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Kevin Myers
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Joined: 04 Jul 2008
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:30 pm
Post subject: Cachaça, Reviews and a BTI Debate
The three most important words in the Portuguese language:
Cachaça (ka-SHA-sa)
Caipirinha (kai-pea-REEN-yah -- roll the "r" if you can)
Malassadas (ma-la-SOD-ahs)
(If you're planning a visit to Brazil then maybe add the phrase, "Onde fica o banheiro?")
Cachaça is the trademarked name for rum distilled from sugar cane juice in Brazil. It's also known as aguardente de cana, pinga and quite a number of other regional names.
Cachaça, like other rums, can be broken down into two major categories, artisanal and high-production, then further into aged and un-aged divisions. By Brazilian law, "aged" is defined by a minimum of one year in the barrel. Also as with other rums, color is not a good indicator of age. Clear products are sometimes the result of post-barrel filtering and the darkest colors are always the result of coloring (although I haven't seen any significantly dark cachaça.
Brazil is a large country and regional variations have developed over the years; the states where they are produced can be defining factors. So, too, are the woods used for aging. (Note that Brazilian Oak is a separate species from the ones we're used to from other parts of the world.)
Larger distillers achieve high production volume via the column still method. They are located primarily in the states of Ceará, Pernambuco and São Paulo. The best known brands in Brazil are increasingly available here in the U.S. and are recognizable on the shelf by their relatively low prices. Mostly un-aged, they are recognizable in the glass by their harshness and strong flavor. Recommended as an educational experience.
Copper pot stills are utilized by thousands of small distilleries throughout Brazil to produce artisanal cachaça, some growing their own cane. Usually the fermentation agent is a wild yeast introduced via a handful of corn flour. (That's the explanation for corn being mentioned on some overly-accurate bottle labels.) The state of Minas Gerais is one of the best areas for artisanal cachaça.
For me, Caipirinhas (and variants) are what cachaça is all about so I judge them with regard to how well they balance in the drink. Some are too powerfully flavored for the purpose, others too weak or otherwise uninteresting. I think one-year in the barrel is best, two at the most but, as always, there are other opinions.
Fazenda Mãe De Ouro
-- Clear (triple-filtered) aged in oak for 1 year (Minas Gerais) Smooth, flavorful but not overpowering.
-- Light amber, aged 2 years in oak and balm (Minas Gerais) Smooth, rich, like an intense Mãe De Ouro. Of interest, Germana bottles are hand-wrapped in banana bark to protect the cachaça from light and heat.
-- Lackluster is the term which first comes to mind when I think of this product. It just doesn't add enough cachaça taste to a caipirinha, perhaps having something to do with the fact that it's somewhat of a bastard when it comes to production. Distilled in Minas Gerais, it's shipped off to france for aging and bottling. Why?
Armazem Vieira
-- Three bottlings at different ages, all from 10,000 liter Arririba barrels (Santa Catarina) "Esmeralda" 4 years (solara), "Rubi" 8 years (solera), "Onix" 16 years (solera).
-- Small-batch cachaça aged 2 years in Umbarana, Jequitiba Rosa and Oak (Minas Gerais)
(Capn's Log: thanks for a fine and informative post...)
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Capn Jimbo
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:08 pm
Post subject: From BTI...
Credit to the Beverage Tasting Institute (
Ratings over 90 are exceptional, and the Sagatiba Velha at 96 is one of the very highest rated rums ever reviewed by BTI. Please note that the unaged cachacas are noted, all the rest are aged.
Sagatiba Velha Preciosa Cachaça
Light golden amber color. Toasted coconut, coconut cream, warm prune and raisin compote, vanilla, and floral honey aromas are complex and enticing. A soft, rich entry leads to a supple off-dry medium-to full-bodied palate with sweet, honey and cream, golden raisins, and delicate spice flavors. Finishes with a long, effortlessly smooth fade of creamy vanilla, honey, and spicy woodiness. An elegant and poised aged cane spirit with a great balance subtlety, power, and finesse. (tasted on Dec-01-2005)
Sagatiba Pura Cachaça
Clear. Vibrant baked banana, mineral, toasty meringue, and exotic peppery spice aromas. A round, smooth entry leads to a silky, dryish medium body of powdered sugar, banana puree, banana leaf, coconut milk, mineral ore, and white pepper flavors. Finishes with a smooth, lightly sweet and spicy, mineral oil accented fade. Very soft and sensuous. This is clean and versatile enough for almost any cocktail application and retains the distinctive mineral character of a very fine cachaça. (tasted on May-13-2007)
Sagatiba Velha Esplêndida Cachaça
Pale golden color. Complex banana and coconut custard, brown spice, oily praline, jasmine, cane stalk, and golden raisin aromas follow through on a silky entry to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body with a sensationally smooth, oily texture and delicate peppery spice accents. Finishes gracefully with a nice creamy caramel, nougat, custard, and wet mineral fade. A delicious and elegant cachaça for sipping or decadent cocktails. (tasted on Apr-02-2008)
Agua Luca Exotic Brazilian Cachaça
Clear with a nickel cast. Complex, smoky, roasted blue corn, chipotle pepper, honey, and tarragon aromas. A soft supple entry leads to an off-dry medium body of creme Anglaise, wildflower honey, brown spices, and exotic peppercorns. Finishes with a long, pure, crushed sugar cane and peppery spice fade. Sexy and delicious. (tasted on Nov-30-2006)
Cuca Fresca Pura Gold Cachaça
Golden straw green color. Sweet spicy baked banana, suede, earthy mint, and creme brulee aromas follow through to a dryish silky medium-to-full body with nice toasted banana bread and mineral accents. Finishes with a peppery, banana, nutmeg, toasted almond and pepper fade. Nice purity and spice. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Leblon Cachaça
Faint straw color. Coconut custard, baked apple, and mellow spice aromas. A round, smooth entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body of coconut cream cake, vanilla bean, banana leaf, and peppery spice. Finishes with a long, smooth white toffee, spicy baked banana and oily mineral fade. Very nice and rounded. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Fazenda Mãe de Ouro Cachaça
Clear with a nickel cast. Ripe mashed banana, toasted banana bread, and honey aromas. A soft, supple entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body of baked banana, spice, and peppercorn flavors. Finishes with a dry, creamy, slightly menthol tobacco like fade. A vibrant, rock solid choice for caipirinhas. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Cuca Fresca Premium Cachaça
$19.95. Unaged.
Clear. Tropical flowers, bananas in cream, and brown spice aromas. A round, silky entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body of banana cream pie, nuts, and powdered sugar flavors. Finishes with a very long, smooth and pleasant banana bread, sugar cane, and custard like fade. Very smooth and flavorful. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Ypióca Cachaça Ouro
Rich golden amber color. Toasted nuts, cedar, honey and dried fruit aromas. A round, supple entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body of sweet vanilla bean, pipe tobacco, raisins, and spice flavors. Finishes with a long, sweet mineral and tobacco fade. Very nice. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Ypióca Cachaça Prata
Clear with a faint straw cast. Cane stalk, confectioner's sugar, banana leaf, and peppery spice aromas. A soft, satiny entry leads to a dryish medium-to-full body of sweet cream, talc, white pepper, and mineral flavors. Finishes with creamy, spicy green banana and wet stone fade. A very nice mixer for caipirinhas. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Moleca Gold Cachaça
Golden straw color. Complex aromas of anise, dried fruits, and creme brulee. A smooth, silky entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body of toasted, nuts, anise cookies, creamy custard, menthol tobacco, and mint., Finishes with a cigar box and clover honey fade. Very nice. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Boca Loca Cachaça
$20. Unaged.
