Actuellement à l’affiche du film Charlie’s Angels, Kristen Stewart (29 ans) a été reçue par Howard Stern dans sa controversée émission The Howard Stern Show. Après être revenue sur son idylle passée avec son partenaire à l’écran Robert Pattinson, l’actrice a voulu lever le voile sur son aventure avec Rupert Sanders.
En 2012, alors que Kristen Stewart et Robert Pattinson forment le couple chéri d’Hollywood, des photos de Kristen embrassant un autre homme sont diffusées. On la voit dans les bras du réalisateur de Blanche Neige et le chasseur, Rupert Sanders. Le scandale explose. Kristen en souffre particulièrement et, après avoir fait des excuses publiques, se terre chez elle pendant un mois. Évidemment, elle rompt avec Robert Pattinson.
“Je n’ai pas couché avec lui”, assure Stewart à Howard Stern. L’animateur est interloqué et lui demande pourquoi elle n’avait pas affirmé ça à l’époque. “Qui m’aurait crue ? Ça n’a aucune importance. Ça ressemblait à ça… Tu sais, tu embrasses un mec en public et il n’y a aucun doute sur le fait que tu couches avec“, continue l’héroïne de Twilight.
Lynchée en place publique et victime de slut-shaming, elle explique que ce scandale est la raison pour laquelle elle ne figure pas au casting du prequel de Blanche Neige, Le Chasseur et la Reine de glaces. “C’était une époque différente, vous voyez ce que je veux dire ? Ce slut-shaming était tellement absurde, explique Kristen Stewart. Ils auraient dû me mettre dans ce film, ça aurait été mieux. Ils ne m’ont pas prise dans ce film parce que le scandale était surmédiatisé et qu’ils ne voulaient pas être mêlés à ça.”
À l’époque, l’actrice avait 22 ans, elle avoue qu’elle n’a pas vraiment su comment réagir face au scandale : “Ça a été une période très difficile de ma vie. J’étais très jeune. Je ne savais pas vraiment comment gérer ça. J’ai fait des erreurs. Et franchement, ça ne regardait personne. (…) Fondamentalement, ce que je dis, c’est que, dans mon boulot, j’ai été ignorée d’une manière vraiment ridicule, stupide et mesquine, par un groupe d’adultes censés diriger des studios et faire des films. Honnêtement, l’industrie cinématographique à Hollywood est basée sur la peur.”
Pour Stewart, qui persiste et signe, Hollywood aurait dû tirer profit du scandale : “Ce sont des idiots parce que, si tu prends un petit risque et que tu fais quelque chose de bien, les gens regardent, aiment et te paient.”
Parents d’un petit garçon depuis le 7 octobre 2019, Jessica Thivenin et Thibault Garcia profitent pleinement de leur bébé. Après l’opération de leur nourrisson qui souffrait d’une atrésie de l’oesophage, les anciens candidats de télé-réalité ont enfin pu ramener leur enfant à la maison. Un nouveau rythme qui désoriente légèrement le couple d’amoureux, pas encore tout à fait habitué au manque de sommeil et au mode de vie de leur fils Maylone. Sur Snapchat, la jeune maman de 29 ans a révélé à ses abonnés qu’elle a d’ailleurs vécu sa première dispute de couple depuis l’arrivée de son bébé.
On s’est disputé
“On s’est disputé, vous savez pourquoi ? Pour une bouteille d’eau, mon chéri a fait son biberon et il n’a pas fermé le bouchon de l’eau, et moi quand je suis arrivée pour le biberon d’après, eh bien il a fallu que j’aille chercher une nouvelle bouteille d’eau, parce qu’il ne faut pas laisser la bouteille ouverte donc voilà, la bouteille nous a eus, enfin le bébé nous a eus”, a-t-elle raconté, finalement amusée de la situation. Une dispute anodine et vite oubliée causée par la fatigue des deux jeunes parents. Épuisé et excédé, Thibault a confié :“J’aimerais qu’on dorme plus…“
Que le mari de Jessica se rassure. Le 9 novembre 2019, l’ex de Julien Tanti a confié à ses abonnés : “Maylone veut pas dormir cette après-midi… Je suis très contente du coup je me dis que cette nuit, il va peut-être mieux dormir du coup.” Les deux parents auront-ils enfin la chance de pouvoir savourer une longue et paisible nuit de sommeil ? Pas si sûr…
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Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver T. J. Houshmandzadeh has watched BYU’s Zach Wilson and Ohio State’s Justin Fields work out live in California as both prospects prepare for the draft. Houshmandzadeh was impressed by both and views both as high-end talents.
