Tuesday, November 25, 2008

That's a Lot of Hops.



This comes from The Times NWI dot com

When it's cold and snowy during the month of November in Northwest Indiana, warm and sunny July days seem far away.

But in the world of movies and entertainment, July 2009 is just around the corner.

For all the readers who have been asking, Universal Pictures is promising that trailers for the much-anticipated "Public Enemies" film, which will be released nationally in July 2009, will hit theaters by Christmas Day.

Everyone who worked in this movie by director Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Channing Tatum during the filming in Crown Point and assorted Chicago locations is eager to find out which scenes have stayed in the final print and what landed on the cutting-room floor (and perhaps destined to be included in a future expanded version later released on DVD).

Of course, the studio folks never make any promises about just "how much" footage will be used for the theater trailer teases.

When it's a film starring an A-lister like Depp, often, darkness, intrigue and an ominous voiceover hinting at the plot and excitement promised to unfold on future movie screens can be enough to draw an audience as a hook.

Meanwhile, the studio is being generous with allowing a few select charities to auction off VIP invites to the big West Coast red carpet premiere in Los Angeles and to the "after" cast party.

The most recent charity ticket opportunity is now up for eager fans at charityfolks.com to benefit the legal fund for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and the lot is described as follows:

"Grab a friend and bid now for two film premiere tickets and after-party passes to attend the premiere of 'Public Enemies,' starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum and Elliot Goldenthal! The premiere is slated to occur in early 2009 in Los Angeles, Calif. 'Public Enemies' is a 2009 film adaptation of author Bryan Burrough's book 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34,' directed by Michael Mann. The crime drama is set during The Great Depression with the focus on the FBI agent Melvin Purvis' (Bale) attempt to stop criminals John Dillinger (Depp), Baby Face Nelson (played by Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Tatum)."

As of Friday, the bidding was up to $2,300 and the auction ends 2 p.m. Dec. 1.
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On a side note I am in need of an . . . . . . operation that will be done in early 2009 and need a few thousand that my insurance will not cover. Anyone want to help a poor poor guy out?
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Was that a magical night of football or what!! WOW - talk about getting your ass kicked. GREAT Defense guys!!! I hope the Jets go on to the Superbowl so the Packers can draft a defensive lineman that can get to within 10 yards of a Quarterback.

I am so freaking tired of announcers comparing Favre to Rogers - move along. You can not compare, two different teams and if you do compare, Rogers is kicking Favre's butt if you look at each QB's 1st year. The one thing I did hear that was true was if the Pack kept Farve this year they lose Rogers to free agency and we go into 2009 with . . . . . Matt Flynn? SWEET!!!

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Who wants some Black Cat MILD - it is not racing off the shelves. I guess that is one of the problems with making a beer style that you have no idea what it will taste like. So now I have a case and a half of 3% alcohol brew with a smokey flavor which is great but . . . . . It's like drinking decaf coffee - why bother.

My newest brew, Andy's Twelve Stroke IPA is rocking and rolling in the carboy. Very active brew. I added half an ounce of hops about every 10 minutes. But it's not just the amount of hops but what kind and how it is balanced with the malt. I think to many people just overdue the hops and forget the other components.

I used Amarillo Hops. The recipe called for Centennial (Two Hearted Ale an award willing IPA uses 100% Centennial) but with the hops shortage Centennial was hard to find.

Here is a review of Amarillo

Amarillo is, at least what I call, a honey-pineapple flavor, with notes of tangerine. It is citrusy, but not nearly in the same way as Cascade, Centennial, Columbus, etc. Those are all grapefruity/citrusy. Amarillo is smooooooth pineapple, little notes of honey, little floral notes... Very different. It's awesome in an IPA.

For anyone keeping score here was my hops schedule

0.5oz of Centennial First Wort
1.0oz Amarillo 60min
0.5oz Centennial 60min
0.25oz Amarillo 50
0.25oz Amarillo 30
0.25oz Amarillo 20
0.25oz Amarillo 05

and will add 0.5oz Amarillo DRY Hopping as soon as fermentation starts to calm down a little.
That's 3.5 ounces of hops.