Clear. Roasted coconut, custard, and hay aromas. A round supple entry leads to a dryish medium-to-full body of sugar cane, marshmallow, grass, and pepper spice flavors. Finishes with a nice creamy creamy vanilla fade. A rock solid cachaça that is dangerously drinkable. (tasted on Jan-19-2008)
Casa Rica Cach
aça $50.
Golden green color. Bourbon barrel, caramel, nut and fig aromas and flavors with dried banana, anise, caraway, and green peppercorn accents. Finishes with a long, fairly hot and drying, sweet oak fade. An interesting amalgamation of cachaça and bourbon flavors. (tasted on Nov-30-2006)
Ypióca Cachaça 160
Pale amber color. Sweet mocha, maple syrup, and baked banana aromas. A round entry leads to a dryish medium body of toasted nuts, maple, mocha, granola, and brown spices. Finishes with a peppery, creamy, nougaty, mineral accented fade with a lingering coffee candy note. (tasted on Nov-28-2007)
Boca Loca Cachaça
Clear. Toasted marshmallow, white toffee, and white pepper aromas. A round, satiny entry leads to an oily lightly sweet medium-to-full body of vanilla meringue, toasted nut, slate, and peppercorn flavors. Finishes with sugary, creamy, cane stalk fade. Very confected, but pleasant for mixing. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Moleca Silver Cachaça
$29.99. Unaged.
Clear. Sweet golden raisin and dried peach aromas. A soft, silky entry leads to a dryish medium body of raisins, prune cake, and faint licorice flavors. Finishes with a clean oily, mineral, white pepper and dark raisin toast fade. Very interesting. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Aroma Brasil Cachaça In Jequitiba Rosa Wood
Clear with a faint platinum straw cast. A soft entry leads to a silky, dryish medium body of delicate raw honey, star anise, clove, caramel and toasted balsa wood flavors. Finishes with a smooth, warm milk and honey fade with a touch of peppery spice. Soft, feminine and very appealing. (tasted on Nov-30-2006)
Beleza Pura Super Premium Cachaça
$28.99. Unaged.
Clear. Smoky charred pineapple and pepper and coconut custard aromas have a diesel oil edge. A soft, satiny entry leads to a dry, oily medium body of coconut and nut oil, green banana, cedar, and peppercorn flavors. Finishes with a smoky mineral, iodine, and pepper oil fade. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Pira Pora Cachaça
Clear. Sweet latex, milky vanilla, bread pudding aromas follow to a vibrant dryish medium-to full body with stalky sugar cane, sea salt, and peppery spice flavors. Finishes with a long, fairly hot and rustic powdered sugar fade. Blustering and rustic on its own but should make an interesting caipirinha. (tasted on Jan-13-2005)
Aroma Brasil Cachaça In Balsamo Wood
Hazy old gold color. Sweet raw honey, star anise, and custard aromas. A soft entry lead to a dryish and somewhat thin light-to-medium body of honeyed caraway rye toast and cane stem flavors. Finishes with an ashy mineral fade. (tasted on Nov-30-2006)
Cabana Cachaça
$35. Unaged.
Clear. Rather neutral aromas of hay and anise cookies follow through to a round, dry, oily medium body with accents of nut oil, wet cedar, and gravel. Finishes very dryly with a white pepper and honeycomb fade. Very commercial. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Cachaça 51 Cachaça
$18.99/L. Unaged.
Clear. Dried banana, charred yellow pepper, jet fuel, and white pepper aromas. A soft, glycerous entry leads to a fruity sweet medium body of powdered sugar, banana cream pie, and hot pink peppercorn flavors. Finishes with a hot and sweet pepper jelly and smoky mineral fade. A sweet, strictly commercial cachaça. (tasted on Nov-13-2007)
Only your Leblon (92) and Mae de Ouro (91) were rated. None of the others, nor my Batuque were. Fortunately I work with a number of Brazilians and I will be curious to get their impressions as they have tasted many more that we are ever likely to. I gave a bottle of my Batuque to one and she called it "very good"...
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Kevin Myers
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:16 am
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A number of things struck me as I read through the reviews above.
Ypióca is one of the major brands in Brazil. They make some dozen different varieties, some are aged but I believe they're all column-still products. I recognize others in the same category as well. So apparently no distinction is being made for the method of distillation. I'm certainly not saying great rum doesn't come from modern stills but I think there is a distinction, at least with cachaça, between high-volume products and pot-stilled artisanals and a review should make note of that fact.
Sagatiba: The story being told is that Preciosa was distilled in 1982 by the grandfather of one of Sagatiba's founders and laid down in old cognac barrels that he'd had shipped in for the purpose. It was "discovered" in 2004 when the modern factory was being built, filtered "purified" and bottled. It'll run you over $350 for a 700ml bottle if you're interested. I smell a marketing scheme.
I was very much not impressed with Sagatiba Pura and I have to wonder how it ended up at the top of the Tastings list. Marketed as a premium, it's really an unaged product of a modern still. Soft it is not.
Which brings me to the big issue: It's all good apparently. I guess when you pay for a service, you expect marketable results. Sure, there are rating numbers, but what do they mean? I see blah Leblon above Mãe de Ouro, Boca Loca rated twice with different results and the scale only goes from 80 to 100.
Is a points scale for subjective judgments really appropriate anyway? And what purpose does the mellifluous prose serve? Sexy? Exotic? Decadent? Sounds like marketing hooey to me.
[Stepping off my soapbox to go have a drink ]
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Capn Jimbo
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:18 pm
Post subject: Only the Godz know for sure...
Ye of little faith...
Kevin, I couldn't agree more about the descriptors. The reviewers are all professionals who seem to be writing for other professionals. I don't dispute their skill or accuracy, and with a lot of work you can begin to understand them - but - I do find these reviews rather inaccessible. In fact, this was one of the main motivators for creating this forum.
OTOH, BTI is an impressive and useful independent resource.
The Beverage Testing Institute is an independent, privately owned corporation that conducts professional, blind tastings and reviews of beverage products. We do not accept advertising or sponsorship from any producer or commercial entity. Participation in BTIs open-forum tastings and competitions is completely voluntary. The producers, brand owners, or marketers of the relevant brands enter the products that we taste into our tastings. Each producer pays the same standardized, per-product registration fee to enter their products into these tasting sessions or competitions. The registration fees cover the cost of administering the tastings and overhead associated with the distribution of the tasting results through various media.
Our tasting panels include senior staff members of the Beverage Testing Institute, all of whom have had a minimum of three years experience as BTI panelists , and are recognized as world-class sensory evaluation experts in the field of alcoholic beverages. We also draw on a large pool of qualified members of the wholesale, retail, and on-premise sectors that have been trained in the use of our proprietary evaluation methodology. All products are tasted in flights by category, in random order. Samples are tasted blind, neat, and at room temperature (68º) in Riedel stemware. No more than fifteen-to-twenty products are tasted in a two-to-three hour morning tasting session. Our tasting room has been designed to minimize outside factors and optimize the critical perception of our panelists through a combination of natural and synthetic lighting and a standardized color and descriptive template.
Actually BTI is one of the most highly respected independent reviewing resources I know of. Their tasting panels change from time to time but are populated by renowned and respected professionals. Their testing lab, process and scoring methods are based on some pretty impressive methodology and using a multi-round tasting and scoring process they designed to insure repeatability, to address outlying results, etc.
The scores are based on a 100 point scale, and are the equivalent of a five-star system (as used by Dave Broom for example). There are results less than 80, but these are lumped together as "less than 80" or "not recommended". It's important to understand what the scores mean:
85-89--Highly Recommended
less than 80--Not Recommended
As you can see, it's not "all good", nor is it meant to be.
Although these advanced tasters often find descriptors that are beyond most of the rest of us, I have found that their scoring has been very reliable, and in very close accord with general consensus, and with my own tasting experiences regarding most all the rums I know of. Whether they rate a rum "superlative" (96-100) or "exceptional", you can be comfortable that it is. Their results are reliable for purposes of comparison.
