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Here’s another friendly reminder about the Sunday, July 13th Lighter Side of Belgium Tasting at Café Amsterdam. The gig starts at 6 pm, will set you back $55 bucks and will serve you nine “lighter” Belgian ales along with platters of picnic-style food along the theme of the ploughmans platters that were popular in the German fields where workers toiled and were unable to return home for a meal. Of particular interest in this tasting is the debut of a beer that’s on its way to Alaska but not here yet. Brasserie Dupont’s Avril Bier de Table is being brought in ahead of the normal distribution schedule and is the feature at this tasting. Lock-step in tune with the tasting’s theme, not every beer in Belgium is brooding and heavy. A table beer is one that could be served with any meal or at any time, even breakfast. The scant 3.5 percent alcohol makes this one an easy drinker. Nine beers, four “courses.” See you there. And, if you can’t make it then, but are thirsty for good, appropriately severed beer, here’s the tap line up as of Thursday July 10th:
Chimay
Grotten Brown (last four kegs we’ll see in Alaska…)
Alaskan Wit
Ring of Fire Cider Mead
Pilsner Urquell
Silver Gulch Old 55
Deschutes’ Black Butte XX (the fabulous anniversary beer) and Hop Henge
Magners Irish Cider
Unibroue Ephmere Apple and Maudite
Delirium Tremens
Ayinger Brau Weisse
Wittekerke Wit
Avery 15th Anniversary
Both North Coast’s Red Seal Ale and Hoegaarden Wit are on deck…
Another reminder: The Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse/Great Northern Brewers Annual Golf Tournament takes place on Saturday, July 26 at the Moose Run Golf Course promptly at 7 am with a shotgun start for the 144 golfers that are wise enough to sign up in time to guarantee a spot.
This is an annual Fermento Favorite. It’s my annual drinking and driving experience because it’s my job to pilot a beer cart through a hail of raining, often misdirected (and sometimes not) white balls in my crusade to destroy the duffers’ strategies by getting them hammered along the course.
The entry fee of $350 for a team of four may seem steep until you consider how well you’re catered to during the game. What other game affords to roving carts full of beer and pretzels, a Bloody Mary Hole, a Jaggermeister Hole and a fabulous barbeque at the end that 
features Humpy’s fare and tons more good beer all donated by our local breweries and distributors. The prizes for the tournament aren’t world class, but this is a charity event, the proceeds of which go to Challenge Alaska and Operation Denali. Last year, the event pulled in enough jack to buy the Moose Run Golf Course its own handicap golf cart (with matching donations by Challenge Alaska). This year, the proceeds will benefit both Challenge Alaska and Operation Denali, and venture to get a group of wounded Iraq war veterans to climb and summit Denali.
Interested yet? The registration form registration instructions and the like can be located at http://www.greatnorthernbrewers.org/events/2008/2008%20Tourney%20Reg.pdf. If you intend on participating, registration forms and the $$ must be received no later than COB July 18th. If you are part of a local business or organization that would like to donate prizes, sponsor a hole ($200) or just need more information, contact Debbie Roberts, the event organizer, at (907) 227-5287 or (907) 337-9360. I can’t think 
of too many better ways to support local charitable organizations by golfing and drinking beer, can you? By the way, if you haven’t ripped it out of context yet, this is for sure a designated driver event.
I dragged my liver through downtown Anchorage last evening to sample the latest fermented wares. In speaking with the brewers at the various establishments, what I have been suspecting is true. These guys are overworked and underpaid, especially in the summer. Most are doing everything they’re physically capable of (and that their brewery’s are physically capable of handling) to keep the masses well watered. The lament is that their toils serve mostly unappreciative tourists and not the bread and butter locals that sustain them through the remainder of the year. For that, they apologize profusely for scant excitement beyond flagship beers at the tap. The apologies are unnecessary; even our flagship local beers are notches above most everything else.
