Budweiser - King of all Beers?
by Jerelis
Let’s make no secret of it. We both like a nice cold glass of beer. Being abroad is always a challenge to find a beer we like, which reflects our taste of having a beer. In America it wasn’t really that hard to find the brand we liked, it was clearly Budweiser, popularly referred to as Bud.
Budweiser is a lager made with a proportion of rice as a substitute adjunct for barley malt. This immedaitely shows the problem for selling it in Europe as traditional brewers serve beer with only the four main ingredients (water, hops, wheat and barley). So Budweiser is not produced accoring to the German "Reinheitsgebot". But we found out that it didn’t taste distinctively different.
The Budweiser bottle is a rather familiar icon to most Americans. The bottle has remained relatively unchanged since its introduction in 1876. We liked it, but the fraze “King of all Beers” is a bid of an overstatement!
Awesome Beauty
by zissyfoy
The beauty of the ocean will amaze you like none other. Forget about your troubles and let them be taken out to sea. Watching Ross enjoying his first beach trip and he was Blessed that it was Carmel by the Sea.
Carmel
by bugalugs
Walking around Carmel is such a delight, the buildings are so pretty and as we were there in August, everywhere was a riot of colour with the floral displays.
In fact you can actually go on a walking tour of Carmel, seeking out all those little alleys and courtyards. Information about the walking tours is obtainable at the Visitors Centre, which is at San Carlos/5th and 6th.
Tel No. 831 624 2522
Quirky Traditions
by TRimer
Carmel’s odd approach to public amenities extends to no street numbers (Carmel's inns, restaurants, boutiques, and art galleries all identify their locations only by cross streets), no neon signs and only a few traffic lights and some oddly “Carmellian” diversions such as gas stations that look like British Inns. There is also no mail delivery to residents (they have to pick it up at the post office).
Read the Carmel Pine Cone
by TRimer
The Carmel Pine Cone is the local paper in Carmel. Of note, it the police blotter that logs all police incidents. As the town does not have any serious crime, the incidents tend to be quite interesting. It is updated every Friday. Here are a few from the August 3rd addition:
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Case of destroying cemetery property at Rio and Lasuen. A female reported the cemetery in disarray and said she took three bones. An Ohlone tribe representative wished to file a complaint, and on follow-up the female was contacted and found to have returned the bones. A reburial was completed. Problem is reportedly common as the graves are not very deep.
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Reporting party turned over a dog to the front desk at the police department, reported to be found on Camino del Monte. The owner was located and the dog returned.
Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance was dispatched to a Riata Road residence for a male with possible food poisoning. Ambulance arrived to find Pebble Beach Fire and the QRV on scene. The patient was found seated on the couch in care of the QRV medic, who stated the patient was going to sign a medical release form. The patient confirmed that he did not want to go to the hospital. Ambulance cleared and returned to quarters.
Carmel Valley: Husband and wife were involved in a verbal argument
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