We headed out mostly because we needed to get out of the house after an aborted trip to the Pub to meet the work folks (Tim decided to not go to sleep at his usual time, bless his cotton socks, and slept through lunch).
Well, there can be no other reason. Eve's breast feeding, so tiny amounts of booze only. I'm driving, so only a bit for me, too. That and in order to fit in with Timbo's (haphazard) sleeping schedule meant that we turned up at 11:30am, not exactly drinking time, and the joint wasn't exactly jumping. I think there were a number of hangovers around - I didn't see many smiles about the place.
And it was raining.
Nevertheless off we went. Next year we'll find a babysitter and head in on a weeknight and have a ball. This beer festival is all about Real Ales, that is, Cask Conditioned Beer. These are not pasteurised and are hand pulled from casks, and thus aren't carbonated. You can stand a spoon in some of them, and alcohol content is usually on the highish side. This stuff is not what we are used to in Australia, but it's undeniable that many of them are just outstanding, if you have the taste for them (I certainly do!).
If only it wasn't so hard to find some of these in the pubs near us.
While we were there, Terry was on hand with his trusty video camera. He taped a few minutes of us with Tim, and assembled it into this nifty video. Thanks muchly Terry! To download, option click below (Mac users) or right click and download (Windows users). Or just click to view. It's about 25 Meg.
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