I visited Clay Brackley and Greg Mills at the Snow Goose Restaurant and Sleeping Lady Brewing Company. Both were working extended hours to make up for a shortfall in even the flagship lineup. Brackley lamented about having ratholed some interesting stuff to mete out throughout to season, but alas, it was all but gone, having replaced the more mundane that had run out as deck-surfers made a run on the goods. On tap, I sampled Gold Rush Golden, the slightly hazy mainstay summer sipper. I found it a little bit hop forward in bitterness, but enjoyable nonetheless. I loved the clean, crisp finish and spritzy carbonation in the beer. I was hoping to find my beloved Susitna Hefeweizen on tap, but there was no sight of it, so I moved to the benchmark Urban Wilderness English Pale Ale next. I got what I expected out of the award-winning, even-keel, squeaky clean brew. I noted definite improvements in the brewery’s Fish On! IPA. Brackley and Mills have definitely dialed in the dry hopping on this beer and have achieved a better bitterness/hop flavor balance than I’d experienced in the past. Wonderfully aromatic, intriguingly flavored with a mixture of citric and pine-like hops and with plenty of malt backbone to prop it all up, it became my favorite of the flight. The forever shippable Braveheart Scottish Ale was next. The nice, swirling toffee/caramel notes danced within the perfectly carbonated beer with just balancing bitterness and the alcohol nosing in just a bit in the finish. It’s no wonder this beer’s developed a cult following over the years. My experience with both the Portage Porter and the John Henry Oatmeal Stout wasn’t as sterling. Both remain great beers for dark side lovers, but I picked up some odd notes in the center. I wondered if I was getting anise or perhaps root beer essence and wondered if the lines might have carried root beer in the past. Brackley assured me that it was probably the lines in need of some scouring and that’s probably it. The average drinker might miss the subtle imperfections, so give it a whirl if it’s a favorite and let me know what you think.
The two specialty brews on tap included a Cherry Wheat and a Belgian-style Wit. Apparently the cherry wheat’s been a big hit. I 
expected a little bit more wheat/cherry essence in the nose, but it was more than made up for the in the flavor. The cherry flavor was dry, rather than sweet, and I appreciated that. It was more of an addition than a huge feature in the beer, adding just enough interest to the wheat’s edgy tartness and the yeast’s contribution to the beer. It was an incredibly easy drinker, entirely appropriate for deck surfers looking for a crisp quencher. It was a treat. The Wit was light in Belgian character which I thought could be featured a little more prominently, but am not above suspecting I was experiencing some palate fatigue at this point.
Keep your mug to the wall because Brackley and Mills promise some very interesting beers to come. For one, the Goose is brewing a collaboration beer with Midnight Sun Brewing Company as early as next week which will feature an astounding 20 different hop varieties. I think the brew is a collective “fuck you” to the whole notion of the current hop crisis facing brewers globally. You guys rock!
Glacier Brewhouse is the typical tourist madhouse at this time of year. I came in through the back and was alerted to heightened brewing operations due to the sound of grist moving through the overhead transit system from the mill to the mash tun. The brewers were hard at it knocking out the end of one batch and setting up for the next day’s schedule. The brewery produces a minimum of two batches a day every single day and sometimes three. As always, the brewhouse was cleaner than even the heavily inspected restaurant upstairs and after a quick look around I moved toward the taps. The restaurant/pub area was a seething mass of people packed into every square inch and my thoughts of enjoying something at the bar were dashed. I couldn’t even elbow my way close enough to snatch a paper menu to even THINK about what I would have wanted to enjoy. I walked through the restaurant and out the front door to 5Th Ave.
At Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse I only had time to enjoy one, and of course I made it a local. Humpy’s has made identifying local beers easier by adding the bolded word “local” in front of our state’s extensive offerings on the 50 tap menu. Publican Christoff has done a great job of dosing the offerings with as much local beer as possible knowing that if people can only visit one alehouse, Humpy’s is the place precisely because it’s the destination with the most local flavor and flair under one roof. The alehouse’s efforts are to be applauded.
At the bar I ordered up a Kenai River Brewing Company Skilak Scottish Ale. It was recommended by Christoff and for good reason. The beer’s enjoying some excellent feedback with a rich, alluring nose, kettle-carmalized malt underpinnings, light fruitiness and hints of smoke and clean edges. This is definitely a nicely done beer.
At the brewery down in Soldotna, despite the current hop shortage, the operation is pressing on with it’s single hop series of beers. If you happen to be in the area either fishing yourself or your outside guests, stop in for a sample (241 N. Aspen Drive, Suite 101) or be sure to ask for the brewery’s beers at one of the local watering holes that dot the Peninsula.
