potency and enhance taste.
"Just part of trying to push the envelope," said Jim Koch, a Cincinnati native and founder-owner of the Boston Beer Co. the maker of Sam Adams. "I'm pushing it beyond what the laws of these 13 states ever contemplated when they passed those laws decades ago."
Thirteen states - including Ohio - prohibit its sale because its alcohol content exceeds the legal limit for beer. The other states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington.
Since the 1990s, craft brewers like the Boston Beer Co. and the Delaware-based Dogfish Head have produced a number of "extreme beers" that challenge old notions of beer and decades-old laws that have governed them.
By law, these specialty drinks still are classified as beer when they are based on fermented grain. And despite the hefty prices of the high-scale beer, brewers still have to pay the required nickel deposit on bottles.
Utopias has reached its unique strength through a 15-year aging process in barrels at the Boston Beer Co.'s brewery in Boston. It's aged and finished in wooden containers like Scotch whisky barrels and sherry casks. The drink's yeast strains are regularly used in making malts and champagne.
A quick sip unveils a cognac-like hit combined with vanilla, honey, and maple flavors.
The long production cycle is what limits its availability to once every two years. This holiday season, for example, Koch is only releasing 10,000 bottles.
"It's like making 21-year-old Scotch," Koch said. "Yeah, you can make more. You just can't have it for 21 years."
The drink comes in a ceramic-and-copper bottle that resembles a tiny brew kettle.
Koch said he is presenting Utopias as an exclusive beer for sophisticated drinkers that should be consumed like champagne.
He would not speculate whether he would try to get more extreme with future brews, but noted that no one ever thought there would be an "insane brewer" who would be making such a strong Utopias.
"We'll see," he said.
Full Story submonkaaayed by Lynzi
-----Wallets-----------------------------------------------------------
I'm sure we all know about the classic Duck Tape Wallet. But here are some more creative ways to carry your monaaay.
Personally I like the Cassette Tape and I might have to try that.
Personally I like the Cassette Tape and I might have to try that.
Monday, November 30, 2009
-----The Periodic Table Online------------------
For science geeks: The Periodic Table of the Age of the Internet.
Did they add some since I was in school. I don't remember Yttrium???
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