Speckled trout are expected to be extra-abundant in North Carolina waters this year.
Look for ragged shorelines and/or oyster beds when targeting red drum.
And thenew moon days are especially good for fishing.
Archive for September 11th, 2006
Illegal immigration foes are calling for a boycott of Miller Beer.
Should foreign companies such as SABMiller influence American public policy? Organizers of the nationwide boycott of Miller products, including Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Lite and Mickey’s Malt Liquor, don’t think so — especially when a London-based international conglomerate is bankrolling organizations that demand amnesty and citizenship for illegal aliens in this once-sovereign nation.
Boycotters, “This Bud’s for You.”
Miller has been handing out tens of thousands of pesos, um, dollars to militant organizations, such as the more than $30,000 for planning, materials and advertising for the Labor Day “Immigrant Workers Justice Walk” in Chicago, reports the Chicago Tribune.
I’m down with that, though my boycott is more based of the fact that Miller’s a shit beer….Like Budwieser, Coors, Rolling Rock, etcetera.
The first fine porter beers were crafted in Britain in the 18th & 19th centuries. Wanting to fortify the allies and expand their markets, the breweries shipped their beers off to the northern cities by way of the Baltic Sea. To withstand the long journey by sea, the ales were brewed to be stronger and hoppier.
The popularity of porter beers quickly grew, as the high alcohol content brought warmth to the harsh European winter. Locals savored the new beer and each region adapted the style to make their own. Over time, this created a more complex beer, dark with liquorice notes and a sweet malty finish. .
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1488 Whisky Ale
A Scottish distillery and micro-brewery have joined forces to produce the first ever genuine whisky ale from a distillery. The Tullibardine distillery in Perthshire is on the site of Scotland’s oldest brewery and is where King James IV made his first beer purchase after his coronation in 1488. The new beer has been named 1488 Whisky Ale: it comes in a bottle bearing the royal seal.
The beer is made from unfermented ‘wash’ produced at the distillery before being transported eight miles to Bridge of Allan brewery, where it is fermented with yeast and matured for weeks in Tullibardine’s oak whisky casks. It is sold, price £3.95 per bottle, from shops at both facilities.
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The Bard’s Tale, a gluten-free brew.
He said the product blossomed in his garage last March. The beer is made of sorghum malt, an alternative to wheat, and is designed for people with Celiac disease, which means they can’t digest gluten.
“One in 133 people are affected by this, and a lot of cases go undiagnosed,” Hy-Vee dietician Michelle Arasin said.
Belser, who called himself a beer lover, has Celiac disease and was frustrated he can’t enjoy wheat-based beers.
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And a whisky. Whyte & Mackay’s “The 30″
Founded on the docks of Glasgow in 1844 by James Whyte and Charles Mackay, Whyte & Mackay has pioneered hand crafted distilling for over 160 years. Unique in the industry, the age-old tradition of ‘double marriage’ is preserved to this day.
‘The 30’, created from a selection of the finest spirits of 1976, is the pinnacle in the career of Richard Patterson, Whyte & Mackay’s 3rd generation Master Blender. He explains it simply, “ I have been nurturing this whisky for three decades. It really is a lifetime’s work”.
The World Series of Beer Pong.
The Web site, www.bpong.com, is dedicated to promoting the “sport,” a simple game that puts opponents at each end of a ping-pong table and has them tossing ping-pong balls into cups filled with beer. If you sink it, the loser drinks it. What a concept!
A world record croaker may have been caught in the Chesapeake Bay.
A red drum is a prize for any Chesapeake Bay angler, and that’s what Russell Knapp of Severn figured was on the other end of the line Labor Day when chumming at the Triangle off Point Lookout at the mouth of the Potomac.
Knapp figured wrong; the fish on the hook was a hardhead, a cousin of the red drum - and not just any hardhead, but one that put him in the Maryland record book. Moreover, at this time the fish could well be a new International Game Fish world record.
He was chumming in 35 feet of water with 15-pound test line with a cut bait when the fish slammed the rig. It weighed 6.52 pounds, was 23 inches long with a girth of 17 inches. It beat the 6-pound, 3 ounce croaker, caught 26 years ago at the Puppy Hole off Crisfield by Rome Tull long before hardheads were included in world record catches.
The existing world mark is a 51/2-pounder caught at Dauphin, Ala., on Aug. 8, 2000. Knapp, who says the “fish hit like a locomotive,” told DNR he would be doing the necessary paper work to qualify for an IGFA niche in the record book.
A television channel devoted entirely to single malt whisky, debuting at the end of the month.
Ishkin beinin einen floofalater burnen.
Eventually, both cars stopped near Långserud, 70 kilometres from the Norwegian border. There, the Swede backed into the Norwegian car, a police spokesman told news agency TT.
Police were alerted at 5:30 am on Sunday. When the Norwegians got out of the car to calm down the Swede, he threatened to kill them. He said he had a pistol and demanded their money. The terrified Norwegians ran to the woods.
With the Norwegians having disappeared, the Swede set light to their car, before driving away at high speed. Twenty minutes later he crashed into a parked truck.
It’s a killer buzz.
Nicaraguan police stepped up moonshine raids Saturday, bursting into seedy bars and liquor stores selling an adulterated cane liquor that the government said has killed at least 30 people.
Overnight, about 100 people were admitted to the already overflowing and rundown public hospital in Leon, about 55 miles northwest of the capital, Managua, and the center of the epidemic, raising fears of more deaths.
Following tips from the public, police burst into bars and shops in the colonial city and seized grubby plastic barrels filled with suspected bad hooch.
Many of the bars are bare concrete rooms where the raw liquor is sold to customers who bring their own jugs or even plastic bags to hold the drink.
French War Hero.
Unemotional Italian.
English Wine.
Now that we’re two weeks into the college football season, it’s time to start speculating about who will be the new coaches for UNC and NC State come next football season. After another 0-2 start, I think it’s safe to say that John Bunting is officially done at UNC and I’m sure State fans will agree that Saturday’s “surprise” loss to Akron probably ended Chuck Amato’s tenure at the school.
Rumor has it that Bill Cowher will be the next coach at State. He is supposedly building a house in Raleigh now and has refused to negotiate a new contract with the Steelers because he wants to come home and revitalize State’s football program. Is there any truth to these rumors?
I am guessing that Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has the inside track for the UNC job after the pasting they laid on Illinois the other day. I’m guessing Illinois coach Ron Zook will be availble as well. Maybe UNC will hire the Furman coach after the Paladin’s beat UNC again on Saturday. He seems to have done a credible job.
What do you guys think? Do Bunting and Amato have any hope of keeping their jobs? If they both leave at the end of the season, who will their replacements be? I know that some of you may think it’s a little early in the football season to start this kind of speculation, but I like to get a head start on the competition. Maybe by starting early, we can avoid long and costly coaching searches when the season is officially over.
Update: Ron Zook isn’t the only one with a “fire me” website. Chuck has one too. Interestingly enough, FireJohnBunting.com has been registered, but isn’t actively seeking his firing. I suspect it was registered by someone just to keep it from those seeking Bunting’s head.
Update 2: Apparently I was wrong. There is an active Fire Bunting website.