Throughout the offseason, the Jets have been linked to Wilson with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. There’s also been some interest from the Jets in Fields.
Wilson has been hyped as the second best quarterback in this draft class after leading BYU to a 11-1 record. He finished with 3,692 passing yards with 33 touchdowns and added 10 scores on the ground. Scouts drool over his style of play that reminds them of Green Bay Packers star Aaron Rodgers.
After studying Wilson and watching his workouts in person, Houshmandzadeh sees a special talent.
“His release is so quick and effortless like Aaron Rodgers type release. It just comes out his hand really, really easy man. It’s like he’s not even trying, and then it jumps out what a ton of velocity,” Houshmandzadeh told the Daily News. “Then his speed and athleticism. People know he is athletic, but he is an explosive dude. Laterally very explosive, he’s vertically explosive and he moves like a skill guy.”
The 2007 Pro Bowler believes if Wilson ran a 40-yard dash, he would run a blazing time.
“He would be in the 4.4s or a high 4.5, easy. That’s the type of athleticism he has,” the 11-year pro said. “He’s faster than Pat Mahomes. He’s a really good athlete playing quarterback.”
If the Jets draft Wilson, a major key to his success will be what type of talent they surround him with. Sam Darnold suffered from an abysmal supporting cast and couldn’t overcome it. Darnold was traded to the Carolina Panthers after three disappointing seasons. He leaves the Jets with a dismal passer rating of 78.6 and a 13-25 record as a starter.
The Jets have 10 picks in the upcoming draft and must fill the roster with productive players to prevent another Darnold-like situation with the new quarterback.
“The Jets are gonna struggle unless they draft some guys,” Houshmandzadeh said. “Wilson is probably going to be the No. 2 pick and guarantee they’re going to be saying, ‘Man was he overdrafted, he’s not that good,’ If they don’t get players around him. The same way they didn’t have players around Darnold. And now everybody says, ‘Sam Darnold sucks.’ He didn’t have any guys around them. And if that happens with Zach, it’s going to be the same narrative.”
He believes Wilson will thrive with Gang Green if they provide him with a good supporting cast.
“If he gets guys around him, he’ll be really good,” Houshmandzadeh said. “It’s what it boils down to. When you look at Josh Allen, Allen was OK, decent. (Added) Stefon Diggs, oh, now (Allen) really good. Baker Mayfield was just kind of middling along. And he still has his ups and downs, but he’s got better guys around him. Better run game, he had a really good year.”
The Jets offensive coordinator Mike LeFleur will run a west coast offense like the one Kyle Shanahan runs with the San Francisco 49ers.
Wilson’s throwing ability to produce explosive plays with off-platform throws along with his athleticism will fit well into the Jets’ scheme.
“I think they’re gonna run an offense that fits Wilson. When you draft a guy that high, I truly believe you don’t make him fit into what you do, you fit into what he does,” Houshmandzadeh said. “The offense will be tailored to what he did well in BYU and they’re going to tailor their offensive system to his strengths.”
The other quarterback that the Jets have shown interest in is Fields.
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He led his team to the National Championship game against Alabama in January, after outdueling Trevor Lawrence in the Sugar Bowl by going 22-of-28 for 385 yards with six touchdowns as the Buckeyes blasted Clemson, 49-28.
When Houshmandzadeh was asked about his impressions from watching Fields’ workout and studying him, he was equally impressed. And scoffed at some of the negative perception surrounding Field’s mental ability.
“It was pretty much the same as Zach. You hear the stuff and a lot of it is the same old same old. A Black quarterback, ‘He’s gone be athletic, but can he throw with anticipation? Can he throw accurately?’” Houshmandzadeh said as he mocked those questions. “He did just that. He was layering the ball, he was getting the ball up over and underneath coverage. He just wasn’t just gunning the ball in there he was thrown in with some touch. But when we were done, I was like, ‘Damn, he’s actually pretty f–king good.’”
