Wednesday, December 14, 2016

DZ09 $16 SmartWatch phone review

That's right, $16 for an Android phone, that you wear on your wrist.  And you do not need a "real phone" to pair with, the DZ09 has a SIM slot, so it's a full phone on its own.  I'm not certain is runs Android exactly, maybe just supports Android phones you can connect to, and there is not "App Store" on it. The model I purchased is the "Yuntab SW01" which seems to be another brand name for the DZ09, it was $16 when ordered, now up to $19.  I've heard they can be had for $7 on eBay.

The DZ09 operates in two modes, one is paired with a phone via Bluetooth or two, with its own SIM card.  While paired, you can make and receive calls via the BT phone link, and you can check email, SMS and other notifications via the watch.



The watch is lightweight, reasonably comfortable.  It has a camera, voice recorder, audio player, sleep monitor, Pedometer, image viewer, alarm, calendar.  Also remote controls for the phone, you can launch the phone camera, take a picture and view on the watch.  It has a 32GB SD slot and charges via standard USB port.



When you're running via the SIM as a phone, the watch has Facebook, Twitter and a web browser to use. The watch worked fine with the Tracfone SIM taken out of my Samsung Galaxy 5 phone, I'm pretty certain it's GSM/T-Mobile service.  Call volume and sound quality is very good.  Now have tried my AT&T GSM SIM, worked fine too.

The main thing I  was looking for was a wearable mp3 player, for listening to books on tape while I'm working in the yard.  With a speaker, so I don't need to deal with headphones, and wearable as I can't hear the sound from the phone when it's in my pocket, and with me always as I'm going in and out of doors, up ladders, etc.  What I got for $16 was perfect for audio books, and a lot more!  Now I get incoming calls, SMS and all the notifications from my phone, without having to constantly check my phone!  And with sound playing from the SD card, it doesn't stop when I'm out of BT range, nor get static or run out of battery life fast, issues I was having with my BT headphones.


Still testing but the battery seems to be good for all day use.  I'll post some more data after longer use.



Two card slots, left MicroSD, right AT&T cellular SIM card, when you have the SIM card in you have the option of making calls via BT link or Local, which means use the SIM card, same for SMS.
Micro SIM fits perfect, but Nano SIM worked too, really you'd want to use an adapter for Nano SIM.








The watch can display 3 different analog clocks.

You need to install an app on your phone BTNotification

Picture format is Jpeg (cat pics always make your reviews more popular :)

Image
Format                                   : JPEG
Width                                    : 240 pixels
Height                                   : 240 pixels
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy







Audio recording format is Adaptive Multi-Rate:

General
Complete name                            : 121322421700.amr
Format                                   : AMR
Format/Info                              : Adaptive Multi-Rate
File size                                : 11.3 KiB
Duration                                 : 7s 220ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 12.8 Kbps

Audio
Format                                   : AMR
Format/Info                              : Adaptive Multi-Rate
Format profile                           : Narrow band
Duration                                 : 7s 220ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 12.8 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 1 channel
Sampling rate                            : 8 000 Hz
Bit depth                                : 13 bits
Stream size                              : 11.3 KiB (100%)

Audio recording sample (DZ09 does not record video, I just added all the pics to the audio sample as Blogger wasn't allowing my audio only clip to upload):



Thursday, December 8, 2016

500 Beers rated




Pub where my quest began, with their 80 Beers Around The World



Simple ratings:
Ratings:
+Best thing ever
^Buy more
-Good enough
\Bad, pour down drain

Quick summery; 
Best beer in the world, Duchesse de Bourgogne 
Best brewery in the world, Weltenburger 
Best beer for the price,Yuengling


My award for drinking 80 different beers in 80 days


The list:




