We're all here, drinking beer, drinking beer without a care

So this was a thing that happened yesterday, in the large plastic shed that constitutes our $200M football stadium.

 

There was quite a lot of this going on.

And a not unreasonable amount of this too.

There were a lot of beers to drink. Like, a LOT. Many of which were not terrible. Here are the ones Your Correspondent put his hard-earned OUSA-branded casino tokens (don't ask) down upon:

ON WITH THE BODYCOUNT
Golden Eagle South Island Pale Ale - this was good.
Queenstown Brewers 25oz Pilsner - this wasn't. Supposedly won the Lake Hayes A&P Show homebrew comp.
Stoke Bomber Biscuit Lager - biscuity.
Herne Brewery The Hunter ESB
Valkyrie Brynhild Golden Ale - quite a mouthful.
Harringtons Brewer's Selection Strong Pilsner
Emerson's Brewers Reserve Bald Eagle IPA - broke own rule of not getting anything I'd tried before, because the queue for the Emersons/Whittaker's Chocolate Stout (already sampled in all its dark oily glory) was ridic. Pouring staff knew me, so a half-glass taster miraculously became a full one. Excellent
Birch St Brewery Hollister Ale - these guys are in the laundry at Plato. Doing good work
Green Man Festival Ale - less said the better
Velvet Worm Brewery Dune Dweller Pilsner - pretty sure they got this confused with their wheat. Either that or the batch had something growing in it. Still quite pleasant.
Velvet Worm Brewery Peripatus Pale Ale
Velvet Worm Brewery Eye of Jupiter Red Ale
Tuatara Helles - a palate cleanser after the raw but enthusiastic Velvet Worm efforts
Twisted Hop Pacifikolsch - gud
Golden Eagle Don't Be Bitter
Valkyrie Freyja California Common
Emerson's Pilsner - had time and tokens to kill at the end
Harringtons Doppelbock - pint thereof at Eureka while thawing out after a frosty walk back

A fair sentiment.


The Doctor is OUT.