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janewilliams20) wrote2006-06-19 09:03 pm
janewilliams20) wrote2006-06-19 09:03 pm
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Beer, and patience.
Trying out more bottles tonight, as part of the required experimentation to bring back the best possible beer for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marc_piecemaker.
Waldhaus Schwarzwald Weisse is a pleasant blond rather than a cloudy Weis, better served more chilled than we managed.
Buckler LA is an unpretentious LA lager, nice on a hot day.
But the one I had high hopes of was the Lindemans Gueuze Foudrayant. I'm pretty sure this is what I'd tried back in Belgium, and when we found it in a hypermarket, we grabbed two bottles, one to try and possibly one to take back. Tonight is the night. Glasses. Bottle opener. Reverent pause as I remove the foil, Dave removes the top. And then, under the top, we found a cork.
Why? Why would anyone put a top AND a cork on a beer bottle? Why, in particular, would they do this to unsuspecting campers who do not possess a corkscrew? We sat, sadly gazing at the bottle and watching the cork slowly, oh so slowly, pushing its way out, now it was no longer constrained. Perhaps, when the other Brits on site returned, they would have a corkscrew?
They did. They also had a Tomtom on their motorbike, which had just developed a terminal case of the sulks. Dave had Stern Words with it, and now all is well - and, the social amenities over, we can taste the Gueuze.
Yes. This is it.
marc_piecemaker. Waldhaus Schwarzwald Weisse is a pleasant blond rather than a cloudy Weis, better served more chilled than we managed.
Buckler LA is an unpretentious LA lager, nice on a hot day.
But the one I had high hopes of was the Lindemans Gueuze Foudrayant. I'm pretty sure this is what I'd tried back in Belgium, and when we found it in a hypermarket, we grabbed two bottles, one to try and possibly one to take back. Tonight is the night. Glasses. Bottle opener. Reverent pause as I remove the foil, Dave removes the top. And then, under the top, we found a cork.
Why? Why would anyone put a top AND a cork on a beer bottle? Why, in particular, would they do this to unsuspecting campers who do not possess a corkscrew? We sat, sadly gazing at the bottle and watching the cork slowly, oh so slowly, pushing its way out, now it was no longer constrained. Perhaps, when the other Brits on site returned, they would have a corkscrew?
They did. They also had a Tomtom on their motorbike, which had just developed a terminal case of the sulks. Dave had Stern Words with it, and now all is well - and, the social amenities over, we can taste the Gueuze.
Yes. This is it.
Admire your persistence
Anyway thanks for your continued efforts.
Marc