American (note there's hundreds of craft brews, few are worth rating)
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^1554 Enlightened Black Ale
^American Lager - Freedom Brew (MD)
^American Lager - Amber Lager (MD)
-Almost Heaven Amber (WV)
-Anchor Porter (CA)
-Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout
-BJ's brew pub chain, most beers are ^
^Englander ale
^Beach Chalet Brewery San Francisco (CA) 4/5 brews are ^^^
-Boatswain H.L.V. Ale (WI)
-Budweiser (really there's worse beers, at least I can drink it)
-Bud American Ale (not bad, better than standard Budweiser)
^Budweiser Discovery Reserve
\Coors
^Coors Batch 19
-Devils Backbone Vienna Lager (VA)
^Devil's Canyon Full Boar Scotch Ale BOTTLED (CA)
\Devil's Canyon Full Boar Scotch CANS (CA)
^Devil's Canyon Kitty Beer Kolsch (CA)
^Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager
-Danish Red Lager | Figueroa
^Fat Weasel Pale Ale
\Flat Tire - you'll need a whiskey to wash the taste out (CA)
^Genesee beer (NY)
Gibbons?
^Gorden Biersch Marzen (CA)
^Gorden Biersch CZECH Pilsner (CA)
-Gordon Biersch Maibock (CA)
-Gordon Biersch Blonde bock (CA)
-Gordon Biersch Winterbock (CA)
^Half Moon Bay Brewing Company Amber (CA)
-Half Moon Bay Brewing Company Kolsch Style Ale (CA)
-Half Moon Bay Brewing Company Papa Juice Old Ale 13.5% (CA)
-Half Moon Bay Brewing Company Saison (CA)
-Hamm's
-Jackrabbit Brewing Company Jack Porter (CA)
-Josephsbrau Drive Thru Red Dry (CA)
-Josephsbrau Heller Bock (Gorden Biersch) (CA)
-JosephsBrau PLZNR (Gorden Biersch) (CA)
-JosephsBrau Winter Brew (Gorden Biersch) (CA)
^JosephsBrau Bohemian Lager (Gorden Biersch) (CA)
^JosephsBrau Black Toad Dark Ale (Gorden Biersch) (CA)
^JosephsBrau Stockyard Oatmeal Stout (Gorden Biersch) (CA)
^JosephsBrau Summer Brew (CA)


-Leinenkugel Bavarian Dunkel
-Lone Star Beer
^Michelob Original Lager
^Michelob AmberBock
-Michelob ULTRA Amber
-Narragansett Clam can (RI)
^National Bohemian can (MD)
-PBR
\Rolling Rock (NY)
\Speakeasy Prohibition (CA)

^Samuel Adams Winter Lager (MA)
-Samuel Adams Summer Ale (MA)
^Samuel Adams Beakaway Blonde Ale (MA)
^Samuel Adams Octoberfest Lager (MA)
^Samuel Adams Black Lager (MA)
-Samuel Adams Pumpkin Ale (MA)
-Samuel Adams Spruce Lager (MA)
-Samuel Adams Coffee Lager (MA)
-Screech Owl Blonde (WV)
^Tart Of Darkness  The Bruery (CA)
^Tied House Mountain View (CA) 4/5 brews are ^^^
\Trumer Pils god awful  (CA)


Pennsylvania (where the good beer is)
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^Aldus Brewing - Raspberry & Pomegranate Sour Ale (PA)
^Aldus Brewing - Pretzel Wheat (PA)
^Lancaster Brewing Co. Shoo-Fly Pie Porter (PA)
^Lion's Head tap (Wilkes-Barre PA)
^Straub Oktoberfest Marzen (PA)
^Straub Amber Ale (PA)
^Straub Lager (PA)
-Victory Yakima Glory (PA)
-Victory Storm King Stout (PA)
-Victory Lager (PA)

^Yards Octoberfest (PA)
-Yards Washington's Porter (PA)
-Yards Jefferson's Golden Ale (PA)
-Yards Poor Richard's Spruce Ale (PA)
^Yards Pale Ale (PA)
-Yards IPA (PA)
^Yards Golden (PA)
^Yard Brawler (PA)



^Yuengling Black and Tan (PA)
^Yuengling Bock (PA)
^Yuengling Bock 2024 (PA)
-Yuengling Flight (PA)
-Yuengling Light Lager (PA)
-Yuengling Golden (PA)
+Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter (PA)
^Yuengling Oktoberfest (PA)
+Yuengling Premium (PA)
+Yuengling Traditional Lager (PA)
^Yuengling Porter (PA)
^Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale (PA) better on tap or bottled than in cans









