Back to the important stuff - Wednesday night adventures.
Last night was a new venue for me - the Live and Let Live in Colchester which turned out not to be the pub I thought it was as I had mixed it up with one nearby.
The pub was a bit like the Carpenter's Arms in Maldon; basic but carrying a good selection of ales - in fact, too good as you will see...
I arrived to find Chief, Oaky, Huggy, Tomsk, OD, the Hustler, Jiber, Stanners and special guest star the Straggler all well into their first sample. They seemed really pleased to see me and were very encouraging about my ongoing fitness program
We sampled American Red by Calvors, Black Shuck by Hellhound and Evolution by Mr Majolica. Usually the Hustler and I are in full agreement on the Quaffers' Choice - being gentlemen of refined tastes. However this week we ended up in a long and bitter (geddit !) debate between Evolution and American Red. We took it to the wider assembly but that just made it worse with a number of people opting for different choices entirely. In the end the only option was to leave it to the wisdom of Tomsk. Fortunately Tomsk made the correct choice and Evolution was duly given the Quaffers' Choice Award. At that point another round of tasting began just to make sure.
Talk was of OD's new Alpine regime, the best way to cook horse and corporate governance.
We left to a windy but relatively mild night which meant a bit of a slog home for those of us heading East, Tomsk must have flown back.
