Last week in York I heard someone say 'and of course the beer in Yorkshire is so much better than the beer in London'. I'd have gone over and laughed in her face but I couldn't be arsed.
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To be fair, there was a time when Courage Directors was about the only decent tasting bitter, despite having a distinctive aftertaste of sick.
Anyhow, espying Haggis, Neeps and Tatties on the menu tonight and a number of Scottish beers on tap, I suspected it might be Burns' night. So I ordered fish and chips and had a rather pleasant Twickenham Brewery ''Winter Star'' (''Fine Old Ale'' it said on the tap) for my 25th of the month.
I celebrated the 26th with a Swanney Orkney Best, which seemed very thin until it decided to develop a fruitier flavour. A grower, but onwards and downwards to Speyside for the 27th: Scotch Hop, very much like a sour but left to fester in whisky barrels. A mere 8.5%, I was reassured to know that I could cycle home before the alcohell kicked in.
In a minor thread deviation: a pub with fewer than 20 people in and 7 bikes locked outside. What's all that about? It's PC gone mad, I tell you. What is the world coming to?