Even the beer loves real beer! |
To say I was excited about the whole thing was an understatement, and luckily I was not to be disappointed. First off, it was not empty your bank account expensive. R30 got you in and a swanky drought glass, that I ended up forgetting there, dammit! The average price of 500ml of happiness was a very reasonable R20 and my oh my, did you have a nice range to choose from! The food on sale was amazing with a great variety of beer friendly nom nom - personal favorite was the huge and magnificent Steak Sandwich! Oh such bliss in my mouth!
Next up, the entertainment. The only band I knew were Bilderberg Motel and they played their best set in quite some time. I have to admit the sound engineer should probably be taken out and shot at dawn, but the band were good! I have no idea who else played, but I thoroughly enjoyed the music in my beered up state and remember plenty of people dancing away - to the lady who I tripped doing the worm, my most profuse apologies, but in my defense I was trollied! So well done to the organisers for having good beer music.
Before I managed to get totally wasted on beer, mead and the giant man, Rob Armstrong's, Buchu Brandy, I did manage to try most of the beer on offer. My favorites:
3) Darling Slow - Although this is quite a light beer taste wise, it was great to get you into the swing of things and I merrily glugged it down whilst in the hot Cape sun. A very good, hot day, quench your thirst beer.
2) &Union Berne - though I drink this pretty often, I cannot deny it a place in the top 3. Smooth, unfiltered Lager that simply glides down your throat. It is a simply magical beer.
1) This was not a very difficult choice as most people were throwing them back and referring to them as the infamous "Camel Toe". The winner was - Camel Thorn Red Ale. Simply delicious, Caramel overtones and enough alcohol to get a camel drunk! I must admit it took me a while to find it, because I was actually searching for the aforementioned Camel Toe. This was the beer of choice for the day and I heartily hope some of Cape Town's establishments start selling it! Those Namibians certainly seem to know how to make beer!
So a wonderful day was had by all, we all got pretty catatonically drunk and went to Caprice to cause more mayhem! Marvelous!
Awesome video! Hope you got to enjoy some of the Maredsous!
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