Personally, I am not much interested in rums that score below the high 80's. Interestingly there are a number of excellent, but lower priced rums that make the grade.
Boca Loca was indeed reported twice. Why? Because it was reviewed twice, as noted - first in 2007 and again in 2008. Last, I wouldn't get too hung up on distillation method as modern methods allow much more accurate separations than pot stills. We tend to equate high production with lighter products of accordingly less flavor.
This is not necessarily true.
Flavorful pot stilled products can and do vary from batch to batch for many reasons. Although modern column stills can indeed be used to mass produce lighter (rougher) product, they can also be caused to extract many of the same flavor congeners as the pot still method, but with considerably more predictability, to produce more consistent and similarly profiled products.
I do recommend that any reader spend time at BTI (
Link to Tastings, Beverage Testing Institute
). I do hope this brief exerpt will both clarify and whet your interest in this fine resource:
How BTI Tastes Wines, Beers, and Spirits
Our Tasting Lab
To make our information as consistent as possible, the Beverage Testing Institute uses a dedicated tasting lab in Chicago. This room was specially designed to minimize external factors and maximize our panelists concentration. Tasting at the same time of day practically every weekday morning, under the same ideal conditions, is far better than working out of a suitcase or at a producers facility.
Our Panels
We rely heavily on highly experienced, professional guest tasters who are either retailers, restaurateurs, or prominent writers that are especially knowledgeable about the beverage category being reviewed. All panelists are rigourously screened and audited and then trained in our proprietary blind tasting methodology. Our director, Jerald OKennard, moderates the panels. For a recent list of panelists, click here .
Our Scoring
A basic tenet of qualitative evaluation is that the shorter the scale, the easier it is for tasters to repeat their scores and repeatability is the essence of accuracy. Our tasters now use a simple scale with four bands. In the first round we use this range:
1--Not recommended (less than 80 points).
2--Of sound commercial quality, though not overly exciting (80-84).
3--Shows style and character, yet probably not of the highest merit (85-89).
4--Highest quality.
With this scale, tasters neednt concern themselves with the difference between an 88 and an 86, or a 90 and a 91. Wines with two scores of "4" are sent to the "merit round," whose range is as follows:
3--Very good, but not of the highest merit (88-89 points).
4--Truly excellent in style and distinction (90-92).
5--Outstanding, though not quite one of the worlds finest (93-95).
6--Provides a world-class experience (96-100).
This allows our tasters to consider general quality, without the distraction of adding points. Products breaking the critical 90-point barrier are tasted twice without exception, virtually guaranteeing that they will deserve their accolades. Also, after the first round, those with a wide disparity in score are re-tasted. We also re-taste many that scored poorly, to make sure a bad sample was not at fault.
The scores are then translated onto a modified 100-point scale. We think the five "bands" below more accurately reflect the quality of products in todays market. It roughly corresponds to a five-star system:
85-89--Highly Recommended
less than 80--Not Recommended
To help translate the panels scores, we use a different statistical method, relying on the mode (the most frequent score) rather than the mean (the average score). This helps reduce the impact of maverick scores; the mode is much closer to what the panelists are really saying. If, for instance, a product in the first round receives three scores of "3," it is placed in the upper center of its band (85-89) and given a final score of 88 points. Should the third score be a 4 or a 2, the product in question would be given an 89 or an 86, respectively. The third score is used to move the total score up or down within the same band. Again, controversial permutations are re-tasted. Those falling in the lowest band (less than 80) are simply listed as "not recommended"; no score is assigned.
Other Recognitions
Best Buy
. Wines or spirits which provide uncommon value.
Cellar Selection
. This is a wine that we believe will improve significantly with at least five years of age.
I do hope this clears things up. Don't get me wrong, it is common for me not to find or appreciate the descriptors that the top professional tasters at BTI (or elsewhere) report. But that's because I am a Compleat Idiot. I do find their comparative scores very reliable and look to them (as well as a few selected other resources) as a valuable learning tool...
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Kevin Myers
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:19 am
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Lots of experience = Little faith
I submit to you that BTI has impressed you with pure marketing skill. How useful their reviews are is debatable. If they work for you, great, carry on. Personally, I have been disappointed on many, many occasions with BTI and other, similar, outfits.
I find it curious that with one hand you hold them up as somehow superior beings and with the other smack them about for producing hard to comprehend reviews. If a guy as into rum as you are can't easily understand BTI's descriptions, how the heck is the average Joe supposed to benefit? On that point alone, I'd give them an "F" -- if the intention was really to communicate the actual character of the beverages they review.
But BTI's reason for existence isn't to help consumers make educated buying decisions, their job is to help producers sell product. I know they claim otherwise, but that's just more marketing spin from a marketing organization. I think it's important to recognize the wolf under the sheep's clothing for what it really is.
BTI is funded by the companies whose products they review. If they were to be too critical, their sole source of income would rapidly dry up. A quick and dirty analysis of their results provides interesting evidence: A search for all spirits rated "Not recommended" turned up a total of just 31, only one of which actually mentioned it was "not good." That's out of 1447 total reviews. So you're right, they're not saying it's "all" good. Just that 98% of it is.
Relating BTI scoring to a five-star system seems helpful, thanks. But why then do they use their 80-100 scale? It's deceptive. One should properly expect a 100-point scale to contain 100 points. There's only one reason I can think of to bias scores in such a manner -- 83 sounds much better than 15 on the "shelf talkers" they sell. Am I wrong? Or is this way of thinking the net result of a school system that gives students 79 points just for writing their names legibly on top of their test papers? Is a self-esteem program for distilled spirits really in the public's best interest?
Searches for the terms "harsh" and "burn" proves such negatives aren't even in BTI's vocabulary. I don't know about you but those are two adjectives I always keep within arm's reach when tasting a spirit. It's not just a matter of ridiculous prose, you simply cannot have a balanced system without negative descriptors or negative reviews. Once again, "All we want are the facts, ma'am."
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Capn Jimbo
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:27 pm
Post subject: Egads!
Naw, in a former lifetime I was marketing director for a broadcast corporation and I am relatively BS proof. BTI is the real deal. I know my earlier post was rather lengthy but is worth a slow and careful rereading. But let me first clarify a few things.
I believe their intent is to be accurate, and their tasting notes are made by a changing corps of beverage professionals including restauranteurs, retailers and respected writers, in addition to skilled permanent staff. For example Ed Hamilton and Dave Broom have both served on their panels. They choose to speak in professional but accurate terms, which is perfectly fine. OTOH, I feel that our reviews may be less precise, but more accessible for the masses. Both are fine for their differing audiences.
Now I really do take issue with your "quick and dirty" analysis. Think it's a little too quick, way too dirty and accordingly muddies things up. It implies that since only 2% of the reviews are "not recommended" that this is simply a marketing tool for the other 98% - bought and paid for by the distillers and designed primarily to give them favorable "shelf talkers". Only problem...
It's not true.
First of all, the tastings are completely blind, done in random order in three or four rounds, designed for repeatability and accuracy. Outliers or rums with widely disparite scores are retasted. Scores over 90 are retasted to insure they are worthy of high accolades; likewise very low scores are retasted to eliminate bad samples.
This hardly sounds like a process designed just to pump out high scores for marketing purposes. Next, let's return to your "quick and dirty" look at the scores and allow me to break it down and provide my more complete analysis of BTI's rum section...
Upon studying BTI's scoring I was reassured to find that we have a fairly typical bell curve. This is much more revealing. Only 2 out of 229 rums were found "superlative" and only 60 were found "exceptional". BTI uses what amounts to five classes or a five star system like Dave Broom. These amount to his "superb", "excellent", "good", "average" and "poor".