Houshmandzadeh said at this point he can’t pick between the two.
“It’s really hard to say who’s better,” Houshmandzadeh said. “The better guy is gonna be the guy that gets to the better team. I mean, just being honest with you, if either one of those guys can get to the 49ers, that guy’s the better player. Because he’s gonna have a better team around him, better success.”
Douglas, assistant GM Rex Hogan and new head coach Robert Saleh participated in the usual pre-draft conference call Thursday, one week from the start of the 2021 NFL Draft. They discussed draft strategy, but Douglas tap danced around any questions surrounding BYU’s quarterback Zach Wilson.
When Douglas was asked about what he thought of Wilson as a prospect, he treated the question like a hot stove.
“I really don’t want to get into any individual assessments of any prospect. Right now, I feel like we’ll have plenty of time to discuss, any prospect we decide to choose after we choose them,” Douglas said. “We don’t want to give everyone answers to our test.”
Douglas gave a smirk after.
We know it’s only a formality at this point on who the Jets are going to take with the No. 2 overall pick on April 29. So it’s all good.
With a rookie quarterback coming in, the GM said the Jets need to focus on building the roster beyond just the offense.
“There is a balance you’re trying to strike. You’re trying to build the best team that you can possibly build. That’s offense, defense and special teams,” he said. “There also is an importance to really doing everything we can to provide what we can to make a young quarterback successful.”
Saleh felt confident about the development of a new QB because of the scheme the Jets will be running.
“From a schematic standpoint, the scheme that (Mike) LaFleur is bringing is the best scheme in the world, from an offensive standpoint, in my opinion,” Saleh said. “So we’re very confident in the systems that we’re bringing and we’re very confident in our ability to develop and help players reach their maximum potential.”
The Jets might add to their offensive line in the draft, looking for offensive linemen that fit the wide zone scheme. But Hogan was content with where the unit currently stood.
“They’re gonna install the wide zone scheme so we’ll focus more on offensive linemen who fit in that in the future as we continue to build the line,” Hogan said. “But we feel good about the group we currently have right now and their ability to make the adjustment to this new scheme.”
Cornerback is a need for the Jets in the upcoming draft. What Saleh will look for in a cornerback is simple: somebody that can play man-to-man.
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“First and foremost whether or not they can win and man coverage, that’s the big thing. Every single game comes down to whether to a one on one situation,” Saleh said. “There’s a million different ways to skin a cat. Richard Sherman is 6-3 3 and you guys see the big lanky guy. Then you got Jason Verrett, who’s this little itty bitty guy. Completely different body types and skill sets but they both win in man coverage.”
Douglas also addressed the possibility of trading up or down in the draft.
“We start those conversations now,” he said. “We started making the calls, or receiving the calls to other teams. Maybe there’s interest in moving up or moving back, so there’s groundwork that goes into these trades that happened before the draft. Once you’re in the draft, a lot of it depends on who’s left on the board, if you’re comfortable giving up what it takes to move up or are you comfortable moving back and feeling like you can get the player that you’re still excited about acquiring.”
The Jets and free agent cornerback Richard Sherman have been linked throughout the offseason because of Saleh’s time with the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. When asked Saleh declined to dive into the possibility of being Sherman aboard.
“I love Sherm. There’s a lot of things that I’ll leave for Joe on with regards to that,” Saleh said.
Dave Gettleman said Thursday that he has never traded back in eight NFL drafts because he refuses to get “fleeced.”
“You guys don’t believe me: I’ve tried in the past!” Gettleman said with a laugh. “Honest. I’ve tried to trade back, but there’s gotta be value. I’m not getting fleeced. I refuse to do it. And if somebody wants to make a bad trade back, God bless ‘em.”
Gettleman’s track record, though, reflects an ultra-conservative career scout turned GM who simply trusts his evaluations over any draft chart.
Gettleman has never traded down despite making 54 picks across eight NFL drafts from 2013 through 2020 — five while running the Carolina Panthers and three with the Giants.
He didn’t even take a phone call when the Giants were on the clock with the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, when he turned in the card for Penn State running back Saquon Barkley.
The Giants franchise, in fact, hasn’t traded back once in 14 straight drafts, including former GM Jerry Reese’s 11-year tenure, which included two Super Bowl rings.
