What are you drinking 2024.

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Another taste of my cask Pirate Pale. It is slowly clearing and the flavour is more clean but I think it has too far to go to be entered into any competitions for at least a couple more weeks so I may have to enter my kegged version. That’s a real shame because the head is always better from secondary fermentation, and in time the flavour is too. I’m so conflicted!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Dammit! Maybe another glass will help me decide.

 

[Buffers brewery]

First day of our Greek holiday and I'm starting as I mean to continue . Lunch down in Kalyves...

Mythos starter , followed by Greek salad, small fishes and fried cheese...

After a leisurely stroll along the beach front, stumbled into a bar, wife had a Negroni and I had a Mamos (I now know I prefer Mythos to Mamos)

A stroll through the town so SWMBO could decide where we were eating tonight found us in a café/bar. Coffee for the wife and another Mythos for me.

I love Kalyves

 

[obscure]

House Red and Rabbit Stafado. The wine has a slight spiciness to it and has being ever so slightly chilled. As tends to be the case with Greek house wines I have no idea of the grape variety or vineyard (based on past experience likely from a vineyard owned by the same family as own the Taverna) but it’s pretty good none the less.

 

[obscure]

As seems to be the style in Crete a glass of Raki to finish the meal.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Best Bitter. For me you just can’t beat a nice English Bitter.

 

[micklupulo]

After a quick dadh to Wales just polishing off a Furst Ferret

 

[micklupulo]

After a quick dadh to Wales just polishing off a Furst Ferret View attachment 103966

Fursty!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Fursty!

 

[maves]

Definite

Now a Proper Job not in the proper glass.View attachment 103925

Definitely a Wye Not Brewery!

 

[maves]

Definite

Definitely a Wye Not Brewery!

A couple of breweries near our Victorial Wye River.

 

[obscure]

I’ll be honest basically all the beer I’m drinking this week is going to be whatever larger the bar, cafe, restaurant has on tap as in hot sunny weather that is exactly the kind of beer I want so a draft Mythos. It’s cold refreshing and went well with the pork Gyro I had.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

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I’ll be honest basically all the beer I’m drinking this week is going to be whatever larger the bar, cafe, restaurant has on tap as in hot sunny weather that is exactly the kind of beer I want so a draft Mythos. It’s cold refreshing and went well with the pork Gyro I had.

Probably not the beer you want on a cold January afternoon in Gateshead but I really liked Mythos when I was in Corfu and Albania last month, probably the best available.

 

[Buffers brewery]

Corfu brewery do a nice IPA

 

[Buffers brewery]

Discovered a new beer to me. Brewed locally in Chania. Charma. Really nice. Had two with my lunch!

After a stroll found ourselves in the same bar we were in yesterday afternoon. A brace of espresso martinis (one for me and one for the wife) worked well.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’m having another taste of my cask Pirate Pale.

 

[obscure]

Normally when I look up a wine I buy in a bar or restaurant I am horrified by the markup but this rather nice Create White (50% Malagouzia, 50% Assyrtiko) at 26€ in the restaurant is €14 from a shop a mere 46% markup. Not sure if it’s normal or not but certainly welcome also to be honest a fair step up from the house wines I’ve primarily being drinking.

 

[Donegal john]

Pint of Belgian in the unexpected sunshine

 

[obscure]

A German couple really like my taste in Hawaiian Shirts also Raki continues to be surprisingly good. I’m also next door to a really good bakery so time for Greek Coffee and Baklava.

 

[SMP Brewery]

The wife should be taking the dog but she’s stuck in a lecture, so I’ve volunteered to take them and some how ended at the pub.

Trying something different an elderflower cider and it’s rather nice.