I met a friend for a
couple of drinks which at only 5.30pm meant that the night was very
likely to go on and on, ending up being a big session. There was a
football match on TV with a kick off time of about 7.45pm, giving us
plenty of time to fill up on cheap booze at our local Wetherspoon,
The Regent.
With my beer of choice
out I had to rethink my entire plan for the evening. I was put on the
spot which is never a good situation to be in, when one freezes and
is stuck on the edge of panic until the brain kicks back and sanity
and all cognitive function is restored. I saw they had Dark Star 'Hop
Head' on cask so had one of those, I'd had it several times before
and knew exactly what I would get. As I picked my pint up off the bar
I noticed a sign promoting 'Rogue Amber Ale' for only £1.99 a
bottle. Very very tempting, maybe next time.
I had only eaten a
harvest crunch bar that day, first thing in the morning. It is one of
those granola bars with nuts and a layer of flavoured yoghurt or
something. It was tasty and nutritious. But after riding
approximately 10 miles, working for several hours then riding back
home another 10 miles. That 160 calorie bar did nothing in the way of
keeping me nourished for the entire day. I'd exhausted all of its
energy giving goodness since I'd burned at least 1500 calories
cycling alone. Basically I was really bloody hungry.
After drinking my pint
and checking the menu came the difficult decision of choosing what I
was going to eat. Tuesday night is 'Grill Night' so the obvious
choice would have been something meaty. Eventually I ordered the
grilled chicken breast and half rack of rib combo, coming with a side
of onion rings and chips. I ordered an extra side of spicy coated
king prawns with a sweet chilli dip. With the food I had a can of
this American craft beer from a brewery out of Brooklyn, NYC, USA
called 'The Six Point Brewery'. The beer was 'Sweet Action', a
combination of pale ale and wheat beer. It is the second time I've
tried it and for some reason I'm still finding it hard to like it,
maybe I just don't like it. It could be due to the fat that it is
really unsure of what it actually is or trying to be, maybe the
creaminess of it is off putting, I don't know. Other people may and
probably really do enjoy it, it just isn't for me, for the moment any
way. Who knows, maybe one day it will grow on me.
After my food and beer
it was about time to move onto the Rogue Amber. That we did, bottle
after bottle. If it wasn't for the football I could have quite
happily have sat there chatting and sucking on some Rogue. I'd say
that it is similar in style to the 'Brooklyn Lager'. It is a
delightfully refreshing amber ale, lots of hops and full bodied and
like a lot of American craft beers, full of booze.
The football finished,
the team my friend supports lost so we went back to The Regent and
had several more Rogues.
It happened as I was
nearing home, less than a five minute walk away. I could hear a
rustling sound, like the sound of a persons footsteps as the move
through the dry and crunch leaf litter that coats the forest floor on
a warm autumnal day. I thought nothing of it so carried on along my
path.
I got past a parked car
and then it came for me. The rustling quickened to a face rate. I
turned and glanced over my shoulder, out of the corner of my eye was
this object moving rapidly towards me. I sped up and went from a fast
walk to an almost brisk jog. I turned now and the object was still
coming for me, it had completely revealed itself.
It was a biodegradable
plastic carrier bag.
A link to the J.D Wetherspoon site, a good place to go for tasty cheap booze and edible food.
A link to the guys at Rogue
I'll let others make up their mind on these beers
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