Reviewing Westys

My local brewers seem to have a thing for West Coast style beers at the moment, not that I'm complaining as I love it however I thought it reasonable to try out the current offerings (in the interests of science of course) and to see which one I liked best, individual reviews and summary to follow!

Friday Smirk

The lads discussing the inappropriateness of irony meters when it comes to religion. I can't say I disagree, I always smirked at the "big" claim of Christianity that Jesus died for our sins, but apparently only for the weekend.

Berlin Memories

Here's me looking thoughtful to the horizon at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin last year, it was a powerful (physical) monument but I have to be honest, like a lot of modern art, I wasn't entirely sure how to interpret it intellectually. 

Chile Memories

In preparation for the post on Friday here's a memory from our visit to Chile last year. It's one of the Cathedrals in the City centre and illustrates perfectly the opulence of the Catholic Church when compared to some of the bone crushing poverty we also witnessed there (i.e. adults sifting through the contents of rubbish bins after dark..) Of course there's plenty of poverty to be had on our little planet on all the inhabited continents, that's not what I'm highlighting here, it's the contrast.

More Whites

Following on from the Burgundy we had on Friday I opened the above wine (that I reckoned needed drinking) on Saturday. From Puligny Montrachet it was a 2002 Premier Cru from Clos de la Mouchere by producer Jean Boillot & Fils. I was half expecting this one to be past its best but boy was I wrong, absolutely stunning wine, rich, dry, full of flavour and very long. Perfect white Burgundy only one more of these left, but I don't think I should be in any hurry to open it, this one seems bullet-proof!

Dried Out

I walked past my favourite little pond today and was shocked to see it completely dried out! I do hope the various critters that used to live in the pond (i.e. the family of Moorhens) made it out before all the water disappeared! Looks like we're in for at least another week of dry weather, I wonder how much rain will be required to top the levels up again?

Falklands West vs Gibraltar North

For those who missed the thriller in Miami last night England pulled out all the stops in a splendid match and beat France 6 - 4 to clinch 3rd place in the tournament. I didn't watch much of the world cup this time, what I did watch was generally boring and Americanised with a side of corruption, as most American things are these days, however the match last night was an exception! Exciting, fast, clean and skillful, how the game should be played with  the added bonus of 10 goals to watch, shame it wasn't the final. As for the final, I probably won't bother, after all who cares about the Falklands West vs Gibraltar North, especially with Trump in attendance, I'm sure it'll be suitably dull and cringeworthy.