On this forum, our own ratings also fall into such a bell curve, and even though technically there are 10 levels, almost all our reviews are "5" or higher. Like BTI, there are only a couple of 9's and 10's ("superlative"), a few more 8's ("excellent"), a good number of 7's ("good"), a few 6's "average") and a 5 or two ("ugh"). Nothing below 5. And I can assure you that no distiller has his hooks in me!
Also, the "quick and dirty" analysis fails to address such surprising results as BTI's Ron Abuelo (at $14.95 and "91") and Ron Abuelo 7 year ($19.95 and "92") - outscoring Vizcaya Cask 21 (at $39.95 and a relatively poor "88"), Flor de Cana 18 at $39.95 and "90") and Flor de Cana 21 (at $59.95 and "91"). If buying reviews was the name of the game, some very expensive rums made by some very large distillers did not get their money's worth.
This is where BTI's blind, three round system pays dividends in both accuracy, reliability and credibility. I've compared our scores with both Broom and BTI - those that received our best scores tended to receive relatively comparative scores with B&B. This was reassuring.
Last, although I'm sure there are a more than a few rum buyers who may see an "84" BTI shelf talker and buy the rum on that "quick and dirty" single impression, that's their problem. Experienced shoppers and rum buyers know better and have taken the time to understand the various scoring schemes and have determined how each matches up with their own impressions. I recently read through Robert Burr's Gifted Rums Guide, to find that almost all the rums claimed to be "the world's finest rum". Believe that and I have a mangrove island for sale...
Last regarding your failure to find the terms "harsh" or "burn" as proof that "such negatives aren't even in BTI's vocabulary". You may be right here. But what IS in their vocabulary regarding some of the lower rated rums are the professional taster's versions of your negatives:
Not very convincing and slightly unbalanced, but OK for mixing
Finishes on a berry-cherry fruit gum note with a touch of almond oil and hot pepper.
...a quick, angular alcohol and varnished wood fade. Too whisky like.
Finishes with a quick stale toffee and pepper fade. Weird.
Finishes quickly with a hot, peppery, slight bitter spice and alcohol fade. A confected orange powdered drink-like flavored rum.
Finishes with a cloying sugar and paper-like fade.
Wet green barrel, musty dish rag and caramel sauce aromas...
Finishes quickly with a hot, peppery, slight bitter spice and alcohol fade.
Finishes quickly with a short peppery fade. Needs more definition.
Finishes with a hot pepper and burnt caramel fade. Interesting, if somewhat crude.
Finishes with a hot, peppery fuel-like fade.
Finishes on a thinnish note with a metallic tang.
Finishes with a lingering diet watermelon-soda-filled balloon flavor with a touch of pepper and minerals. Curious.
...with a pithy bitter skin and metallic mineral fade.
...with a bitter pithy finish and lick of mineral oil and suntan lotion.
Finishes with a mineral and hot pepper fade.
These examples of course, are anything but complimentary. You say potato and they say a tuberous plant good mashed, warmed, creamed and with a delicate but haunting gravy. Your "harsh burn" is their "hot peppery fuel-like fade". Plenty negative.
Actually this exchange is good reason to lead others to find sources that match their own growing experiences and needs. For example, Kevin is not into BTI for his own reasons. In our case, Sue Sea and I have learned to have great confidence in BTI's relative scoring. We prefer RnD's and El Machete's notes as they are nicely accessible and often match our own impressions. And of course our own humble reviews are absolutely perfect!
It's worth the time and trouble to do so...
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Kevin Myers
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:38 pm
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After my recent promotion from Cabin Boy to Swabbie, I hesitate to continue lest my persistence be construed as anything other than friendly discussion with a resulting demotion to Bilge Bailer or Poop Deck Polisher. But let me take another tack and see if I can better communicate what I am attempting to say.
Set aside if you will, just for a minute, any manipulation of BTI's scoring system and let's look at it at face value. And for clarity, let's separate it into its three component parts.
The 5 Categories: (Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can kill off business)
Other than your data set being slightly off (I count 3,68,113,54,6), both your graphs are accurate representations of the situation. Rather than proving either of us "right" or "wrong", they each illustrate a different perspective.
Agreed, BTI's rum scoring falls into a bell curve. Does that change the fact they recommend 98% of all sprits reviewed? I know we agree it ain't all good. I'm going to go one step further and proclaim the percentage to be somewhere less than 98.
If a reasonably intelligent person sees the word "Recommended" on a shelf tag, he should be able to assume the bottle is worth his money. But, again, I don't think 98% of spirits fit into that category. Nor do I think it's right to expect someone to have to translate "Recommended" to "Drain Cleaner" before deciding to make a purchase or not. When I recommend something, I'm putting my reputation on the line and I'm darn careful in doing so. BTI hands out recommendations like candy on Halloween and as a consequence they're worth about as much as a stale sourball.
Changing the category titles would be a huge help (not that it's ever going to happen considering BTI's marketing-driven business model). But even substituting Broom's term "Average" for "Recommended" is misleading and patently incorrect. Average denotes center-scale. Reference the old A, B, C, D, F grades from grammar school if you're having trouble relating. And, thinking about it, I'd suggest adopting that exact scale. It's clear to everyone what it means, not just to those who've chosen to make rum a religion.
The Written Text: (Words not really passed down from on high)
BTI could hire the most astute and perceptive tasters on the planet but if they've been told they're not allowed to use adjectives the average buying public would perceive as negative, there can never be honesty in what they write. It's like if you sent Muhammad Ali into the ring with his elbows tied behind his back. Once you take the sting out of the equation, you're just left floating around like a harmless butterfly.
Yes I've seen a few musty dish rag references and the like but they're few and far between. There are a couple more in the cachaça notes referencing jet fuel and diesel oil. (Interestingly, the latter term was used on a supposed 87-pointer.) Overall, though, BTI's world view is unrealistically rosy. Or maybe I should say "Romantic. Exotic. Sexy."
Just exactly for whom do you think BTI writes their reviews that you excuse their choice of verbiage? More than once you've defended them as "writing for other professionals." But
"The Beverage Testing Institute was founded in 1981 with the objective of producing fair and impartial wine reviews
for consumers
We agree their descriptors have plenty of room for improvement but it's not because they're writing for the highly-experienced elite, it's because they're busy creating marketing gobbledygook.
The problem is further exacerbated by the biased grading system. When a negative does show up, it's negated by the recommendation. Banana and spice with a touch of varnish, highly recommended. Coconut custard with a diesel oil edge, highly recommended. Them marketing bastards are clever little deviates.
The Points System: (Points Of Purchase)
You haven't disputed the dishonesty of an 80-100 point scale yet you excuse it by claiming an educated person can remove (some of) the built-in bias by changing the labels around a bit. I will agree. What I find objectionable is the necessity, as one of the aforementioned consumers BTI was supposedly created to serve, of having to do so.
"I'm sure there are more than a few rum buyers who may see an "84" BTI shelf talker and buy the rum on that "quick and dirty" single impression, that's their problem. Experienced shoppers and rum buyers know better and have taken the time to understand the various scoring schemes and have determined how each matches up with their own impressions."
The Romans would agree with you ("
caveat emptor
") and perhaps Marie Antoinette ("
Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!
") but I emphatically do not. Thinking about that position, does it not strike you as elitist? Does it not exemplify one of the problems you've set about to resolve?
"The "quick and dirty" analysis fails to address such surprising results as BTI's Ron Abuelo (at $14.95 and "91") Flor de Cana 21 (at $59.95 and "91"). If buying reviews was the name of the game, some very expensive rums made by some very large distillers did not get their money's worth."
The price of a BTI review doesn't vary by the retail price of the spirit nor is the MSRP considered in the review. Virtually everyone gets what they're paying for -- flowery words of praise and a score in the top 20%.
