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Just another ale. Contains barley, oats and wheat.

Magic Rock, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. 5.0% alcohol.

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Jake Blues is released from prison after serving three years and picked up by his brother Elwood, who forces him to visit the orphanage where they spent their childhood. They are scolded for bad behaviour by the director, Sister Mary, who also tells them that unless she pays $5,000 of due property taxes, the orphanage will be closed. They ten visit the local church where Jake has an epiphany and decides to re-form their band, the Blues Brothers, and raise money for the orphanage. They start tracking down the members of the band, while being chased by the police, by a gang of neo-Nazis and by a mysterious woman who attempts to kill them several times with ludicrous weapons. They finally manage to get a gig in a honky-tonk, pretending to be the band that was booked by the owner. As they finish and leave a tab higher than what they have earned, the legitimate band, the Good Ol' Boys, arrives and quickly becomes yet another party chasing the Blues Brothers. As the deadline for the payment nears, they persuade their old agent to book a large venue for a concert, and with the help of their friends, they advertise it, attracting a large crowd. The advertising (done partly by driving around Chicago with a large loudspeaker atop Elwood's car) attracts the police, the Nazis and the Good Ol' Boys. Having run out of gas, they arrive late and have to sneak in, but manage to perform two songs before a producer gives them a $10,000 cash advance on a recording contract. They make an escape via a service tunnel, escape the mysterious woman (Jake's ex-fiancée) and drive to downtown Chicago to the tax office, chased by the police, the neo-Nazis and the Good Ol' Boys. They escape them with a series of improbable maneuvers, and rush into the building, chased by countless policemen, soldiers, firefighters. They manage to find the correct office and pay the tax bill just before being arrested. They end up in prison, where they play for the inmates.

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Quarante-neuf ans avant la Fondation, Hari Seldon mentionne la psychohistoire lors d'une conférence de mathématiques sur Trantor. Cela attire l'attention de l'Empereur Cléon Ier et de son âme damnée Demerzel ; l'empereur espère en tirer parti pour prédire les guerres et les rébellions, malgré l'affirmation de Seldon que la psychohistoire est purement théorique et impossible à mettre en application. Seldon rencontre alors Chetter Hummin, un journaliste qui lui apprend que l'Empire est sur le déclin, et le supplie de rendre la psychohistoire utilisable. Il le met aussi en garde contre les puissants qui cherchent à contrôler Hari pour s'approprier la psychohistoire, en particulier l'Empereur et le Maire de Kan. L'empire étant trop vaste et trop complexe pour être modélisé, Hari veut remonter à la préhistoire pour trouver une société suffisamment simple. Hummin commence par cacher Seldon à l'université de Streeling et lui associe Dors Venabili, une historienne chargée de l'aider à comprendre l'histoire de l'Empire ainsi que de le protéger. Après une tentative d'enlèvement lors d'une visite sur la Couverture de Trantor, Hummin cache Hari et Dors dans le secteur de Mycogène où les habitants se disent descendants des Aurorains et vénèrent une carcasse de robot. Ayant contrevenu aux tabous de Mycogène, Hummin les envoient dans le secteur de Dahl, très pauvre, où ils rencontrent Yugo Amaryl, jeune mathématicien amateur, qui leur parle de la Terre. Pour en apprendre plus, ils se rendent dans le quartier mal famé de Billibotton pour rencontrer une vieille dame qui raconte des histoires sur la Terre. Ils rencontrent aussi Raych un garçon des rues qui les aide à échapper à la police. Tous trois se font cependant enlever et amener à Kan par Rachelle, fille du Maire qui veut utiliser Seldon comme un moyen de justifier son future coup d'état sur Trantor par la psychohistoire. Quelques jours plus tard, Kan est attaqué et Hummin, prévenu par Dors, arrive. Lorsque Rachelle accuse Demerzel de l'attaque, Seldon comprend que Hummin et Demerzel ne font qu'un, et que Demerzel est un robot qui se révèle être Daneel. Seldon comprend aussi que Trantor est suffisamment vaste et diverse mais aussi suffisamment petite pour servir à la mise au point de la psychohistoire, avec le soutien de Demerzel.

“dedicated to one [hop] – Simcoe… tropical fruit notes… citrus and piney aromas”

Tropical fruit indeed. Quite good. Contains malted barley and oats.

Siren Craft Brew, Finchamstead, Berkshire, England. 6.0% alcohol.

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After the global chemical war, the only two livable regions left of Earth are the United Federation of Britain and the Colony (Australia). Poor workers from Australia commute every day to the UFB using the Fall, a gravity elevator that goes through the Earth in a few minutes. In the Colony, the Resistance seeks to improve the living conditions, and are accused by Chancellor Cohaagen of acts of terrorism. Colony worker Douglas Quaid has a depressing life and strange recurring dreams. One day he decides to get artificial memories implanted (the specialty of a company called Rekall), where he would be a spy. He reacts badly to the treatment and recovers some memory of a past life as well as amazing fighting skills, causing him to be attacked first by his wife Lori, then chased by the police's robot agents. He then gets a phone call from a former colleague who leads him to a message of himself, the address of an apartment in the UFB and the means to go there. Soon after arriving he is again chased by Lori but is saved by Melina, the woman he sees in his dreams. Hiding at the apartment, he finds another message from himself revealing that his real identity is Carl Hauser a UFB agent tasked with infiltrating the Resistance, and implanted with false memories when he went rogue. Cohaagen's plan is to invade the Colony with an army of robots that would replace the Colonists as labourer and giving the UFB more living space. He has in his memory a kill code that would disable the robots, but only Matthias, the leader of the Resistance is able to recover it. Melina then leads Quaid to Matthias who hides in the polluted wastland just outside the UFB. Cohaagen and his men then arrive, kill Matthias and reveal that there is no kill code and that the false memory was a motivator for him to locate the leader of the Resistance. Cohaagen orders Quaid's memory to be restored while he loads the Fall with his robot army. Quaid escapes before the procedure can start, a fight in the Fall ensues where Cohaagen is killed and the robots are destroyed.

