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Yesterday had a wonderful pint of Jules Rimet IPA brewed by Nethergate as a World Cup beer. Only 3.5% but marvellously bitter and hopped. At that strength should be a great session beer.
Unfortunately second pint tasted completely different - as though someone had switched the beers.
Eight ales on at The Castle next to Jewish Chronicle offices in Holborn. Still prefer Ye Olde Mitre as a pub though.
Will be drinking el cheapo Lidl Grafenwalder pils for the Slovenia game. Reinheitsgebot.
I found a superb whisk(e)y blog yesterday, by a guy called Ralfy, he knows his drams and the videos are highly entertaining:
http://whiskyreviews.blogspot.com/
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Did the Kingston beer festival on Friday. Superb Welton's beer 'Pride and Joy' 2.8% (yes 2.8%) but real taste. So you can drink a lot of it. Tried too stick to the weaker beers. Went to Wetherspoons in the afternoon and they had a festival on too - but prices were cheaper. Had a bite to eat and watched the Chile game in the evening before all the young lovelies turned up in tight, revealing dresses for cheap drinks before heading across the road to the dance hall.
Ten hours of drinking did not do me any harm as I won the golf competition on the Saturday.
Ten hours steady drinking can often be less painful than a three hour binge.
Discovered some decent Polish beer in the local Jumbo supermarket yesterday, Tyskie. And this is what I will be drinking when the barbecue guests arrive. Once again there's someone who professes to be an expert in getting the barby going, we shall see. In my experience, unless its a gas one, no one can get them lit.
Sompun weak and yellow and, frankly, I might as well be drinkin' mah own piss.
White bordeaux.
Continuing the process of drinking up some old wines from the cellar:
Ockfener Bockstein Dr Fisher, Auslese 1990 as an aperitif. 7 years past it’s recommended “Drink by date” and the last bottle which I kept just to see how a very light (8%) modestly priced Mosel Riesling would age. Conclusion is quite well, I preferred it at about 10 years of age, but it’s very palatable, rather dryer now than originally – say as a Spatlese rather than an Auslese - and with more floral rather than mineral overtones compared to when younger.
Followed by an undistinguished Australian Chardonnay and then the star of the evening, Ch Graud-Larose, St Julian 97, a very good value 2eme Cru Classe from a somewhat under rated but variable vintage. Classic up market “luncheon" claret and half a case left which should drink well over the next 3 – 5 years.
Hic
Some of new German wines, after 2002 are superb.
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6 July 2010, 3:45am - Coors Light