The last time the Giants traded down was 2006, when Ernie Accorsi sent his No. 25 overall pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers for No. 32 overall and third-and-fourth round picks.
The Steelers took wideout Santonio Holmes. The Giants got defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka, linebacker Gerris Wilkinson and tackle Guy Whimper.
So why could this year be different?
Well, Gettleman acknowledged the Giants’ No. 11 overall pick could be a more valuable asset than it has been in past years due to the demand for quarterbacks, both ahead of them and also possibly when their pick arrives.
“It’s possible, yes,” the GM said. “The more quarterbacks that go, the more players it pushes to us. It’s obviously helpful. Frankly I’d like to see 10 quarterbacks go in front of us. But the more quarterbacks that go, the better it is for us.”
The other reason a trade back is possible is the involvement of head coach Joe Judge in the Giants’ draft process.
Judge comes from the New England Patriots, where Bill Belichick routinely trades out of picks to move down the board when his preferred players get selected ahead of him.
The philosophy, espoused by the Baltimore Ravens, Patriots and other franchises, is to seek value and volume. It involves acquiring more picks to take more swings at the plate, because these franchises accept the inherent luck and risk involved with every draft selection.
The Giants made 10 picks last year in Judge’s first draft and didn’t make a single trade. The Giants only hold six picks in this year’s seven-round draft, so they should be on the lookout for opportunities to add more selections if the situation calls for it.
Depending on how the board falls, the Giants could have four or five players they like at No. 11 that could rationalize a slide back, perhaps to No. 15 with the Patriots, where they could still land one of their guys.
Gettleman oddly said he’s “very comfortable with the six picks” he holds at the moment, although that is tied for second-least in this draft with four other clubs. But he left the door open a crack to the possibility of adding more.
“I’m fine with the number of picks we have in this draft going in,” Gettleman said. “You don’t know what’s gonna happen. I’m fine with the six and it’s OK with me.”
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The Giants GM wanted to set the record straight, though, that he’s not averse to making a deal. It’s just that when he’s tried, it’s never worked out.
“We’ve had opportunities, I’ve tried, and what you have to understand is sometimes you have a trade, and the guy the team is trading up for gets picked in front of you,” Gettleman said. “We’ve had that happen to us. ‘We got a trade, we got a trade,’ and so and so selects, ‘No trade, Dave, goodbye,’ and they hang the phone up on me. So that happens, too.
“It’s almost becoming [an] urban myth,” the GM lamented with a laugh. “I’ve tried. I really have.”
It is no myth that Gettleman has never traded down, though. It is a fact.
And while the circumstances seem ripe for a possible trade down to acquire assets and still get a good player, many in the NFL are going to have to see Gettleman do it before they believe he ever will.
The 40th birthday of Ironman was always going to be a special race, and so it proved with the Kona debut of Javier Gomez, course records broken, emotional stories of redemption and some heavyweights showdowns between the world’s greatest long-course athletes.
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Grabbing the headlines in the men’s elite event was Patrick Lange, who broke the Ali’i Drive finish line tape in 7:52:39 to become the Ironman World Champion for the second time. Following the German home was Belgium’s Bart Aernouts in second and David McNamee of Scotland, who ran in his way to third in 8:01:09.
Brit Joe Skipper would come home in seventh, while Javier Gomez was 11th on debut in Hawaii. Tim Don, after his horrific bike crash just over a year ago, crossed the line in 36th in tear-jerking scenes.
BRIT EXPECTIONS
Not since the multiple Ironman world champ Chrissie Wellington went toe-to-toe with Julie Dibens, Rachel Joyce and Leanda Cave in 2011 have British elite athletes received some much focus in Kona (head here for the women’s report featuring Lucy Charles).
In the men’s race, Scotland’s David McNamee was hoping to go even better than in 2017, when his third-placed finish was the best British male placing in Kona history. East Anglia’s Joe Skipper – second behind Jan Frodeno at Challenge Roth in 2016 – was also vying for his first top 10 finish in Hawaii, and there was the emotional appearance of Tim Don in the starting field, following a severe crash ahead of the 2017 edition of Hawaii.
