Traveling
the Virtual World In Search of Real Beer!!
Nautical
M iles Flown
11893
Beers
Consumed
177
Total
Hours Aloft
59:24
Welcome to The Flight of The Hopper website, an internet project devoted to the unique marriage of flight simulation and beer. The Hopper is a simulated aircraft on a simulated journey whose real crew consumes real brewed beverages from around the world. Intrigued, or just plain puzzled? For more information, read about our mission.
We
Are Here: Tunis, Tunisia
Let
the adventure begin! The Hopper has reached the
African continent with all the beer that could be loaded
into her belly. Beer here is scarce, but the crew will
make due with the collection of brews that they've stored
away for just such an occasion.
The journey begins here
in Tunisia with plans to progress counterclockwise around
the continent, testing the long-legs of the Pilatus
in order to make it home before FSX is released. That
means some looooong flights are on the horizon. Stay
tuned!
January
20, 2006 - Dogfish schmogfish, you say? Well,
the crew is admittedly smitten with the American
brewery, but with good damn reason. Check out the
review of DFH's "OLde School" barleywine
ale and it's Earthshattering 15% alcohol content.
Bottoms
up!
January
10, 2006 - La Rossa is a surprising Mediterreanean
treat, bringing back the plesant memories of Skullsplitter
and bringing hope to the crew that there is some
really, really good beer in Italy. Read
about it here...
January
2, 2006 - Peroni
Nastro Azzurro must translate into "Peroni's
Nasty Ass Beer." This beer ranks among the
worst beers we've encountered. Smells like it came
out of an algae basin. It
gets worse here...
January
1, 2006 - GB's
main New Year's resolution (according to us) is
to be more punctual with his writings. Here's
a long overdue review of Tilburg Brown Ale - yes,
that's
from HOLLAND, you sloth!
January
1, 2006 - The
Crew is now employing the intense weather effects
and dynamics provided by Active
Sky 6! The awesome add-on gives us a big upgrade
from the default MSFS WX generator with more
realistic cloud layering, turbulence effects
and improved hazing. If you are intense about
your weather realism, you
should read our review of Active Sky 6 out here...
December
22, 2005 - Sorta like the nice girl whose friends
are all supermodels. Don't get us wrong - Kwak
is a good beer anywhere else. In Belgium, though,
it
is but a wallflower...
