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🛶Kayaking Lake Allatoona from Olde Rope Mill Park

Located just north of the Outlet Shoppes near Woodstock,  Olde Rope Mill Park is a city recreation area with lovely walking trails and immediate access to lake Allatoona. The park is well maintained with on-site restrooms , picnic pavilion, and free parking . During the Summer season, there is typically a kayak launch/floating doc from which to float your boat, though when I visited it was out of service. You'll also find many people fishing from the bank or bridge on most days. A kayaker's favorite, it is one of the few free and easily accessible put-ins and is sheltered from powered boat activity. Water Levels for Olde Rope Mill Boating The water level of Lake Allatoona is controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is lowered during the winter as the drainage area around the lake is relatively large compared to its total capacity. During this period before the spring rains, the trip from Olde Rope Mill may not be navigable and will be very muddy and shallow. I recom...
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🥃Review #84: Trapline Rock & Rye Liqueur - Mini Bottle Review

Produced by Glacier Distilling Company in Coram, Montana, Trapline Rock & Rye is a flavored whiskey that seeks to capture the essence of pre-prohibition medicinal draughts. In the nomenclature of the fur trade, a trapline is the route along which a trapper sets the tools of their trade, becoming experts in the lay of the land. Trapline is sweetened with local honey and house-made bitters with the goal of enhancing the natural spice character of the rye itself.  This review is from a 50ml mini bottle so will not have the benefit of additional fine tuning sessions. 🛒 Sourced:  Free - A gift from somebody I think, found it in the back of my cabinet. 🧪 Proof:  80 proof, 40% ABV  🎨 Color:  Y4  - a Mountain Dewesque yellow 🥔 Mash Bill & Production:  51% organic rye from Vilicus Farms (Havre, MT), 24% malted rye, 25% corn - Based on their house rye offering.  Age -  No Age statement  Barrel Entry Proof  - around 118 (that's th...

☕Review - Cometeer - klatch Coffee Colombia Decaf

A Cometeer pod version of klatch's Columbia Single Origin Decaf  which is sourced from local farmer's co-ops in the Huila region of Columbia. It is decaffeinated through an ethyl acetate process which solvent bonds to caffeine molecules, rinsing the lightly steamed beans over eight hours in cycles until no more caffeine can be detected.  In this case, the solvent is made from ethyl acetate created by fermenting sugarcane. As opposed to the Swiss water process, this is viewed as more natural by some and can preserve the coffee bean's natural sweetness and fruited notes. Beans are then washed again, steamed, polished, and dried for export. If you are not familiar with Cometeer's process, they use a precision brew system to make a strong coffee, 400ish pounds of bean at a time, concentrate at roughly 10x final strength that is then flash frozen at -321 degrees. They typically work with Roasters individually to perfect the settings for each brew.  🌍 Origin:  Columbia, J...

☕Review - Cometeer - Winslow Coffee Company - The Companion Blend

Winslow Coffee Company is the "approachable" brand within the Cometeer family, operating as an in-house or partner brand. The Companion offers a more traditional cup as compared to light-roast or "third wave" profiles with their high acidity. Flavors are often more towards the chocolate or nutty end. If you are not familiar with Cometeer's process, they use a precision brew system to make a strong coffee, 400ish pounds of bean at a time, concentrate at roughly 10x final strength that is then flash frozen at -321 degrees. They typically work with Roasters individually to perfect the settings for each brew.  🌍 Origin:  Brazil Regional - Mogiana farms like Fazenda Matão and Três Barras 🔥 Roast Level:   Medium 🧪 Brew Method:  Cometeer Pod 👅 Flavor:  Little bit of cherry, roast, and dark chocolate. Does have more fruit than you'll get in some standard off-the-shelf.  I went with 5oz. of dilution on the pod and it is still a bit below my liking strength...

🥃Review #83: Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select - Mini Bottle Review

A property of spirits giant Brown-Forman, Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select (the standard Woodford offering) is one of the few remaining bourbons to use a triple-distillation process from its copper pot stills in Woodford County that is then batched with the more common column distilled spirit from the Shively campus in Louisville. Woodford acknowledges five sources of flavor : Grain, Water, Fermentation, Distillation, and Maturation and highlights how they differentiate at each point in the production process. Woodford ferments its mash for six days, a longer and slower process than most, allowing the formation of additional flavor compounds from its proprietary yeast strain, internally designated as 72B. They still use Small 7,500-gallon fermenters made of Cypress wood in lieu of more modern steel vessels, the porous wood also aiding in ester formation. This review is from a 50ml mini bottle so will not have the benefit of additional fine tuning sessions. 🛒 Sourced:  Free...