According to Modern Brewery Age magazine, the latest rankings of the top 10 brewing companies by sales volume show Anheuser Busch firmly at the top again this year. Miller, Coors and Pabst follow, and below that fall Boston Beer, Yuengling and Sierra Nevada. The Craft Brewer’s Alliance, which includes Widmer, Redhook, Kona and Goose Island breweries holds the #8 position with New Belgium and Spoetzl Brewery rounding out the final two. There are a lot of parameters that go into this ranking, but that, and probably the rankings themselves remain unimportant to the average beer drinker. I put a lot more credence into rankings from organizations like Beer Advocate and Rate Beer where impressions of beer drinkers make up the numbers. I find much more interesting results in there, but concede once again that it’s six U.S. mega breweries that make up over 90 percent of consumer preference here. It’s good to see noteworthy breweries like Sierra Nevada and New Belgium in the top sales mix, however. Times are a-changing!
Homebrewers should take note of a couple of upcoming key events that beg your involvement. On Saturday, July 12th, judging will commence for the annual ET Barnette Homebrew Competetion in Fairbanks at the Silver Gulch Brewing Company. If you are a certified or even experienced judge, your help is desperately needed to assist with this growing event. It was advertised in Zymurgy this year and event organizer Scott Stihler is concerned that the resulting flood of entries will require palates unavailable in the Fairbanks area. So, if you’re headed to Fairbanks for any reason, or even if you are just looking for something noteworthy to do that promotes good beer in our state, contact Stihler at (907) 474-2138/5450 or email him at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com. It’s my understanding that participating judges are treated very well at this event, so haul your ass, liver and palate to Fairbanks and help out.
Entries for the Alaska State Fair Homebrew Competition will be accepted at the Mountain View Boys and Girls Club (315 N. Price Street) on Monday and Tuesday August 11th and 12th between noon – 8 pm and then at the Alaska State Fairgrounds in Palmer on Friday from noon to 8 pm and on Saturday from 10 am – 6 pm. This is an AHA sanctioned competition so all AHA rules and guidelines apply. The best way to get the skinny on the whole deal is to visit the State Fair website at www.AlaskaStateFair.org and find the 2008 Exhibitor Guide Tab, then find the Homebrew Section. Download the three-page PDF file with the rules and guidelines for entry. New this year is a Soft Drinks and Soda category including Division 06: Old Fashioned Scratch and Division 07: Extract. So, if you’re corkin’ up some soda for the kids and they seem to like it, toss a few bottles in the competition and see how you fare. There’s also a label competition with categories including Artistic, Alaska State Fair Theme (“We’re throwin’ a Party – Celebrating 50 Years of Statehood”), Brewhouse, Holiday or Special Occasion and Alaskana. I’ve seen some pretty killer labels on your brews out there guys and gals, so here’s your chance to see how they stack up against the others.
As with any homebrewing competition, judges are needed. Organizer Mary Helms is recruiting judges and if you’re interested, she can be contacted at marymeet25@aol.com to register for the judging. Unlike the more flexible Great Northern Brewing rules, you HAVE to pre-register to judge at the Alaska State Fair Homebrew Competition. No walk in judges will be allowed, so you can’t decide to run out to the fairgrounds at the last minute for the Sunday, August 17th 11 am – 6 pm judging.
Concurrent with the State Fair Competition is the First Annual Anchor Town Invitational Homebrew Competition. The creation of this competition is based on the need for more judging points available for our AHA judges that need to retain proficiency and garner enough points to retain their certification each year. Not every judge can make every competition, so having more provides needed flexibility. As importantly, the venue adds greater opportunity for homebrewers to have their goods professionally evaluated by certified palates. The Anchor Town Invitational is not designed to replace the State Fair Competition but rather augment it. The Anchor Town organizer, John Trapp, began his organizational efforts late last year. The pivot point was the availability of a venue to judge the beers at. Café Amsterdam graciously volunteered the establishment on Sunday, August 17th at 10 am. This date was established in January, far in advance of the State Fair’s establishment of judging venues and dates. The point is that judging on the same dates is entirely coincidental, not intentional.
