Great British Beer Festival 2005
Hot on the heels of Brom-man and Davinian, I made it down (up?) to the Great British Beer Festival 2005 at Olympia... that's in Kensington, London for those of you who don't know ;)
With an invite from D himself and Johnny Boy, it was a 30 min walk to the station, 45 mins to London and 10 mins queuing at the cashpoint.
Anyways... whilst D and JB were sampling the ciders, I started on a "Triple B", followed by a "Dark Stranger", had some "Rumpus", a medium cider and some... oh god, what was it... at this point the name escapes me... it was American, 6.5%, quite pricey... Ah, "HopDevil"... Nice!
With steak-filled cornish pasties, salad-laden chicken kebabs, the beer belly competition, bumping into an old schoolfriend, most enjoyable company (cheers D, JB & Lou) and a sing and a shout on the train(s) home, it was a jolly good day out. Even the guy on the train who made me aware of a new and unbeknown to me stereotype by discussing his designs on fathering 20 illigitimate children, I just *had* to laugh at...
OK, who's coming along for some fun next year? :D
With an invite from D himself and Johnny Boy, it was a 30 min walk to the station, 45 mins to London and 10 mins queuing at the cashpoint.
Anyways... whilst D and JB were sampling the ciders, I started on a "Triple B", followed by a "Dark Stranger", had some "Rumpus", a medium cider and some... oh god, what was it... at this point the name escapes me... it was American, 6.5%, quite pricey... Ah, "HopDevil"... Nice!
With steak-filled cornish pasties, salad-laden chicken kebabs, the beer belly competition, bumping into an old schoolfriend, most enjoyable company (cheers D, JB & Lou) and a sing and a shout on the train(s) home, it was a jolly good day out. Even the guy on the train who made me aware of a new and unbeknown to me stereotype by discussing his designs on fathering 20 illigitimate children, I just *had* to laugh at...
OK, who's coming along for some fun next year? :D
Blue Skies thinking @ 8/07/2005 08:46:00 AM
15 Comments:
At Sun Aug 07, 01:17:00 PM,
BeckyBumbleFuck said…
LMAO at that shot! What an angle...nice way to handle a camera, even while inebriated.... ;)
At Sun Aug 07, 02:43:00 PM,
RahX said…
Beerfestival, brilliant!
At Sun Aug 07, 03:59:00 PM,
piniyini said…
So which of those guys is you, the one holding two bottles?
At Mon Aug 08, 02:05:00 AM,
rebekah said…
well if i suddenly get rich next year i will definitely be there ...
why oh why is everyone but me getting beer! dammit!
and that IS a great photo ... that's why youre a professional, dude ...
At Mon Aug 08, 10:01:00 AM,
Lever said…
My BBFK: LOL, cheers dear :) Would have been better if I'd not been wondering if it'd workout OK... but then you've seen the Prodigy pics... ;)
RahX: Yeah, man. Awesome! British, American, German, Belgian beers... it was excellent... could have come out of it FAR more worse for wear... :)
Piniyini: Nah, I'm Mr. Closeup LOL I did the same at Prodigy the night after, learning from this one and got a better picture...
Rebekah: Cool :) It'll be nice to have the American contingent with us... hey, we could probably ALL go there, esp if Brom-man turns up too :)
At Mon Aug 08, 01:18:00 PM,
Oliver said…
C'mon then... Where are the Prodigy Pics ;)
At Mon Aug 08, 02:12:00 PM,
Lever said…
Oliver: LOL, hold yer horses, dude, I'm working on it ;) ;)
At Tue Aug 09, 03:15:00 AM,
rebekah said…
youd have to carry me out of there at the end of the day :)
are you up to the challenge ? if so, i'm totally there, man ...
At Tue Aug 09, 07:24:00 AM,
Brom said…
Glad you made it Lever. It was a great event.
Was thinking the same Re: a get-together. We should start a collection for Reb. I could throw in a few airmiles ;-)
I can't see me on the ciders tho!
At Tue Aug 09, 01:34:00 PM,
Johnny Boy said…
It was mighty fine meeting up with your good self Lever, I just wish I still wasn't feeling that ropey - it must have been that bright orange cider!!!
Anthoo, up for the Weird Weekend??
At Tue Aug 09, 02:05:00 PM,
Lever said…
Rebekah: LOL Props to Rebekah - quite literally :) Sure thing, but I got problems keeping myself upright sometimes, so we'd have to organise something... I swear D & JB mentioned those little electric cart things... I wonder if we could get away with driving those things after a riotous amount of ale... *more chin rubbing* LOL
Yeah, we should organise getting everybody together for the GBBF '06... :D
Brom-man: Yeah, it was ace. I didn't think I had that much beer but it was strong, tasty & quality and the company was good too :) Definately have to catch you there next year or even at the Woking Beer Festival in November...
Yeah, that GBBF '06 sounds like a good'un... hmmm *even more chin rubbing*
Johnny Boy: Hey Johnny Boy :) Dunno if D passed on the message but thanks for Saturday... was good fun :) Yeah, that bright orange stuff looked a bit radioactive... :S
The Weird Weekend? Yeah, lemme know the dates for that again... with all that ale quaffing going on I've positively forgotten when it was again LOL
At Tue Aug 09, 04:20:00 PM,
Johnny Boy said…
The Weird Weekend is 19th - 21st august at the Cowick Barton in Exeter.
Check out www.cfz.org.uk for all the info.
Maybe see ya there!
At Wed Aug 10, 06:16:00 AM,
searchingforMrDarcy said…
Sounded like a good time. Maybe next year!
At Wed Aug 10, 08:34:00 PM,
Keeefer said…
Im hoping to make next years, save me a kerbside pillow and a box to sleep in
At Wed Aug 10, 10:25:00 PM,
Lever said…
Johnny Boy: Ah, cheers for the link, Johnny Boy :) I might just have to do that, especially win light of the beer business I recall being mentioned ;)
SFMD: LOL, yeah ;) Sounds like it's gonna be a blogger's union at the GGBF '06...
Keeefer: LOL, OK dude... or maybe some old pizza boxes... I hear the stuck-on bits of stringy cheese act like insulation...
I'm sure it could get far messier than what we experienced, especially with that BRIGHT orange cider stuff...
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