My favorite blog these days is one from London about beer. Stonch has only been writing for a few months but his style is cheery and knowledgeable. Like me, he brews and hunts out new styles but unlike me he is much more in the centre of things beery. He also has a great eye for the photographic beery moment, including the one shown illustrating that you can take a cask of your own home brew on a train in the UK. Today he posted about the end of smoking in the pubs of England that came into effect yesterday and caught a celebrity moment:
Although the selection was restricted to bitters and summer ales – the curse of the English pub – everything was in perfect condition. The massive pork pies and cheese plates, served in lieu of dinner, win plaudits also. The Falkland even has celebrity endorsement: Patrick Stewart of Star Trek fame was sat at the next table to us. You can spot him in the background on one of the photos above. He wasn’t alone. Despite sporting a dodgy tache and white socks, he seems to have bagged a stunna. Well done, grandad.
Bagged a stunna. Excellent.