Politics aside, the best source of information on this competition is the Great Northern Brewers Homebrew Club Newsletter at www.greatnorthernbrewers.org Hit that and click on the July Newsletter tab, then scroll down to event organizer John Trapp’s piece called Time for a New Tradition. Essentially, all AHA categories within the BJCP Style Guidelines are open for entry. Entries will be accepted at Arctic Brewing Supply NOT CAFÉ AMSTERDAM on Saturday, August 15th from 10 am until close. Although the dedicated staff at Café Amsterdam would love to do it, they simply aren’t staffed sufficiently to take entries, log them in, organize them and the like. It’s entirely grand that they’re allowing us to use the restaurant to judge in, so let’s respect their business the rest of the time and bring the entries to Arctic Brewing Supply instead. There’s a $3.00 entry fee for each beer you enter. You will need three copies of each 12 ounce beer for each entry. Also, you will have to obtain and complete the AHA registration form. The best bet is to obtain the form from www.bjcp.org/BJCP_EntryRecipe.pdf and do it up in advance (it’ll save you time at the store) but forms will be on hand there as well.
Baron Brewing of Seattle Washington continues to crank out good beer. In fact, a new series is underway that celebrates our beloved spring beer, bock. The Grimm Brothers Series is a decided point at brewing and mythical folklore with interesting beers around every turn of the six-beer path. The labels on each of these beers are creative, artful and even fun with brown-toned line art images that conjure up memories of fairy tales of times gone by.
We’re not getting them yet, but two beers in the series are already released. The first in the series is Seven Swabians, an eisbock that weighs in at a formidable 13 percent alcohol by volume. Amazingly, for such a huge beer, it pours orange/amber in hue under a nice, just off-white head. I appreciate the clean-as-a-whistle nose on this beer; something that can only be achieved by careful, cool fermentation and conditioning. Rather than huge, estery/fruity notes, big malt comes forward with plenty of definition between the grains and a clean, almost sweet-smelling finish. Sweet melanoidins belie the decoction mash required to make this huge beer. Too cold and the alcohol hides. Warming lets you know alcohol will follow in the swallow. The sip is clean, but very warming. Hops are only balancing in the beer, allowing the malt character to come forth, which I expected to be a bit more complex, but had to remember, eisbock is a special beer with processes that include freezing off water to leave the huge goods underneath. Clean tart elements surround the mouth and the beer swallows clean and dry for as big as it is. Here’s a beer I want more of so I can lay it down for a year or so just to see what careful, cool aging does to the product. Caution: This is a big, easy drinking beer in a 22 ounce bottle! Don’t expect to drink the whole thing by yourself. In the true German style, the beer’s designed to be shared, so do so responsibly.
Rupmelstiltskin is another big 9.5 percent smoked bock bier with plenty of character. Again, this beer is better consumed on the warmer side so that all of the luscious elements emerge in nose and flavor. The clear, brown/black beer pours with a tan head that holds, and slowly fades to the edges around the glass. The rauch (smoked) character is evident in the nose, but not in a huge way. Smoke is a feature, not the predominant character. The smoke comes across swirled in a big malt essence in the nose. Clean malt notes bring up the backside in the sniff. Warming brings out more of the smoke character, so enjoy it slowly, swirling the beer in the glass with repeated sniffs. The smoke is not a lot more apparent in the flavor, but you’ll get a good sense of it after the swallow. Forget hops; again, they’re only balancing in this beer. Rich, sweet malt flavors, along with a light, almost chocolate essence form the body in the flavor. The alcohol is evident in the warming swallow that fades and cleans up nicely in the finish. This superbly done beer would pair nicely with big pork dishes, heavy meats and even robust cheeses. I will get another bottle to sample as a late-night finisher around a dying campfire in the woods.
Baron Grimm Brothers Series beers to follow include Bremen Town Musicians, a dopplebock, Rapunzel, a “Weizen Stark Bier,” Juniper Tree, a Kloster Bock, and Frog King, a spiced winter bock. These are all beers that I hope show up here in the near future.
