Wed 27 July 16.
After a few weeks recess for one thing or another, (mostly drying out), the famed (or is that shamed)
BDAS made its triumphant come back tonight!!!
A new comer to the testing table young Shaun, (of the ‘half a haircut’ fame) asked if the esteemed
gentlemen of the BDAS would like to try out ‘Altenmunster. Brauer Bier’ of German origin, that has a
very good reputation (according to Shaun) of being a superior beer to its peers. (We will be the judge
of that, says an elderly, grumpy member). (I think he was having flash backs, to the time of the Blitz,
in the old country).
So on to the presentation its self, after pouring quite liberal amounts into the testing glasses, (young
people nowadays, no restraints, what, eh).
What with Shaun not even being an associate member he was asked to retire to the after chamber
(read, rumpus room), where he could play ping-pong and or join up the dots in the colouring books,
laid out for that purpose, for the young folk. Shaun somewhat reluctantly, retired from the adults
table, to go join his fellow adolescents.
At this point in proceedings, Mitch, (an associate member), also retired from the table, sighting an
important phone call he had to make! The general comment emanating from the members at the
table was “…. What can be more important than drinking (free) beer..?”
The (shall we say) mature (phoneless) members, then began tonight’s tasting, see comments below:
“…..This is a very summery, crisp drink. Not deep in flavour. No depth. But still light in flavour. Odour
less, One dimensional. (What the fu#k does that mean Aids?) I could easily down 6 of these in the
Summer time, very easy to drink. (So could we all, if Shaun was buying them!). If it wasn’t for the
(fancy) bottle, then you wouldn’t think that you were drinking an expensive beer). (This last
comment was attributed to Aids, with the same rebuke from his last comment, I.e. What the fu#k
does that mean?)…”
Thea fore mentioned Mitch (of “…important phone call…” fame) re-joined the members and after
hearing what was in the minutes, agreed that they covered any input that he would have had.
When asked (sarcastically), if he had, had a nice phone call? Replied, “…. Nicer that this beer…”.
This 500ml, 4.9%, German, ‘Bier” Scored an average 7 Volkswagens out of 10 Mercedes.
What would you pay for half a dozen? $25 was the best we could get from the members.
Shaun had in fact paid on average, $32.00 for half a dozen. We have said it once already tonight, but
are happy to repeat this mantra; ‘young people nowadays, tut, tut, tut.’
P.S.
Later on that evening after the play-room had been tidied up, the young folk reappeared, Shaun in
amongst them, when told of the comments and score of his “….best beer…” he was heard to
mumble something along the lines of “… Old people nowadays, expletive, expletive, expletive…”!