Elsewhere on the starting pontoon was the five-time ITU World Champion, Javier Gomez, making his Kona racing debut, the reigning champion Patrick Lange, former winner Sebastian Kienle, and a Jan Frodeno-shaped hole after the two-time Kona champ pulled out ahead of the race.
In relatively cool and calm conditions for Kona, the men’s event saw Aussie athlete Josh Amberger first out of the water, closely followed by France’s Denis Chevrot. Gomez came out in 5th after 47:46mins and David McNamee was in 13th, 1:52mins down after a time of 49:31mins. Don would exit Kailua Bay in 50:34, 20th pro man overall
Some big names were already 2-3mins in arrears, including the reigning champion Patrick Lange and 2014 winner Sebastian Kienle. The 2017 second-place finisher and uber-biker Lionel Sanders was a further 3mins back.
.@JoshAmberger is in the lead and nearing the swim exit. #IMWC
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— IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) October 13, 2018
Onto the bike, and the major early news was that Kienle had suffered a puncture and was riding with a replacement wheel. But the German star had moved up to 14th by halfway through the 180km bike leg, with the field being led by biking powerhouses Andrew Starykowicz (USA) and Australia’s Cameron Wurf. Gomez was in ninth, Lange tenth, while the Brits of McNamee, Skipper, Don and Will Clarke were riding in proximity to each other in around 20th place.
Approaching transition two and Wurf’s bike course record of 4:12:54 from 2017 was in jeopardy, and the Australian would once again enter the Hawaii record books after a 4:09:36 split.
#IMWC @cameronwurf has come off the bike with the lead and established a new course record of 4:09:36! pic.twitter.com/koj3J5Y9Ee
— IRONMANLive (@IRONMANLive) October 13, 2018
Lange would enter T2 around 6mins back, with Gomez 8mins behind, and both in serious contention to see their run prowess move them to the front of the race. Kienle, meanwhile, would quit in T2.
THE 8HR BARRIER
With the 40 years of Ironman in Hawaii being celebrated in the build-up to the race, it was apt that major landmarks in the sport’s history would be broken in 2018. And that was the men’s course record and the magical eight hour barrier in Hawaii, a time that had eluded such greats as Mark Allen, Dave Scott, Craig Alexander and Jan Frodeno in Kona history.
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— IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) October 14, 2018
Lange, who we interviewed earlier in the year about the sub-8hr record, moved to second almost instantly and was in control of the chase group on Cameron Wurf. He made the pass after 15km and gave Wurf a classy fist bump on the way, before taking off at 6min/mile pace to deliver a 2:41:32 marathon run that kicked the course record into touch. His 7:52:39 finish time was nearly 10mins faster than his 2017 course record of 8:01:40, and was scarily only his sixth-ever full Ironman race.
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Aernouts was next home in 7:56:41 to become the second man to dip under 8hrs in Hawaii, while McNamee was third in 8:01:09, which itself was the third-fastest Hawaii time in history. Skipper was seventh in 8:05:54.
Paratriathletes Lauren Steadman and Alison Patrick have both won gold at the Buffalo City ITU World Paratriathlon Event, gaining automatic qualification for the Paralympics in Rio
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Steadman, 23, won the PT4 category and has now qualified for her third Paralympic Games, having competed twice before as a swimmer. She said: “The top women weren’t here today so I planned to keep it steady and ensure that nothing went wrong. Meeting automatic qualification was the absolute priority. The swim was calm, the bike was a little hilly. Overall it was a great way to start the season!”
Alison Patrick, 28 from Dunfermline won the PT5 race for visually impaired athletes, guided by Nicole Walters. She finished more than three minutes ahead of Spain’s Susana Rodriguez and will look forward to her first Paralympic Games where she will line up against ITU world champion, Katie Kelly of Australia.
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There was also another gold from Ryan Taylor in the men’s PT2 event two silvers from David Hill (PT4) and Phil Hogg (PT1 ) and one bronze Melissa Reid won bronze in the PT5 category with Hazel Smith guiding..
Head coach, Jonathon Riall said that it was “a great start to 2016 with two more quota places secured for Rio and two athletes meeting automatic qualification.”
Steadman and Patrick will be automatically selected for Rio, however general selection for the rest of the team will take place following the ETU European Championships at the end of May and the conclusion of the ITU World Paratriathlon Event Series in June.