"On this forum even though technically there are 10 levels, almost all our reviews are "5" or higher."
Your samples are not random and your results are skewed. They are, in fact, filtered through your selection process. That's not a bad thing, to the contrary actually. And even though I've not seen a definition of what your scale numbers relate to, I would expect to see data points only in the upper half as I assume you're buying only relatively high-quality rums.
"BTI's blind, three round system pays dividends in both accuracy, reliability and credibility"
Maybe. You are aware the scientific standard is double-blind? In any case, bias doesn't mean there's no methodology, it means the results are skewed, the lows are elevated making them appear higher than they actually are -- in a word,
"I recently read through Robert Burr's Gifted Rums Guide, to find that almost all the rums claimed to be "the world's finest rum". Believe that and I have a mangrove island for sale."
I'm not familiar with Burr's guide but I'll take your word for it. However, because you judge BTI to be better than Burr (or whomever), that doesn't prove BTI doesn't also have substantial defects in its processes.
"I've compared our scores and feelings with both Broom and BTI - those that received our best scores tended to receive relatively comparative scores with B&B."
Am I reading this correctly, that your high scores correlate with their high scores but your lower scores do not? If so, that would mirror my experience as well as support my claim BTI's scores are biased upward. In any case, this method of analysis doesn't take into account the fact you're comparing a very limited selection of high-end rums. You need to get your hands on some awful stuff and see how that compares. Mass-produced cachaça for instance.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:35 am
Post subject: It's mad, mad, mad marketing world...
Excellent counterpoint! Actually we quite agree...
A tour de force by Kevin. Really good stuff that benefits us all. There is surely a selection process going on. In our case, Sue Sea and I don't even try rums unless we've seen some good reviews or at times a good recommendation by someone we respect. So we manage to avoid most (but not all) of the drain cleaners.
For example, we may try Kevin's Mae de Ouro based on his favor - and BTI's review, lol.
As for BTI, I very much agree that the category labels and scoring (from 80+) may be misleading, and surely this is a knowing sop to the distillers' marketing departments. Broom's labels are better in this regard. There is also a selection process at work, since you can be sure that Kevin's "drain cleaner" rums aren't even submitted for review.
That being said, those who approach BTI knowledgeably will find it quite useful. It's easy enough to translate BTI's labels into Kevin's "A-B-C-D-E" or Broom's "superb - excellent - good - average - poor". Or into your own personal scale. For example, Sue Sea are generally interested only in those rums scoring 90 or higher by BTI (well on the left side of the bell curve). Labels be damned. In general BTI matches up nicely with our own findings and experiences for both
higher vs lower scoring rums.
Kevin's suggested "A-B-C-D-E" labeling is attractive if not a bit hopeful, but I also agree with him that this will never happen with any resource, anywhere. And until the New England Journal of Medicine enters into the field of rum tasting, nor will double-blind studies. There's simply no cause or need.
Despite any selection process eliminating crappier rums (which actually works to the buyer's advantage), BTI's methodology is quite reasonable and the best available; furthermore they have tested and reviewed a huge number of rums - more than any other resource - enough to create a large database of comparatively reliable results which fall into a normal and credible distribution (bell curve).
Those who buy solely based the on "quick and dirty" impression of a distiller's shelf talker will get exactly what they deserve. And waiting for BTI - or any other resource - to shoot themselves in the foot will be an exercise in naivete.
Personally, I'm far less interested in BTI's labels than I am in their relatively accurate and useful data and comparative scoring. And advanced tasters can even learn from their tasting notes. Sure it's good for marketing and they stay in business.
Good on them. Now let's try to sum this up:
For Kevin
: Kevin doesn't like BTI's labeling and feels that their scoring and labels can be used in isolation to facilitate marketing. Absolutely right. Keeps everybody, including BTI, in business. An argument in more absolute and idealistic terms.
For Moi
: I could care less about the labels. BTI's scoring and results are derived using good methodology and are accurate. The results fall beautifully into a quite usable normal bell curve distribution. Replace BTI's labels with your own and you have a tremendously useful and reliable resource. An argument in more relative, practical and useful terms.
A Special Note
Oops. One should not confuse any of this with elitism, as my objective is to educate readers so as to be able to effectively use the wonderful BTI database (moi) without being misled by it (Kevin). Thanks to this terrific dialogue I believe that Kevin and I have achieved exactly that.
A big thanks to Kevin...
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:23 am
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Well I recently went on a minor cachaca buying spree and was re-reading this thread with some interest.
My experience is rather limited, but I have had several of the cachacas on BTI's list.
My three new purchases were Sagatiba Velha 2 yr (Esplendida), and Ypioca Ouro and Prata. The only one I have opened is the sagatiba.
When I first tasted it, the nose and taste seemed somewhat familiar to me - after a couple minutes, I came up with Depaz Blue Cane rhum.
I tried them side-by-side and although the aroma and initial palate were very similar, the sagatiba lacked the depth and complexity of the agricole. It also lacked the tangy fruity flavor I have found in other cachacas I have liked, such as Mae de Ouro and leblon.
Although it is pleasant enough to sip on, I am not that impressed with it and was surprised to see it so high up on BTI's ratings. I very much prefer Mae de Ouro, which is my favorite so far. True the velha has been aged a year longer, which might have smoothed it out a bit, but people on chowhound who know cachaca very well say the sagatiba is all marketing and little flavor, and not even found in Brazil.
I have yet to try the Ypiocas (though I like the crystal quite well as a mixer). After what I have read of them, I wish I had picked up another bottle of each at the sale price of just under $19. Apparently, the prata is rather hard to come by.