Deschutes Black Butte XX, the brewery’s 20th Anniversary beer, continues to get rave reviews. I sampled the beer and enjoyed it, mentioning it in last week’s blog. Fans provide continued positive feedback. “…it surpassed everything I hoped it would be. It did what you want out of an anniversary beer,” said one reviewer. “It stayed true to the original, but went above and beyond some fancy packaging to make it a truly special edition. The blend of chocolate and coffee aromas and flavors were incredibly deep and the blending was just perfect. Keeping the percentage aged in barrels at 20% was a perfect calculation. The only disappointment is that his is a limited release as I think that this may very well be one of my favorite beers of all time. I hate to use hyperbole after one drink so rest assured that I’ll be taking another taste this evening,” he said. No doubt, he loved the stuff and is laying some down for future samples.
Another fan, a publican, says “…this is one in-F’ing-credible beer. This would make even tofu taste good.” The beer is on tap at least at Cafe Amsterdam, so get some while it lasts. As far as I’m concerned, the bottled version of this beer is a collector’s item.
If you want another interesting, albeit fleeting beer, dash down to the Brown Jug Liquor Store on 88th and Old Seward and grab some Mad River Brewing Company’s Steelhead Scotch Porter. Mad River Brewing Company was established in 1989 in Blue Lake, California. Mad River beers have come and gone a number of times here in Alaska, but they’ve always been somewhat of a rarity. They’re excellent, environmentally sensitive beers with good, robust Pacific Northwest attitude in every bottle. For a while, we were getting Steelhead Pale Ale, 
Jamaica Red Ale and seasonally, John Barleycorn Barleywine Style Ale. This was back when Inlet Distributors (now defunct) was bringing the brewery’s beers north. I still have vintage versions of John Barleycorn in my collection.
Although I haven’t tried it yet, according to the brewery, Steelhead Scotch Porter is the brewery’s version of a workingman’s porter with a hint of smoke derived from the use of Scottish peated malt and some German rauch malt. It sounds very interesting and I’ll be chasing my share of it this weekend.
Flying Dog Brewery fans will rejoice in the recent arrival of Kerberos Tripel, a rather darkish Belgian-style tripel with a healthy 8.5 percent set of teeth. Kerberos is the mythical beast that guards the gates of hell, and drinking a lot of the namesake Flying Dog beer can get you in a lot of hell if you drink too much and get behind the wheel. The bite is only in the booze and that’s the problem. It drinks all too easily. If you like a sweet tripel, this one’s for you. I’m a dry tripel fan, but this was totally acceptable. The nose is just a tad unassuming for style and I felt the sweetness got in the way of some of the more subtle elements in the beer, but I’d easily drink another of someone slapped one in my hand. Your copy is available at the Brown Jug Warehouse, the Brown Jug Liquor Store on 88th and Old Seward, La Bodega, and at Gold Rush Liquors on Dimond.
Finally, after 75 years, legislators in Denver changed the law to allow for full-scale beer sales on Sundays. That means no more watery 3.2 schwag for the game. Drinkers can rejoice in seeing liquor stores open on Sundays and full throttle beers available for consumption once again, although who remembers the stores being open 75 years ago? Apparently Colorado is one of 35 states that allow Sunday alcohol sales at retail stores. I’d like to know what the remaining states are that don’t allow retail booze sales on Sundays because I need to avoid those locales. Sheeesh!
Here’s the Humpy’s draft line up for the week:
Wheats / Fruits
(Local) Midnight Sun Old Whiskers Hefeweisen
(Local) Moose’s Tooth Wild Country Raspberry Wheat
Pyramid Apricot
Pyramid Hefeweisen
Lindemans Framboise ####
Spire Mt. Dark & Dry Apple Cider #
Wittekerke Rose ##
(Local) Celestial Meadery Southern Heat
$13.50 for an 8 oz Glass
Golden Ales / Pilseners / California Common
(Local) Alaskan Summer Kolsch
(Local) Midnight Sun Goldstrike Kolsch
(Local) Silver Gulch Coldfoot Pilsner
Anchor Steam California Common
Stella Artois **
Pale Ales / E.S.B.’s (medium hop bitterness)
(Local) Alaskan Pale Ale
(Local) Moose’s Tooth Polar Pale Ale
(Local) Sleeping Lady Urban Wilderness Pale Ale * (Cask Conditioned)
Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Elysian ‘Elysian Fields’ Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada E.S.B.