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The panelists, including Nicole Sapstead (CEO UK Anti-Doping), Kelly Sotherton (Olympic medalist) Wendy Martinson OBE (nutritionist to elite sport) and Chris Fisher, Head of Healthspan Elite (a supplier of high-quality vitamins and supplements) debated the use of performance enhancing drugs in athletics and the issues facing the sport ahead of the Rio. Panel members discussed the alternatives for athletes looking to gain a competitive edge, through nutrition, training and education.
The clips include comments from Kelly Sotherton (who discusses openly witnessing an athlete doping at an event), the criminalisation of doping and the nutrition and education alternatives for athletes in all sports.
See some clips from the discussion below and let us know your thoughts
Julian was a formidable athlete, breaking and holding British triathlon records back in the 1990s, and forging a path for British athletes at Ironman Hawaii.
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“He was not just a formidable cyclist but an all round swimmer, cyclist and runner and always had a smile and time to talk before or after he’d raced. I will miss him” says Mark Kleanthous, another stalwart of the UK tri scene.
Alongside his successful property developing, Julian was also instrumental in the creation of the Southampton Tri Club, with his amusing, insightful and colourful columns for 220 during the nineties entertaining our readers for many seasons. Below are some of Julian’s first words for 220 back in 1989, where he details his newfound love of multisport.
‘The 1989 Swindon Biathlon was my first-ever duathlon after my first season in triathlon. I remember spotting Richard Hobson who was the “star” and thinking he was twice my size and appeared to have all the kit. I rode in trainers. I recall an indoor transition and quite a buzz about the place. Coming from cross country running this felt like the big time; people watching and prizes!
‘I was completely unknown and ran with Hobbo. I beat him out of transition because of my trainers. I think it was an out and back course and I got caught on the way home, a few other runner types were quickly over hauled; a very young Julian Bunn and this guy called [Mike] Trees who had run a 4min mile or nearly. Hobbo led off bike and I took second. It was a massive surprise to me and everybody there. I loved it.
‘Why did I love it? Atmosphere, Exciting, Buzz, Cool. I was young cocky student and the girls and beer and everything was perfect. I did number two at Leicester meeting Dave Bellingham – mad as a hatter. I had almost learned to cycle and won the race from Steve Meads. Never won much at running, got the bug now, found something that I was half decent at.’
And half decent at multisport Julian would prove to be. He’d go on to win the UK Iron-distance classic The Longest Day on numerous occasions, and would hold the British Iron-distance record for 13 years after his 8:15:21 finish at 1995’s European Iron-Distance Championships in Detern. A year later, he recorded the then fastest British time at Ironman Hawaii after a 8:54:53 minute finish on the lava fields of Kona.
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Look out for more tributes to Julian later this week. 220’s thoughts are with his wife, family, friends and the countless athletes he inspired in triathlon.
With a fairly low alcohol content of 3.6%, each 330ml bottle is said to boast 33% fewer calories (92.4) than a regular brew, 85% fewer carbs (1.65g) and 95% more protein, with a bumper 21.8g per bottle. So, most importantly, how does it taste?
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BrewDog’s Dead Pony Club, Moor Beer Co’s Revival, Bath Ales Spa and a handful of others aside, we rarely trust beers of a sub-4% alcohol content, reminding us of that mild stuff they drink in the West Midlands and Manchester or barbecue lagers like Carling.
Like BrewDog and co., Barbell Brew does have plenty of taste. This provides plenty of hoppyness yet tastes decidedly – and disconcertingly – sweet (said by Muscle Food to derive from the added protein), putting it closer to a fruit beer (or a glass of squash) than hoppy classics like Sierra Nevada Pale.
At £15.95 for a six pack it certainly doesn’t come cheap either, with the £2.65 per bottle tag putting it above many top-end independent brews on the market.
For us personally, a beer is a reward. We’d rather have a bottle of something we enjoy and cherish, instead of thinking about amino acids and how much protein we need. So bring us a Beavertown any day, and a bowl of cashews and beef jerky to provide the amino acid hit.
But if you’re serious at cutting the carbs, compared to the ‘lite’ (i.e. weak and devoid of taste) beers from Coors, Miller and Michelob, you could do worse in the taste test then Barbell Brew.