My newest brew now has a label.

I used hazelnut extract but I'm looking for different stuff now. I used Liquor Quick Hazelnut Essence but I'm looking for another souce (real Hazelnuts?). I'm actually not big on flavored beer but Rogue Hazelnut is so unique I had to try my hand at it.
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MAN - I don't know who got my email address but after two years - BLAME!! I'm getting 20-30 spams a day all of a sudden!! I might have to change my email address - this is getting silly.

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Enough for today - I'll be off of work for the next 2 days and back on Friday.

since we had Thanksgiving already we're thinking of going to a movie in Beaver Dam - that must be open Thursday right??

Rod - out



15 comments:

  1. Rod! sorry to hear you are having surgery!?! Hopefully this is minor?

    i like the black cat! ;)

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  2. I like the label for hazels nutty..very cool!

    i am excited to see the trailer!! anyone got a couple grand to loan me?!?! :)

    does anyone want to see pictures of the darlington courthouse where PE was shot earlier this year?
    I do my nursing clinicals at the hospital in darlington and i drive right by the courthouse..i can take some pics if anyone is interested..

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  3. We are going to see "Australia" on Thursday night. It opens on Wednesday night. It looks like it will be awesome! I guess it was filmed on site and the director is from Australia. How can you miss with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman!! It reminds me of one of the epic movies like "Gone with the Wind" and it's got enough action for the guys but a love story for all the gals! It is long (2 hr & 45 min) so be prepared. I am excited to see it!

    Char

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  4. Hi Meagan, Suz!

    Char, I'm thinking about going to see this one. Love HJ!! Also love historical movies and Australia's history is interesting... Regis said Nicole K had Dave all flustered last night!!

    yes I said REGIS!!!!

    Regis, Regis, Regis...

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  5. Almost had a heart attack!!

    They jsut broke in with a news update starting off "This jsut in... President-Elect Barack Obama..." He looked so serious I thought it wasa goingto be somehting terrible!

    nothing horrible jsut another news conference to reveal more cabinet...

    whew!!

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  6. shake shake shake - MUST I come clean about my "surgery"?

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  7. yes Rod, you must. Does it involve your Yam Sack?

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  8. Nice photo site from Oshkosh

    http://www.oshkoshpublicenemies.com/

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  9. Great Blog!!!

    Public Enemies trailers are getting closer by the minute!

    Surgery? Hope not bad!!

    The New Label?
    Love it!!
    Hazel is quite cute!LoL

    Your Spam problem could be coming from facebook.
    I to have had a enormous amount since i signed up. Yuck!

    Australia movie does sound like a good one.

    Hope everyone has a good day!

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  10. You do not have to come clean!
    ;)
    (but you DID mention it!)

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  11. Maegen,

    I would like to see pictures of the Darlington Courthouse.
    Rod,
    you are going to have to save me a sip of your beer. I usually don't drink but I feel like I am missing out so I will have to have a taste.

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  12. OoOo I wanna see that Australia movie too!!!! Hugh Jackman is awesome!

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  13. Rod I hope that your surgery is not for anything too serious!

    Personally... I LOVED the Black Cat Mild! It's actually one of my favs! I drank the one, and am going to let my Uncle who is here from England try the other! That will be your true test LOL!!!

    I am very excited to see the trailer!! I expect it will be all over the net within a few hours of its release!

    As for the Packers....I'm not sure if I should really comment on the fact that the defense SUCKED!!!! It was very dissapointing!

    Your newest beer label cracks me up! I love it!

    As for me...please keep my poor little kitty in your thoughts...she is very sick, and is at the emergency room right now. She collapsed, and we found out she has a very bad heart problem! I'm very sad right now.

    Take care!

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  14. "That's a Lot of Hops."........
    ___________________
    Julie
    "BEST PRICE for the BEST ENTERTAINMENT"

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