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Enough time for International connect?Apr 24, 201300We will be traveling from Istanbul, Turkey to Dallas, TX on May 7, 2013 (Friday) with connection in IAH. I am an American citizen but my wife is not (greencard). Our US born daughter (16 months old) will also be traveling with us. Will 1 hour and 45 minutes between flights be enough to clear customs and get from Terminal D to Terminal A to make our connecting flight to Dallas? Also, Orbitz states that the flight from Istanbul will also land in Terminal A, is it possible since Terminal A is not international? Thank you very much in advance!Alex Zposted on Wed, Apr 24
Best Place to meet -Terminals A and DFeb 24, 201310Hello, my mother is arriving at terminal A from Miami and I am arriving at Terminal D from Qatar at almost the same time (10 min difference). Can you recommend me the best place to meet for her and I? We need to take the same taxi to the hotel. Thank you!Mariaposted on Sat, Feb 23At IAH, on your arrival at Terminal D, you will be directed to the international arrivals building, where you go through customs & take escalator down Baggage Claim Level 1 and from there to Exit Control, then enter to the right the baggage recheck area; then go straight out to the International Arrivals Lobby & Passenger Greeting Area. Have your mother, on arrival, take the inter-terminal train which runs below ground and connects TA, TB, Hotel, TC, D/E outside of security. At T/E she should follow signs to International Arrivals Lobby.sufeb13posted on Sun, Feb 24
Walking timeFeb 20, 201310I will be on united express from tucson arriving in terminal B flying out of terminal D on lufthansa. I have about a 5 hour layover. Is it difficult to get to terminal E from D considering E has more things to eat, drink, and shopmarioaaposted on Wed, Feb 20
Conoco Phillips Terminal?Feb 13, 201310I'm picking up my boyfriend as a surprise but don't know which terminal to pick him up in if he's flying with the Conoco Phillips Private Jet. Anyone know?aroposted on Wed, Feb 13
Don't know IAHJan 27, 201320My parents and I are arriving at same gate, almost same time from another flight where is the best point to meet them my flight is UA1015 fron camcun theirs is UA1089 from mexico city jan 29/ 13Lgvposted on Sun, Jan 27If IAH is your last stop, I suggest you meet them at the baggage claim carousel. If you continue your journey, look at overhead screens for your party's arrival gate and meet them there.sujan13posted on Sun, Jan 27
ImmigrationJan 8, 201320Im flying from LHR to IAH to catch a connection flight to LIT in May. I was just wondering if 2hrs 35mins is enough time to clear immigration and to catch my next flight.Mikester1989posted on Mon, Jan 71. As you did not indicate which airline you arrive at & depart from, I suggest you open www.ifly.com/ then click on 'Terminal Map' under QUICK LINKS and scroll down to the detailed text. 2. Make sure your first airline will transfer bags to your connecting airline - if not, you need to check in your bag at the departure terminal's airline counter. Either way, you have plenty of time for transfer.tujan13posted on Tue, Jan 8
Departure on Delta 9387Dec 29, 201210My daughter flight out on Delta 9387 from Houston IAH to Amtersdam on 12/29/2012. What terminal she need to check in?radcomposted on Fri, Dec 28
International flightsDec 5, 201210I am picking up someone who is flying an international flight. Is there a place to park and go in? How long does it take to go through customs?LV74posted on Tue, Dec 4
From BZE to YEG w/ stop in IAHDec 17, 201220I'm going from Belize to Edmonton Canada with a 3 hour layover in IAH. I was wondering if I have to clear US customs upon arrival in IAH and again in YEG. And if so is 3 hours enough time to get between terminals? Flying Air Canada and Unitedfngposted on Thu, Nov 29As I do not know which airline you arrive at & depart from, I suggest you open www.ifly.com/iah, click on "Terminal Map" under QUICK LINKS, then scroll down to the detailed text. Note that as an international arrival at IAH, you need to go through TSA & Customs clearance located in the International Arrivals building, accessible from both Terminals E & C. (IAH has Terminals A through E - TD being the International terminal), after customs clearance and baggage re-check, the inter-terminal train (below ground) will take you to your connecting Terminal. As YEG has a US customs agreement, I don't think you will need to go through that process again on arrival at Edmonton. 3 hours at IAH is plenty!frnov12posted on Fri, Nov 30You will have to go trough customs in Canada since the US agreement works when you come back, since you clear US Customs at Edmonton Airport but there ´s no Canadian Customs at Houston. Anyhow you wont have to reckeck your bags since its Int´l to Int´l and you should look up for ONE STOP at IAH since i believe it applies for Int´l to Int´l flight when you dont have to re check luggage.smpposted on Mon, Dec 17
Hotels with 24 hour airport shuttleNov 25, 201210Does anyone know which hotels near the airport have shuttles that run 24 hours? Thanksnjcposted on Sun, Nov 25
terminal a arrivalsNov 23, 201211where do you go to pick up a passager arriving at terminal a***posted on Wed, Nov 211 person likes this post [ Like ]
getting from Term C to BOct 19, 201221What's the fastest way to get from Terminal C to B? Is there a walkway connection?sdhposted on Tue, Oct 161 person likes this post [ Like ]At IAH Airport there is no walkway connection between TC & TB - you need to take the TerminaLink train which runs inside security. Follow signs.weoct12posted on Wed, Oct 17
Bring pet from Europe to Houston IAHNov 3, 201221Hi, I would like to bring our "family" dog from Europe to Texas. The dog is about 18 lbs, and being my elderly mother's companion, we would like to arrange for her the safest and least stressful flight to the US. Money is not an issue, as long as she either flies in the cabin with us, or in a "humane" environment. Please help !Moiraposted on Fri, Oct 121 person likes this post [ Like ]Rules regarding taking pets onboard an aircraft differ from airline to airline. Many of them allow dogs (in a kennel) on the seat next to its owner, but charging the second seat. Hopefully someone will drive your mother to the Airport; park the car, find out where the pet relief area is before putting the dog in the kennel and loading it onto a baggage cart located outside the terminal. From there, a Skycap can accompany her & the dog (which is not allowed inside the terminal unless in a kennel) through security check and on to her gate. When making airline reservations, do state all these needs. Also contact your Airport for information.saoct12posted on Sat, Oct 13We're flying from Frankfurt to IAH in December. You can take cats and small dogs in the cabin in a soft carrier bag (you have to be able to fit it under the seat in front for takeoff and landing. KLM and Air France also allows small pets in the cabin. British Airways doesn't. BA is a rip-off for shipping pets.Ailidhposted on Sat, Nov 3

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No political discharg'fis^ no pblitlcarassessmenta, subscriptions or con-" ^trlbutlons'frQm village employees. " ' " ,^. ^ ; 4. Rftcognltlorrof merit and not politics In village-service. • , 5'-—Priper development- of Freeport's natural asse_ts. Promo-tion of> Freeport as a place to .live, work arid rear a: family untjer Id^al conditions... • , T\:"\ . v ^ - -., • ;—Continued co-operation wltK Veterans,,'an%d their ;representa-rehabilitatibn and all forms, of .practical -servlcfr. Decorntlon — Mnrlcnc Fulton, chnlr-rmin ; Jrickie BrnndoH, Dot. Bond, Lorct-tii Olsen and "Pat Boyle. • . Soni?~~Bobby Ncury, Pnt Bpylo, Mnrl-lyn Fyvolont, Jt-nn Kobcl, Jcnn Drink-wntcr find PCR Church". Bonrd—Olnny Schinn, Sylvin. Diivld- Cnrn.cnter-and .Mnry Cjonry, tfSlc Knyno.r. Carolyn He<ly-Ei(ren-nn<]-' Pictures taken at tlie dance are" on display In the Photo Mart~win~ dows at 23 West Merrick'rd. Any person idenl'ITylng himself will re-ceive a free copy. Fourteen .-members - were1 induct-ed into-thp Maaqiie!Tahl:i WigrGlub recently. Bill ICerwin, the ~presl: — the— ideals— ef—th^ cjub andi introduced lh.e other Officers, jfean Munkelt, vice-presj-dent; ARnfis OsNeill, secretary, and_ Constance Allen, treasurep. Miss, Doris Groesbeck.^the director and advisor, gave an inspirJngvtalk. - The names of ".^le-inductees-are-as follows: . ' " • . . Colette Ballot,, Donnld Brody. John Byrnea, ; Dorothy Fcn'nernn, Irene ChnrloB Hutdhinon, John , Louis -Laux, Betty "L'ovene, Garvin Meck-inp, Janet Poi0rs,' Joan Risely, Harvey Sol! and Lorraine Van RCCB. Mr. Kerwin and Miss-O'Neill pre-sented' tliem their* -membership cards/ arid ttjp. badge of honor was painted^on each cheek by-Garblyn Bed ell; ~ Torn -Copeland - -and~ John Moreton^ All took theTViasque and Wlg..pledge. The^ntire groqp" ad-joufned vto yiebrock's for re.fresh-mejits, .' ' — " _ ests Major, * G&n...