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First annual Salmonstock festival

Though the official slogan of the first annual Salmonstock festival is "Fish, Fun, and Music," Anders Gustafson says the informal mantra of his brainchild is more along the lines of "beer, bands, and bathrooms" - the three key ingredients that make any major festival tick. 

Two years ago, Salmonstock was but a twinkle in Gustafson's proverbial eye. Acting as the executive director of the Anchorage-based Renewable Resources Foundation, Gustafson knew he wanted to create some sort of event that would combine both music and sociocultural awareness about the plight of salmon in Alaska.

"It's been an ongoing dream of mine to have a festival or awareness concert where we get people together to rally around fish and fishing and salmon and that portion of our culture in Alaska," Gustafson said.

When he managed to get his wife on board - how could he have done it without her? - Gustafson started recruiting environmental activists, musicians, and other volunteers to help bring his dream of Salmonstock to fruition.

As it stands, festival director Jim Stearns has already pulled in 35 musical acts, including Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead. In addition to the local and national musicians   performing on three stages, the festival will feature the New Stuyahok fire dancers and stilt-walkers. An aerial photo is to be taken of more than 200 color-coordinated people configured to create a massive image of a salmon set against a mountain landscape. Two giant, metal fire-breathing salmon sculptures flank the sides of the main stage. The regular fairgrounds buildings will be transformed into spraypainted neon murals.

Yeah, it's going to be crazy.

"It's a different kind of show," Gustafson explained. "I don't think that people quite get it yet, and they won't until they see it."

Aside from all the music and mayhem, education is also the name of the game for Salmonstock.

"It's as much about raising awareness about Pebble Mine and Chuitna Mine and the loss of our salmon habitat as it is about bringing some really good music to the Peninsula," Gustafson said.

For example, one building boasts the title "Action Center," where festival-goers can stop in to write letters to officials or sign petitions voicing their support of salmon habitat conservation. In a separate area, professors from across the country as well as organizations such as the Cook Inlet Keeper will hold a series of lectures on everything from the Pebble and Chuitna mines to the Bristol Bay fishery.

Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry Wine Review | Suite101.com

Harveys Bristol Cream is the worlds best selling sherry, but despite this Harveys sherry is a unique product in that it is one of the few forms of sherry to be drank chilled and is marketed as “Bristol Cream” despite containing no dairy ingredients.

Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry: The Wine

Historically, Harveys Bristol Cream was blended in Bristol from wines imported from the Jerez region of Spain, thus giving the sherry its namesake. However, today the wine is blended and bottled back in its country of origin and shipped around the world from its point of production in Spain.

Harveys Bristol Cream is a blended sherry made from no less than 50 wines and incorporates the three major types of sherry, Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso into a single bottling. The wine contains a high proportion of Pedro Ximenez grapes, which help to give the wine its characteristic smooth texture. The wine is made in the Jerez region and the bottle bears the DDO stamp giving the sherry its provenance of origin.

Here Harveys have produced a wine with an alcoholic content of 17.5% by volume, the wine is recommended to be served chilled or even mixed with lemonade and a slice of lemon.

Harveys Bristol Cream Sherry: Tasting Notes

Presentation – The sherry is presented in the legendary blue bottle which has become the famous hallmark of Harveys Bristol cream sherry. The bottle is sealed with a plastic topped natural cork, which is removable with a pulling action. The label proudly bears the royal appointment as an official supplier of sherry to the royal household.

Nose – The nose is not a powerful one, there are notes of raisins, rum and a little burnt sugar.

Summary – Whilst not the most complex sherry available, Harveys Bristol cream is a decent sherry for every day drinking and comes in at a reasonable price. This is a sherry to keep the drinks cabinet stocked up with, rather than one to hold back for a special occasion.

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