Older brands
Schmidt's, Gibbons, Stegmaier's, Schaefer's


Belgian
-------

^Bavik Super Pils
+Duchesse de Bourgogne
-de ryck ale special
^Herkenrode Noctis
-Larine Grand 95 10%
^Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale | Brouwerij Van Steenberge
-Pax Pils  Belgian Pilsner
-Piraat Ale
^Struise Tsjeeses Reserva
-St. Bernardus Abt 12





British
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^Adnams Southwold Bitter
^Adnams Broadside
-Bateman Rosey Nosey
-Bombardier
-Coniston bluebird bitter
-Dorothy Goodbody's Stout bottle conditioned
-Fiddler's Elbow
\fraoch. heather ale
-Fuller's E.S.B.
^Fuller's London Pride
^Fuller's London Porter
^Fullers Organic Honey Dew
-Fuller's Vintage Ale
-Fuller's 1845 Bottle-Conditioned
-Gales Prize Old Ale
\Green King can
-Hambleton Nightmare Yorkshire Porter
-Harveys Christmas Ale
-Harveys Elizabethan Ale
-Hen's Tooth bottle contitioned
-Hook Norton Hooky Bitter
-Lees Harvest Ale (Sherry Cask) too strong
-Marston's Pedigree
^Moorhouse Pendle Witches Brew
-Moorhouse Black Cat
-Newcastle
-Newcastle blonde
^Newcastle Cabbie
^Newcastle Werewolf
^Olde Suffolk English Ale - Green King
^Old Hooky
\Old Speckled Hen
-Old Crafty Hen
-Old Tom Ale
^Pitchfork Rebellious Bitter
-Robinsons Trooper
_Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale
\SkullSplitter ale
-St. Peter's Golden Ale
-St. Peter's Organic English Ale
-Timothy Taylors Landlord Pale Ale
-Tanner's Jack Morland Brewery
-Thatchers Green Goblin
^Theakston XB
-Theakston Old Peculier
+Wadworth 6x
^Whitbread
^Wychwood Bah Humbug!
^Wychwood Hobgoblin
-Wychwood King Goblin
^Wychwood Goliath
-Wychwood Scarecrow
^Wychwood Ginger Beard
^Wychwood WychCraft
-Young Special London bottle conditioned


Czech/Slovak
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^Bohemia Regent Premium Dark
^Czechvar Czech Budweiser
-Eggenberg Samichlaus Classic 14%
-Golden Pheasant
^Karlovalko
-Konrad Premium Lager
-Krusovice Imperial Lager
^Krusovice Cerne
-Kralovsky Lev - Black Lion Czech
-KrÃlovskà Lev Votrok Lev Lion Lager
^KrÃlovskà Lev Votrok Lev Lion Premium Dark Beer
^KrÃlovskà Lev Votrok Lev Lion Pale Double Bock
-Pilsner Urquell
^Praga Premium Pils
^Praga Dark Lager
^Primátor Premium Dark
-Primator Double Bock
-Rebel
+Templier  Lager original  czech lager beer 5.1%
-Staropramen Premium Beer Czech
^Zlata Praha Original Lager


Finland
-------

+Alexin Panimo Ruis Rye Lager
\Lapin Kulta
^Koff
^Sinebrychoff Porter
^Karhu
^Teerenpeli (all of them)
-Karjala
-Huvila ESB
\Huvila Arctic Circle Ale $14
^A. Le Coq Porter (Estonia)