India Pale Ales (med - high hop bitterness)
(Local) Humpy’s Sockeye Red I.P.A by Midnight Sun
(Local) Kassik’s Brew Stop Morning Wood I.P.A.
(Local) Midnight Sun Melt Down Double I.P.A. * (8%)
(Local) Moose’s Tooth Fairweather I.P.A.
Bridgeport I.P.A.
Fish Tale Organic I.P.A.
Great Divide Hercules Double I.P.A. # (9.1%)
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
Belgian Ales
(Local) Alaskan Witbier Wheat Ale
(Local) Midnight Sun Mercury Belgian Small Beer #
Blue Moon Belgian White Wheat Ale
Unibroue Blance De Chambly #
Strong Belgian Ales (Alcohol by Volume over 7.5%
(Local) Midnight Sun Big Fish Triple Crown # (9%)
Avery Collaboration not Litigation Ale ## (8.72%)
Chimay Cing Cents Triple ##### (8%)
Delirium Tremens #### (8.5%)
Dupont Foret Organic Saison #### (7.5%)
Koningshoeven Quadruple #### (10%)
Pike St. Monk’s Uncle Belgian Triple # (9%)
Barley Wine
Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine # (10.2%)
Sierra Bigfoot Barley Wine # (9.6%)
Amber Ales / Bocks / Dopplebocks / Scottish
(Local) Alaskan Amber Ale
(Local) Midnight Sun Ooisk Amber
Rogue Chipotle Ale (Amber based, Spiced Beer)
(Local) Kenai River Skilak Scottish
Mac Tarnahan’s Scottish Ale
Brown Ales
(Local) Alaskan Heritage Coffee Brown Ale
(Local) Midnight Sun Kodiak Brown Ale
Porters / Stouts
(Local) Midnight Sun Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter
(Local) Moose’s Tooth Prince William Porter
Deschutes Black Butte Porter
(Local) Kenai Swiftwater Stout
Guinness Stout ****
Stone Russian Imperial Stout # (10.2%)
Dr Fermento Beer Calendar
07/11/08 Midnight Sun Brewing Company Panty Peeler Re-Release at the Brewery 5:00 pm Free
07/12/08 Silver Gulch Brewing Company E.T. Barnette Homebrew Judging 10:00 am Free
07/13/08 Café Amsterdam The Lighter Side of Belgium Picnic Style Tasting 6:00 pm TBD
07/19/08 Silver Gulch Brewing Company 2008 Golden Days Beer Fest 3:00 pm $20.00
07/25/08 Midnight Sun Brewing Company Fairview Pirates Booty Beer (American Steam Lager) Rel 5:00 pm Free
07/26/08 GNBC/Humpy’s Golf Tournament Moose Run Golf Course 7:00 am $350/Team
08/01/08 Riverboat Discovery II (Fairbanks) Chena River Brews Cruise 6:30 pm $50.00 (online)
08/02/08 Ketchikan (420 Spruce Mill Way) 13th Annual Summer Beer Festival 6:30-8:30 pm $20.00
08/11/08 Mt. View Boys and Girls Club Entries Accepted for AK Sate Fair Homebrew Comp Noon – 8 pm ??
08/12/08 Mt. View Boys and Girls Club Entries Accepted for AK Sate Fair Homebrew Comp Noon – 8 pm ??
08/15/08 Alaska State Fair Grounds Entries Accepted for AK Sate Fair Homebrew Comp Noon – 8 pm ??
08/16/08 Alaska State Fair Grounds Entries Accepted for AK Sate Fair Homebrew Comp 10 – 6 ??
08/15/08 Arctic Brewing Supply Entries Accepted for Anchortown Invitational (below) 11:00 am $3.00/Entry
08/17/08 Café Amsterdam Anchortown Invitational Homebrew Competition Judging 10:00 am Free
08/17/08 Alaska State Fair Grounds Judging for Alaska State Fair Homebrew Competition 11 am – 6 pm Free
09/20/08 Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest Chena Pump Campground (Fairbanks) Noon - ?? BYO/Potluck
09/26/08 Carlson Center (Fairbanks) 1st Annual Farthest North Import and Craft Beer Fest TBA $25.00
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