h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Evenin' all.

Tasting schedule for tonight

9:00-10:00 Ciders (I'll be drinking a couple of pale ales instead)
10:00 Adnams Broadside
10:30 Black Sheep Ale
11:00 Marstons Pedigree
11:30 St Austell Tribute
12:00 Jennings Snecklifter

Followed a general devolution into debauchery, if we're still not stricken by the Norovirus.

The Youtube jukebox is open. We will begin with Gosho's selection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpxUlxUwB2k

and then, if you'd be so good, take it politely in turns: Bob, Roymondo, myself, ?. The fourth spot is open to Gosho, Rich, or whoever is keeping pace.

Right, let's crack on, shall we?

B

Super.

*drags YouTube Firefox window to the telly*

Nice bit of blues!

Weston's Premium Organic Cider (again).

Tastes like proper cider, but a little gloopy and sweet.

Right, I'll have my Weston's and see how I go.

I've got Weston's Special Vintage Reserve cider. Sweet, bubbly pisswater. Avoid

Ahem. The music's run out...

OK, I'm kicking off with Isle Of Arran Blonde, a wheat beer.

Normally, I'm very fond of wheat beers, but this one is lively into the glass and it's honeyed colour is darker than ideal. It's a little too bitter on the palate, although this does develop through into a nicer, rounder flavour. Too gassy, by far, as is evidenced by the sticky spot on my kitchen floor. /5

B

Bob? Your go on the jukebox! Keep up, man!

B

If he doesn't hurry up I'm going to grab an acoustic...

I am with Skankyrich Westons it is

*hovers distressingly close to playing a G chord*

I've given the vintage eau de toilette to E, so I'm moving on to O'Hanlons Port Stout.

Is anyone going to write a beer review or pick a song, or do I have to do all the work around here?

B

It's Bob's turn at the wotsit. I'm happy strumming 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport'.

OK...Bob has forfeited his turn at the jukebox, through being too slow. Roymondo, you're up.

B

Blimey, it's tricky isn't it?

I panicked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZiYOgOudG0

You sure the sticky spot on the kitchen floor was caused by beer/cider? no real ales or ciders at my disposal at the moment, and I've not drunk anything at all since about a week before Christmas I may have to open the bottle of whisky my Brother got me for Christmas if it all gets too much

I will let you pick the tunes

I wrote a beer review at post 4. Here's O'Hanlon's:

Pretty damn good stout. The lovely thing about the addition of port is that it just sweetens the burnt middle tones, making it very easy to drink, and it becomes more of a classic heavy porter than a full-on stout. It's silky-rich, and perhaps the only criticism is that it doesn't linger in the mouth quite as much as expected.

Out of morbid interest, I bought the Radio One: Established 1967 album of covers as a self-Christmas present.

It's a mixed bag, mostly disappointing, but there's a couple of outstanding tracks (another one coming up later). So, for my first jukebox selection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuHlYVs7RA4

B

Shouldn't we be synchronising the beer tastings until we run out of mutually obtained beers?