German / Austrian
-----------------

-Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock = taste
^Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen
^Aktien Maibock 748862021152
^Aktien-Brauerei Heller Belli Bock
^Aktien-Brauerei Jubiläums Pils
^Aktien Hell
^Aktienbrauerei Kaugbeuren ABK Hell
^Aktien Tanzelfestbier
^Aktien Doppelbock Buronator
-Aktien Kaufbeuren Spezialbier Edel
-Altenmunster Winterbier Dopplebock
-Andechser Vollbier Hell
^Andechs Kloster Hell
-Andechs Kloster Double Bock
-Andechs Weissbier Dunkel
-Arcobrau Coronator 7.2%
^Arcobräu Mooser Liesl Helles Bavarian Lager
^Arcobrau Urfass Lager
^Arcobrau Pale Weiss NA bitter
^Arcobrau Zwickl Lager
\Ayinger Jahrhundert
-Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen
-Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
-Ayinger Bavarian Pils 
^Ayinger Maibock
^Bayreuther Hell
-Berliner Geschichte Helles Lager Privatbrauerei Eibau
-Berliner Geschichte Pilsners Privatbrauerei Eibau
-Bischofshof Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel
^Bitburger Premium Pils
-Bitburger Radler
-Burgkopf Pils
-DAB Original - Dortmunder Actien Brauerei `
-Dinkel Acker Cd-Pils $1.05
^Dinkel Oktoberfest Marzen $1.05
^Einbecker Mai-Ur-Bock $6 .33l
-Einbecker Ur-Bock-Dunkle $6 .33l
^Erdinger Oktoberfest Weissbier
-EKU - too strong
^EKU Pilsner
-Edelstoff Augustinerbrau Mundien
^Ettaler Kloster dunkel
-Flensburger Gold
-Flensburger Pilsener
-Flensburger Dunkel
^Freigeist Bierkultur Abraxas
-Freigeist Salzspeicher Sour Porter Cherry
^Freigeist Sauer Porter - Raspberry
^Frah Kolsch
-Fuechschen Alt
^Gaffel Kölsch
-GÃsser Austrian
^Göller Rauchbier
-Gose bier Leipziger
^Grieskirchner Pils
-Grimbergen Double Ale
^Grfliches Hofbrauhaus Freising Jagerbier
^Grfliches Hofbrauhaus Freising Dunkel
^Hacker-Pschorr Munich Gold
^Hacker-Pschorr oktoberfest
^Hacklbirg Humorator
-Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Black Ale
^Henninger Premium Lager
^Heller Belli Bock - Aktien-Brauerei
^Hofbrauhaus Dunkel
^Hofbrauhaus Jagerbier
-Hofbrauhaus Oktoberfestbier
^Hofbrauhaus Original
^Hofbrauhaus Winter Spezial
^Hovels Original
-Innstadt Doppel Bock
-Innstadt Original-Hell
-Innstadt Passauer Barockbier
^Innstadt Passauer Barockbier extra
-Konig Ludwig Weissbierr
-Kanig Pilsener
vJever
^Kostritzer Schwarzbier Black Lager
-Kostritzer Pale Ale
-Kulmbacher Eisbock
^Lammsbrau Neumarkter Dunkel
^Lammsbrau Organic Dunkel
-Leikeim Feines Schwarzes
-Leikeim Landbier
-Mahrs Bräu Kellerbier
-Miltenberger Doppelbock
^Moosbacher Kellerbier
-Paulaner Hefe-Weizen
^Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen
^Paulaner Original Munich Lager
-Paulaner Salvator 7.9!!!
-Pinkus Munster Alt
-Pinkus Ur Pils
-Radeberger Pilsner
^Reissdorf KÃsch
^Reutberger Export Dunkel
-Reutberger Export Hell (expensive)
^Rieder Dunkel ^
-Rieder Festbock
-Rieder Radler very fruity
^RIEDER Marzen
^RIEDER Urgcht
-RIEDER PILS
^Rieder Classic
\RIEDER XXX WEISSE
^Ritterguts Gose Original
-Samichlaus Classic Malt Liquor
-Schlagl Abtei Pils
^Schlagl red ale
^Schlagl kristall beer
^Schlagl Malz Konig
-Schlagl Roggen Gold
-SchlÃgl Urquell
-SchlÃl Zwickl
-Schneider Aventinus Wheat-Doppelbock
-Schonramer Pils
-Spezialbier Edel - Aktien-Brauerei
^Spaten Oktoberfest Ur-Marzen
^Spaten Dunkle
-Stiegl Goldbrau Premium Lager
-Schwaben Brau Das Naturtrabe
-Schwaben Brau Volksfestbier
^Schonramer Pils
-Sanner Kalsch
-Surtaler Schankbier
^Tucher Helles Hefe Weizen
^Tucher Dunkles Hefe Weizen
^Veltins Grevensteiner Naturtrübes Landbier
^Veltins Pils
^Warsteiner
^Warsteiner Dunkel
\Warsteiner Oktoberfest
^Weihenstephaner Original Premium Lager
^Weihenstephaner Pilsner
-Weihenstephaner Braupakt (with St. Bernardus)
^Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
-Weihenstephaner festbier
-Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier
-Weihenstephaner 1516 Kellerbier
^Weltenburger Kloster Anno 1050-
^Weltenburger Kloster Asam-Bock
^Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel
^Weltenburger Kloster Pils
^Weltenburger Kloster Winter-Traum
^Weltenburger Korbinian
^Weltenburger Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel
^Weltenburger Urtyp Hell
^Weltenburger Barock Hell
^Westphalener Premium Pilsner
^Westphalener Dunkel
-Westheimer Premium Pilsner
-Wolters Pilsener Premium
^Wolters Black (can)
^Wurzburger Pilsner style beer
-Zunft Kalsch (cream ale)
^Zhigulevskoye 5.4% Old Russian Brand
^Zlato Prazske Lager




