ooops...events (mostly in the form of minor to moderate domestic crises) have overtaken my writing mojo...
So - beery exploits for the last few days?
A weekend in Hitchin in which we tried to gain a greater enthusiasm for the Bricklayers Arms. It's a good pub, but none of the beer really held our attention - indeed, once I'd left the pub I only remembered one of the four pints we'd had between us (it was Banks and Taylor Golden Fox and was very nice, if not stunning).
So, not surprisingly we ended up back at the Half Moon, welcomed warmly by Howard and the gang...and we did this on Saturday and Sunday. There was Crouch Vale Yakima, Oakham Inferno, XT 4 and a couple of Olivers' ciders. The XT4 was the only unknown...and we'd try it again. The Half Moon remains the stalwart of our Hitchin pubbing...it feels everso slightly like coming home.
Monday saw me back in Bristol - or, more precisely Keynsham - visiting mum and then meeting an old friend for dinner and, of course, a beer.
Beer was secondary so we went to the Lock Keeper which is a Youngs house. I'm not a fan of Youngs beer, but the pub is in the Good Beer Guide so you can't go too far wrong. However, I was taken aback by the Bitter I had. It was really nice. Nothing exciting but a good beer and was well kept and served at the right temperature. Nice.
Since then, no beer drunk.
I have, however, been tinkering from afar with some of the pub saving projects I've been helping with.
And then I read this, and I despair of the industry.
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