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19-12-2010, 09:30
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The only social situation where you’re less likely to find decent beer than a wedding (http://boakandbailey.com/2010/11/02/beer-at-weddings/) is a work Christmas do.
In the kinds of hotels, chain restaurants and pubs where these things tend to take place, you thank God for small mercies. For example, when faced with three kegged lagers and smooth flow Marston’s Pedigree, kegged Marston’s Oyster Stout is at least something new. And it wasn’t bad with a big roast dinner, either.
At a Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden, where the waiter was desperate to push a ‘bucket of Corona’, there was Negra Modelo: yes, it’s boring, but there’s a ghost of a malt flavour in there, and it’s not skunked. It’s better than water, and certainly better than cheap tequila.
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2010/12/19/small-mercies/)
The only social situation where you’re less likely to find decent beer than a wedding (http://boakandbailey.com/2010/11/02/beer-at-weddings/) is a work Christmas do.
In the kinds of hotels, chain restaurants and pubs where these things tend to take place, you thank God for small mercies. For example, when faced with three kegged lagers and smooth flow Marston’s Pedigree, kegged Marston’s Oyster Stout is at least something new. And it wasn’t bad with a big roast dinner, either.
At a Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden, where the waiter was desperate to push a ‘bucket of Corona’, there was Negra Modelo: yes, it’s boring, but there’s a ghost of a malt flavour in there, and it’s not skunked. It’s better than water, and certainly better than cheap tequila.
More... (http://boakandbailey.com/2010/12/19/small-mercies/)