Polish
------

^Piwo Ciemne Dark Lager
^Perła Export 
-Okocim O.K. Beer
^Okocim premium malt liquor 7% can
^Tyskie Gronie
^Warka Strong
^Zywiec dark
^Zywiec light
^Zywiec Porter

Russian
----------
-Baltika Porter 6 (Russian)
-Baltika extra  9 (Russian)
^Žatecký Gus Černý (Russian)

Ukraine
----------
-Doms Golden Ale - Carlsberg Ukraine
^ Lvivske 1715
^ Lvivske Premium
^Obolon Magnat Ale
^Obolon Lager
^Obolon Premium Lager
^Obolon Svitle Lager 4.5%
^Umanske Kozak  5%
Umanske Red Ale,

Ireland
---------

^Guinness Stout (tap)
+Guinness Stout (at the brewery in Dublin)
-Guinness Stout (can)
-Guinness Stout (bottle)
-Guinness 200th Anniversary Export Stout Beer
-Guinness Blonde American Lager
^Murphy's Irish Stout
^Smithwick's Ale (tap)
\Smithwick's Ale (bottle)

Other
-----

^Mastri Birrai Umbri Blonde Ale (Italy)
^Peroni tap (Italy)
-Niksicko Pivo - (Montenegro)
^Efes Dark | Anadolu Efes Brewery (Turkey)
-Estrella Galicia (Spain)
^Grimbergen Double-Ambree (France)
-Kronenbourg 1664 (France)
\Grolsch (Dutch)
\Heineken (Dutch)
\Koningshoeven Quadrupel (Dutch)
^Oranjeboom Premium Lager (Dutch)
-Peter's Brand Pilsner classic (Dutch)
-Sapporo (Japan)
-Kirin (Japan)
-Monteith's Black Beer (New Zealand)
-Norse Porter
-einstok toasted porter
\13th Century Grut Bier
\Cooper's Sparkling Ale (Australia)


Cask Ale, in the States!


BJ's on tap selection



Bottles in the Hearst Castle cellar:














The Gibbons brand was introduced in 1936 when the name of Lion Beer was changed to Gibbons in order to avoid confusion with other similarly named brands produced by other brewers. It was named for Charles A. Gibbons, an early officer of Lion, Inc. For many years the brewery produced Gibbons beer, ale and porter, and the brewery traded as Gibbons Brewing Company. Gibbons was the flagship brand of The Lion until the acquisition of the Stegmaier brands in 1974. Gibbons beer continued to be produced until November 2009, when the Lion Brewery stopped packaging beer in 16oz returnable bottles.

In 1967 The Lion acquired the labels and recipes of Bartels Brewing Company, which was founded in nearby Edwardsville, Pennsylvania in 1889. Bartels was a traditional darker beer in contrast to Gibbons, which was a lighter modern style. The Bartels label continued to feature "The Professor", a highly regarded symbol when Bartels was the biggest selling brand in the region, who had dispensed words of wisdom in Bartels advertising. Like Gibbons beer, Bartels was discontinued after the Lion Brewery stopped packaging beer in 16oz returnable bottles in November 2009.