^ JV.: Wickersham, or Cedarhurst, commaiidliifiCgenernL of tho • 42d Infantry Division '(the Rninhow -Division)- Of the New -York — Nntional^-Guftr-d, — came to Frooport last Thursday to inspect • tho facilities of the 101st Military - Pollro Hultnlion in the Municipal Handing, th« gymnasium' of ' t h e Krin'port. High School where drills . aro held every Monday night, 'and tho-sitr-providetl-by--the-village-forV an Armory on the grounds of the, northeast watershed to be erected as soon as Congress provides the necessary funds. According to local otltcials who accompanied Him on the lour-of inspection, he was, completely satisfied with what ho saw. -.; . '. Announcement also was made. during" "the we.cT that Company A,- and the Medical Detachment would be activated on Monday night, March 1, at exercises to bo held in the Elks clubhouse. A regular Army inspection team is coming from the First Army Headquarters Church-Help Youth ,. Proposes ..Instsdling Television Set to—~~- Episcopal -Men's Club Maintaining that little was being done. Jn, Freeport for the youth o the community, Sheriff . H , A l f i - 0 ( Vollmer in ;, talk to the 'members of the Episcopal Churchmen's Club 111 the Transfiguration P a r i B h House, /Tuesday ntghjt -appealed to the men to "start something with the other churches of the com-munity. He suggested that a television set be installed around which the youth-might congregate to witness various ^events, so they would- not have tovgb'to <Jgin mills'; to do so. _ The-.Sheriff ..advocated% also*that means be provided so tlie~yoimjf people could engage-In-recreaWoiial activities, -an'd the. establishment .of a Y.M.C.A., oc some agency', to look ifter their interests. ~--- "—- —"Investment in land is better for the kids than in jails/'Jie asserted. 'We ought to get together and' Sherfff Vollmer —explained of his <: the the .County IitU^JHe.^t'6'id or how, ' the buildingand grounds and said clean through their also 'A'Hmnny Pfiih, He. member-oTthe n -.tnilojy_ was lurrying orT'his^trade^thlre to the-advantage of all' concerned. .- Clirton""B."SmitlpInffoaucea~lBe'" speaker. ' President ^ R a y m o n' d Young presided'and announced the lub would-Sponsor a-bazaar late-in Anrll Irifllfiad o'f holding n. minBlr_fiL show or some other form of enter-tainment. Refreshments were served. KEDENBURG AT HOFSTRA Lee Kedenb'urg, ,115 North' Qcean ive;, is a'mpng the students recent-y registered at Hofstra College for the second semester' activities fit. tlm^institution. :." ...... " oral muster as the actlvltatlon la oJTlcially designated. -; " Recruiting Campaign Planned Others to be here arc Lieut. -Col. . William Bardes, of Garden ^ City, battalion -commander; Major Ed-ward Hanbury, of HqUis, battalion executive' officer; "May.oic Cyril C. . Ryan, the company officers; "CapC™ John E> Kenny,"of Hempstead, and Lieut. Arthur Sewell, of Springfield Gardens.: A. recruiting campaign is planned immediately to bring the unit up to a full compliment of 126 •men-and five officers. • ....,-. The medical detachment, consist-ing of Lieut.'Roger Wells, of Man-and four enlisted men, will be activated the' sa,me night. Re-cruiting teams ,w I i 1 visit the schools to interest, students In eii^ istlng, as membership is open to men from 17 to 3§ "years of age. The Military Police, unit Is the only on 'Long Island. -Members are paid for the tlnie~they spend in IHll periods and IB" days of sum-mer field training ranging from 157.50 a year for a private to 3fG.50 • for master and first ser-eants. ^ — 10-Point Program Offered A full teir-pqlnt training progranr nstrucJ.TQ'h', \Tiittd" to-garden the re-inst! Hin"gJ confidence in i 45 calibre pistol and_a 30-,.caTtbro .". jirbine. They alBo are taught riot ontrol7^-interJoiC~gU(Htd,^'mllitary ^ anltation—ttfid—llr-flt^itid^-- r-vj— Sgt. Lewis J. Stancourtr a local osldon't, -has—been—apiTOintEil~Ee(lsi^: ;ral. caretaker ami .will :be on duty-laiiy- from 9 A.1W;; to-5 P; M.( in— he^jMunicipnl'Buijding .to Supply nformation for all who desire it. fhe teleimone Is FReeport .8-0187.-- ~ The 301st Battalion is to consist ^a headquurttirs and 'headquarters letachment, Co.' A<t and tho medi-al detachment with headquarters n Freeport; Co.'B. to be located In ay^Shore, ahd Co. C, in Patchogue, The full "cotnpliraent will total 625 men and-21 omcers. . • During -the war thb 101st M. P.",. "Battalion-fought all the way from (Continued, on. Pago.. 4) — -7^_Contlnuknce of the 'profitable 'and efficient rnanag<Vnent- of all Municipal departmefitsTeGpecfaMy the light, the waterrsanitation. -deparfnients an'd the Freeport.municiipal .Stadium. ;.v r^_ -};~ B\~TKe lowe.st possible taxes consistent with efficiency. , -. 9!—R/eferendum on all bond Issues.- : :- . A ' ~,^~^——101>0>-^-^CCoonnttllnnUUeedd Jlooccaall. pc^obnnttrrooll ooff ppooMlicoee aanndd ffiirree ddeeppaarrttmmeenntsts^^fl'nd -& fUniie, business regardless, of.,. the Vi '"maintenance-of their~unr|valed high quality of Service. {,, '.!;..-»> occasipn, Frank' Wiesenfeld.-the ~'" *' 11 ^_Open'vcornpetitive.bicId!ng-on public wc^rks aftd,suppna.f.- >• chairman'announced,today.. ; - . • r All Stores toCIose; Birthday "-Allstore's affiliated ^rltli'.the Mer-chant's Council of^lthe rFreeppr'r •Chamber -of Commerce,: are', to be closed a]l day ori Monday, Wash- .ingto^i's Birthday. Only exceptions 'are'* pharmacies, 'food Stores and other ftinue. -which L have vto .. 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Mainstream evolutionists claim Homo sapiens evolved in Ethiopia 195,000 years ago.
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human
DNA and fossil evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago.
However it is obvious this is simply religion based upon no evidence whatsoever.
Homo sapiens in Mexico have been zircon dated to 985,000 years old and anatomically modern footprints millions of years old have been discovered in Africa.
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on Dec 10, 2012 at 01:00 pmYesterday, December 9, was the first day that same-sex couples in Washington could marry and have those marriages respected by the state. Freedom to Marry supporter Victoria Shaffer was on hand to photograph the big day on Sunday, and she shared her photos with us!
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Always On: Reliable electricity in an age of coal plant retirement
The idea that we need traditional fossil-fuel power plants to meet our nation's minimum electricity needs—called "baseload power"—is becoming increasingly obsolete.
The electricity system developed during the last half of the 20th century relied on large, centralized coal, nuclear, and hydroelectric plants to supply cheap and reliable power to local regions. Rapid and consistent growth in demand for electricity allowed companies to finance construction of such large, expensive power plants fairly smoothly over several decades.
Today, as the electricity market changes, these two paradigms are being shaken up—and a clean energy system that offers significant economic, health, and environmental benefits is already emerging.
In "Always On: Reliable electricity in an age of coal plant retirement," the Izaak Walton League and Fresh Energy explain market forces that have caused traditional baseload electricity sources to have less value in the 21st-century electricity system. The report demonstrated how current energy market forces—such as state-based renewable energy standards, lower building costs for wind and solar generation, and a transition from localized distribution networks to regional transmission systems—are paving the way for cleaner, more efficient ways to meet our energy needs.


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Large Gandhara Buddha Statue 102"
Item # 32g13
- Materials: Hand Carved Indian Black Granite
- Total Height Including Base: 102 inches or 8 feet 6 inches
- Base Width & Depth: 27 x 18 inches
- Weight: 10000 pounds or 5 tons
- Wow! Just an amazing sculpture of Lord Buddha
- The artist, Baskaran, has carved many Buddha statues. He is the best for carving Buddhas. His faces are serene and elegant!
- The Buddha is carved from one large piece of granite
- The Buddha is in the Gandhara style easily recognized by the Buddhas flowing hair
- Many of the pictures taken were while the Buddha was wet. The stone gets very dark when wet.
About Indian Black Granite: Indian black granite is a wonderful stone. It is capable of a variety of finishes which can give it a variety of different color possibilities. It is possible to see 4-5 different colors on a single piece depending on the degree of polish or roughness of the stone. Indian black granite is among the best granite in the world sought after by artists globally. Unlike inferior quality granite, Indian granite is extremely dense and without impurities that plague other stones. The density of granite makes a granite sculpture perfect for any garden because it can be left outside in extreme heat and extreme cold for years without care.
