South East London BeerFest ‘07
The lovely Alice and the equally fragrant Michael came to us for dinner on Saturday, and as we were in the alcohol section of the supermarket on Saturday morning, David had the very bright idea of getting a load of unusual beers rather than going for the slightly safer wine option. One quick call to ensure that this would work for all concerned later, we emerged from the shop with so much and so varied a selection that we had to reassure the checkout woman that they weren't all just for us.
I think we can safely say that this was a very bright idea indeed. There were fruity beers, sweetish beers, pilsner beers and Beer To Dine For. Trappist beer was popular, and David rounded things off with a Coffee Beer from the Meantime brewery just up the road in Greenwich.
In large part this unusual tactic was driven by David's issues with wine and the the fact that it tends to set off some very extreme acid problems for him, but it made for a really interesting diversion from the norm, and I'm glad we did it.
In typical style, we also over-bought to a fairly radical degree, so there are many and varied delights remaining to be explored.
EDIT: Just spotted that Himself has written about them too, with some links thrown in.