This weekend I went to the annual St Albans Beer Festival. My CAMRA membership finally arrived on Friday so I was able to get in for free. It was a pretty mellow day and so I just had a few beers and ciders, the old adage of: didn't really apply. In the afternoon I took part in the quiz and our team got 23 out of 30. We didn't win, but you received two bottles of beer for entering; so for a £2 entry fee you received about £3.50 back in beer. I swapped Ian a bottle of ESB for a bottle of Bitter & Twisted and I also cashed my pint glass in and exchanged it for a nice glass tankard which I am now using at home for my water! The evening entertainment weren't very good and I don't think the sound system had been setup correctly. They might have been ok in a pub, but not in big hall. It all sounded very similar with the same tempo in all their songs. I thought they would have been better, because they have been around a long time - perhaps that explains why they looked like accountants who were coming up for retirement. I hope it will be better next year, because my Dad has threatened to come down. I tried to get another photo of Nigel to add to my collection (click on the beer festival tag at the bottom of this post) to see my others. However I think that Ian must have let him know that I was stalking him. Anyway I can assure you that he is maturing nicely. Don't worry I will have another chance at the Rochford Beer festival on 20 - 24 November.    |
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