EMM revisited

Had one of these at the weekend, it's an old favourite from around 5 years ago which has been re-brewed and was released last week. It's a West Coast IPA made as a collaboration between my local craft brewers Siren and Green Cheek a California based firm. It's delicious, made with Mosaic, Citra and Simcore (the holy trinity of US hops) it's crisp, fruity and dank with a morish bitterness, very nice indeed!

Midweek Mirth

 I do worry sometimes that "mental health" issues are becoming like modern day "fashion statements"..

SRM

I was in the Nags Head a couple of weekends ago and had a pint of DEYA "Steady Rolling Man" on cask (see above) It was glorious! Usually this beer is served from a Keg, i.e. artificially carbonated and under pressure but having it from cask where it's naturally carbonated and pumped manually opens up a whole new world of flavour. Don't get me wrong, the keg version is pretty damn fine but this one is like a different beer altogether, the flavours seem deeper, the beer is much smoother and I would argue much easier to drink (which is probably a dangerous thing as it's around 5% ABV) It's good to see some of the leading craft ales available on cask, a welcome change for us (usual) keg-heads.

Henley Sunday

Lovely Sunday afternoon for a walk in the Spring sunshine yesterday. We ended up taking a stroll around Henley On-Thames, the river was running high and fast but the blue skys and sun were very welcome after a prolonged period of rain and drab greyness here in the UK. I think everyone had the same idea as us as the town was really busy, still, nice to see people out and about for a change.

New York Stories

A colourised picture from the 1950's showing how important passenger liners were back in the day for long haul travel, before the days of airlines the only way to get across the pond was on one of these beauties, an amazing snapshot in time.

State of the nation..

Anyone who watched the shit show of a press conference in the Whitehouse this evening between Trump, Vance and Zelensky simply has to agree that the US leadership is a fecking disgrace. Did I need to say that out loud or is everyone else in the world (appart from Russian crime gang members, lead by the butcher Putin) thinking the same thing?

I wonder what Putin has on Trump? Is it a video with hookers, is it money laundering, drug money, Epstein or some other criminal activity? It would appear that the ally many of us thought we had is looking more and more like an enemy and friend of the Russian crime syndicate. On a side note, if our current King hosts another state visit with that twat, then he can sod right off too.

At this point I think the only winner is China, they should step in at this point and do a mineral deal with Ukraine in exchange for military guarentees, that would put the cat among the pigeons..

It'll be interesting to see what the markets do on Monday, I wouldn't want to be holding Tesla stock right now.

Friday Smirk

Jesus and Mo pointing out the best way to make Atheists, just get people to (properly and critically) read their holy books!

Wykehamists

 

We visited Winchester last weekend  to meet up with some friends and a have a good old chinwag (and a nice lunch!) but before we settled into our chosen restaurant we thought it was a good idea to have a brisk walk around the town. While on said walk I came across this building in one of the side streets, I wondered what a "Wykehamist" was, none of my fellow perambulaters knew either so I had to "Google it". Apparently a Wykehamist is a past or present member of Winchester College (which was just up the road) this makes complete sense when you know that the college was founded in 1382 by "William of Wykeham" as a feeder school for New College, Oxford! I guess a couple of the old boys who liked "home-ed" decided to branch out, good luck to them!

Box-set Wine

 

Had one of these last weekend, picked up as a "bin-end" from BBR before Christmas it's one of the best SA Cabernet blends (for sensible money!) around IMO. Rich and fruity with a decent finish but quite sweet, I get the impression that the grapes used here had quite a lot of residual sugar left in them, anyway, a lovely drink to consume with the "mrs" on a Saturday evening while evaluating a new box-set series on the TV!