Looking back and reevaluating this Blog

Today I looked back at this blog and was surprised by how much I used to write on here. I suppose it was the stroke that changed things and now all I wright about is the beers, the "and Me" bit has just disappeared from here altogether.

Reading through the older blogs for me it was much more enjoyable to read what was going on in my life as well as the drinks I had. So I think I will give it another go and see if I can wright about what is going on as well. I will alsos include the beers involved as well.

So this last weekend was the same plan as nearly every other weekend since I started all this, whether before the stroke in 2013 or even after the stroke.

On Friday, as I said we went out with friends as usual to Greatham, although since last time I wrote about it, two of the three pubs there have closed down. Although one of the closed pubs has now reopened so there are now two of them again. So to cut a long story short we went to the pub we never used before but as it was the only one open for nearly a year we were used to it by now. The Bull and Dog was not very full at all and we got sat in the corner as usual, the only beer on draught in there is John Smiths and you probably know what I think of that, so I had a bottle of Old Speckled Hen, as usual.

Morland, Old Speckled Hen from England

5.0%, amber in colour with a head that disappeared fairly quickly (but I have had it with a good head), sweet malty aroma, bitter, liquorice malt taste, drink this one quite often, I like it a lot.

On Saturday, we usually go to our friends house for drinks but they were away this week, so we just had a night in. I did have a couple of beers though, although as it was last night, not new beers. I could have had new beers, I have about fifty of them ready to try but I was not feeling too well, so it was easier just to have stuff I have had before. I also have quite a few of these beers in the house as well. the first one was Camden, Hells Lager, the other, Camden, Versus Wicked Weed.

Camden, Hells Lager from England

4.6% pale cold in colour with a poor head, mild aroma and a bitter taste, very ordinary.

The other one

Camden, Versus Wicked Weed from England

 

5.6% hazy gold in colour with a nice head, sweet fruity aroma, the taste was bitter but fruity.

One more thing to go with this new method of doing the blog as it was intended, during the night my heart went into defib again and I was not well for the next day, although I am fine now. Hope you like this, I will be doing the beers pretty much as I was but with more information and the odd blog like this one.