“notes of passion fruit, grapefruit, gooseberry, pineapple and mango”

Got the grapefruit, but not much else. Contains malted barley.

Vocation Brewery, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. 4.4% alcohol.

“all British ingredients… East Kent Goldings hops… citrus aroma… malty sweetness”

Just another ale. Contains malted barley and wheat.

Thornbridge brewery, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. 4.3% alcohol.

Trevize, Pelorat et Joie partent à la recherche de la Terre. Ils se rendent sur Comporellon, dont les légendes parlent de la Terre. Sur place ils se font arrêter car le Maire de la Fondation cherche à récupérer le vaisseau donné à Trevize. Sous l'influence de Joie, la ministre des transports se laisse séduire par Trevize et accepte de les laisser repartir et leur donne le nom d'un historien spécialiste des légendes sur la Terre. Ce dernier leur donne les coordonnées de trois mondes Spatiens, les premiers mondes à avoir été colonisés par les Terriens. Ils explorent en premier Aurora, où la faune domestique est redevenue sauvage, et trouvent l'épave d'un robot. Le deuxième est Solaria, où ils font la rencontre de Bander, descendant hermaphrodite des premiers colons, et tout aussi misanthrope que ses ancêtres. Bander leur fait visiter son domaine et leur montre ses capacités, issues du génie génétique, à contrôler à distance la matière et l'énergie et à ainsi alimenter son domaine. Il leur annonce alors que pour préserver le secret de l'existence de Solaria, il va les tuer. Ne voyant pas d'autre possibilité, Joie tue alors Bander. Tous trois s'enfuient et rencontrent Fallom, l'enfant et futur successeur de Bander, que Joie insiste pour emmener avec eux (il se ferait sinon tuer par le solarien qui prendrait le contrôle du domaine). Le troisième monde, Melpomenia, est un monde mort, sans atmosphère, mais ils y trouvent une liste des cinquante mondes Spatiens avec leurs coordonnées. Ils font l'hypothèse que ces mondes ont été colonisés en même temps et que la Terre se trouve donc près du barycentre de cet ensemble. Ils arrivent alors sur Alpha du Centaure où les habitants sont accueillants mais tentent aussi de les tuer pour préserver le secret de l'existence de leur monde. Ils trouvent finalement la Terre qui est effectivement radioactive et inhabitable, mais ils détectent une présence sur la Lune. Dans une base lunaire, ils rencontrent R. Daneel Olivaw, qui leur révèle avoir orchestré la disparitions dans toute la galaxie des informations relatives à la Terre, ainsi qui la création de Gaïa. Daneel a conçu la Loi Zéro de la robotique qui a pour but de protéger l'humanité. Incapable de choisir entre le plan Seldon et Galaxia, il a orchestré les événements qui ont conduit Trevize à faire un choix. Daneel, dont le cerveau positronique n'est plus réparable, va fusionner son esprit avec celui de Fallom afin de vivre encore quelques siècles et s'assurer de la mise en place de Galaxia, condition nécessaire pour protéger les habitants, tous humains, de la galaxie d'un éventuel envahisseur non-humain qui arriverait par l'hyperespace. Mais Fallom représente peut-être déjà ce non-humain.

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In China, Newt Scamander helps a Qilin give birth, but Grindelwald's cronies kill the mother and take the newborn creature. As the mother is dying, Newt discovers the Qilin had twins, and rescues the second fawn. Grindelwald then sacrifices the Qilin to look into the future. As the Dumbledore cannot fight Grindelwald due to their blood oath, he recruits Newt, his brother Theseus, charms teacher Lally Hicks, Yusuf Kama, Jacob and Bunty, Newt's assistant. Yusuf pretends to join forces with Grindelwald, and the other go to Berlin, where they witness Grindelwald's charges dropped due to lack of evidence by the head of the International Confederation of Wizards (who is being pressured by Grindelwald's followers). Grindelwald then announces his candidacy to the office of Supreme Mugwump, and the ICW believes that losing the election will erode Grindelwald's support. Theseus is arrested under false pretenses, and while Newt rescues him from a secret prison, Jacob and Lally foil an attempt to assassinate another candidate. Grindelwald also sends Credence to assassinate Dumbledore, but he fails, and Dumbledore reveals that Credence is the son of his younger brother Aberforth; Credence then starts to question his loyalty to Grindelwald. The election of the Supreme Mugwump is held in Buthan, and the winner is traditionally chosen by a Qilin, who has the ability to read into the hearts of the people and bow in front of truly good persons. Grindelwald reanimates his dead Qilin to ensure it will select him, and all the leaders of the Wizarding world converge to Buthan. Dumbledore's team defeat Grindelwald's henchmen who, knowing they have a live Qilin, attempt to take it from them. In the meanwhile Newt walks up the stairs to the temple where the ceremony takes place, but arrives too late and Grindelwald is chosen. He immediately declares war on the Muggles. Credence, Newt and Queenie however expose his plot, and Bunty produces the surviving Qilin who first chooses Dumbledore. The latter refuses, so it chooses another candidate. Grindelwald then tries to kill Credence, but Dumbledore protects his nephew, and the fight between the two wizards somehow breaks the Blood Oath; Grindelwald flees. Later, Jacob and Queenie finally get married.

“citrussy”

Just another beer, but quite good. Contains malted barley and wheat.

Whitewater brewery, Castlewellan, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.