About Buddha
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The Buddha was a son of the rulers Sakyas. He was married at the age of 16 and lived in luxury and comfort sheltered from the harsh realities of life. When he was 29 he realized that men are subject to old age, sickness and death. He became aware of the suffering inherent in existence. He resolved to give up princely life and become a wandering ascetic (samana) in search for the Truth.
With the two of samanas he attained mystical states of elevated consciousness but he failed to find the Truth. He continued his search and was joined by five ascetics in a grove near Uruvela, where he practiced sever austerities and self-mortification for six years. When he fainted away in weakness, he abandoned ascetic practices to seek his own path to Enlightenment. Discarding the teachings of his contemporaries, through meditation he achieved Enlightenment, or ultimate understanding. There after the Buddha instructed his followers in the dharma (truth) and the "Middle Way" a path between worldly life and extremes of self-denial.
The essence of the Buddha's early preaching was said to be the four Noble truths: 1) life is fundamentally disappointment and suffering. 2) suffering is a result of one's desires for pleasure, power, and continued existence; 3) to stop disappointment and suffering on must stop desiring; and 4) the way to stop desiring and thus suffering is the Noble eight fold path - right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right awareness and right concentration. The realization of the truth of anatman (no eternal self) was taught as essential for the indescribable state of release called nirvana.
Video of Sculpture
Granite statues from India do not need much maintenance. The best way to maintain the statue is to simply dust the piece periodically to keep any dirt from accumulating. They can be used for both indoor and outdoor use.
go over the statue to remove any dust or dirt buildup."
Soap and warm water is the best way to maintain the statue. You can use a small brush to get into the small crevices of the statue like the hands and hair.
Granite's durability makes it perfect for cold winters and hot summers of any climate. The stone can stand up to the harshest conditions of heat and bitter cold. We suggest you bathe the sculpture at least once a year so that dirt does not collect on the sculpture. This will maintain the sculpture for your grandchildren and then their grandchildren!
If you have any questions concerning your Indian granite statue please email us at email@example.com or call us at 1(760) 994-4455.
Below are listed testimonials from our customers who have ordered a statue from Lotus Sculpture in stone. All of the pieces are large, hand made statues carved from one piece of stone taking many months. The ability of our sculptors to breathe life into stone is a testament to their skill and artistry!
5 foot Buddha garden Buddha statue | "I just thought I send a quick email to thank you for my beautiful Buddha!! We love it! It's such a beautiful peace of art. The sculptors have done an amazing job. They are so gifted!!" Narin in Melbourne Australia |
"Yes, the Ganesh arrived in perfect condition and has been installed. Here are some pictures to prove it. We are so delighted to have him!" Leslie in Wayland, Massachusetts | 8 foot Dancing Ganesh statue |
7 foot Japanese Buddha Statue | "We've had hundreds of thousands of dollars of landscaping done to our property, but this Buddha truly makes our backyard!" Gail in Greenwich, Connecticut |
"Here he is in his new home! We absolutely love him! Thanks again!" Corinne in Ardsley, New York | 3 foot tall lava stone Buddha |
18 inch fat and happy Buddha | "I finally delivered the smiling Buddha to my 82 year old mother. She has been extremely pleased with his smile, rain (lots of it in Seattle) or shine." Chris in Seattle, Washington |
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This sculpture is currently in our warehouse in India and will be shipped to our warehouse in Oceanside, CA or directly to the custom depending on the where in the US the sculpture is being delivered. Lotus Sculpture pays for the shipping and import costs to Oceanside, CA. This process takes approximately 80 days. The client then pays for shipping from Oceanside, CA or the closest port to the final destination. Shipping is calculated after the purchase. If you place your order online shipping will be $0. Shipping will then be added to the invoice after the order is placed. Shipping will be calculated based on the weight of the sculpture and the distance from Oceanside, CA. Please call 760-994-4455 or email us firstname.lastname@example.com for a shipping quote.
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This sculpture is currently in our warehouse in India and will be shipped directly to the customer. This process takes approximately 80 days. Shipping is calculated after the purchase. If you place your order online shipping will be $0. Shipping will then be added to the invoice after the order is placed. Please call 760-994-4455 or email us firstname.lastname@example.com for a shipping quote.
Shipping quote for Large Gandhara Buddha Statue 102"
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The Dublin Mountains Partnership are developing an integrated plan for the area, linking existing and potential outdoor recreation components – in particular forests and other public or state owned lands, with the ultimate aim of improving the recreational experience for users of the Dublin Mountains..
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September 27, 2010 | REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICER | Waterloo | Competition #2010-066
Competition # | 2010-066 |
Date: | September 27, 2010 |
Position: | REGIONAL INFORMATION OFFICER |
Location: | Waterloo |
Start Date: | Immediately |
Minimum Start Salary: | $19,200 per annum ($ 38,401 per annum pro-rated to 50%) |
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Permanent; Part-time; 17.5 hours per week |
• Provide outreach, information and education to the public and consumer support networks regarding hearing loss, accessibility and other issues
• Coordinate regional volunteer services.
Direct Service:
• Field all regional external requests for information via incoming calls, correspondence (mail, fax, e-mail) and walk-ins
• Provide appropriate general information regarding CHS services and related topics
• Determine appropriate CHS person to respond to in-depth requests and re-route accordingly
• Manage and monitor inventory of CHS information pamphlets and other materials
• Develop, research and maintain regional information materials including pamphlets, displays and the resource centre
• Assist users of resource centre
• Coordinate media requests and campaigns
• Produce and edit bi-annual regional newsletter
• Identify priority needs for volunteer services within CHS regionally
• Responsible for recruitment, placement and training of volunteers for regional activities
• Monitor and supervise and prepare work for volunteers in conjunction with CHS service departments
• Develop and coordinate annual volunteer recognition plan
• Up-date information on the regional website
• Other duties as assigned
• Maintain statistics/reports about nature, volume and geographic nature of regional information requests fielded by all regional staff
• Maintain mailing lists for membership, newsletter, volunteers, etc.
• Maintain and update resource centre and related materials, including cataloguing system
• Select, order and collate books, materials, videos and other resources for resource centre
• Coordinate volunteer requests with recruitment agencies/groups
• Maintain volunteer files and statistics in relation to volunteer services
• Provide program reports (e.g. budgetary, statistical summaries) as required
• Prepare evaluation tools to be implemented for presentations in the community
• Keep a sign out schedule for information services equipment for the office
• Other duties as assigned
Community Education:
• Coordinate and participate in providing community displays, presentations and workshops
• Act as a resource and provide in-service training to other agencies, professionals and groups
• Represent CHS at various health fairs and information sessions
• Promote and provide information through media and publicity campaigns about CHS and its services
• Advocate for accessibility in the community
• Assist with, promote and participate in special events and fundraising activities
• Liaise with volunteer organizations and promote volunteer opportunities for culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing persons
• Create presentations and carter to the needs of participants
• Textnet: Support new users as requests by head office.
• Implement user training of Textnet software program as requested
• Take part/lead special events and campaigns e.g. United Way and May Month campaigns
Professional Development:
• Attend internal staff meetings
• Attend and participate in workshops/seminars related to position
• Keep up-to-date on issues and information related to position and agency
• Acquire and maintain the ASL Proficiency requirement for this position (Intermediate Plus)
• Reports to Regional Director, Waterloo
• Bachelor's degree in English, related social services or equivalent
• 2-3 years related work experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Internet
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) skills or willingness to learn
• Demonstrated knowledge of deafness and hearing loss
• Demonstrated sensitivity to working in a culturally diverse environment
Date (Internal)* – October 5, 2010
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