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| Posted by Barry on 2014-05-12 12:25:51 |
| My eighth decade commiseration party started in earnest last Thursday when I received various presents from J. Firstly, a box of Hirschbrau Helles from Leipheim - a timely present as our friends in the town have now vacated their apartment bringing our visits to an end. I really liked this place, very homely, good value and decent beer (not forgetting the 6 egg meal in September!). At least, I have 6 Helles to drink and 6 bottles to fill with my homebrew. In addition, there was a box containing the following bottles: Bateman's Dark Lord (that was ok), 2 special Fuller's beers and 1 Amplethorpe Abbey beer, which should be interesting. Finally, a mysterious parcel that turned out to be homebrew kit for a 'Bavarian Rauchbier' - this was pretty cunning as the giver is a great fan of the type (some consultation with another Forum member here). Friday (the actual day) saw us in Dublin and in darkest (and wetest) Stoneybatter at L. Mulligans - Grocers. It was not quite as I imagined but quite acceptable. There were only 2 cask beers left, so we plumped for Dark Star Festival, which was excellent. I managed to persuade my otherwise Guinness drinking mates to go for the Festival and, quite surprisingly, they all loved it, so much that no one tried anything else and I guess we made a fair dent in the cask. On to Saturday and my hosts for the weekend had got in a supply of Duvel, which was enjoyed with and after a lovely Indian takeaway (Karahai Pannier, if you're interested). Is it my imagination but has Duvel changed somewhat? I haven't drunk it for about a year since the Tesco price fiasco but, to my mind, it is lighter in colour and not so tasty - could be distance lending enchantment - any views? Really, Sunday was the big day with Manchester's premier team (sorry Jason) going for the title. Around 2.45 pm, I settled into a seat by the big screen in The Yacht, Clontarf (an awful pub but the nearest with Sky Sports) and waited nervously for kick off. To calm the nerves, I ordered a pint of Galway Hooker, which was not bad - a trifle gassy but nice and hoppy. The nerves were calmed and a routine victory brought home the title. Several more Galway Hookers followed to celebrate, which were followed by several more bottles of Duvel later. All in all, a very decent entry into the eighth decade and, strangely enough, I don't actually feel an awful lot different. |
| Followups: |
 Ot: Geburtstag Celebrations etc. by Nigel on 2014-05-13 01:42:41 |
| Ot: Geburtstag Celebrations etc. by Barry on 2014-05-13 01:45:08 |
| Ot: Geburtstag Celebrations etc. by Mosquit on 2014-05-14 04:00:28 |
| Ot: Geburtstag Celebrations etc. by Barry on 2014-05-14 15:54:18 |