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Saturday night its Camra2006. I was not expecting too much from this beer festivile. Thought it would be a beer tent with a load of kegs and a bunch of men getting legless. I was in for a few nice surprises, no tent it was held in the St. Albans arena. About a quarter there were women and overall it was pretty civilised. First pint, "waggle dance", was excellent and said to be a honey beer (don't know if this is true). Second was "Bogin in the ell" not to my taste but drank it anyhow. Third was Ok but forgot what it was. Followed by a Youngs Porter which was top if you like porter (I do). Just as we were getting into the swing of drinking a band cranked up the music and played. Now when I say a band I do not mean just any old band. Oh no! It was the Dr Feelgood band! and they were simply awesome. Its no wonder their latest album gets such rave reviews. Yes they did their classic milk & alcohol one but they had loads of great material. I have got to say the Camra guys organised a great event and for sure I will be back next year. Never know I might join one day. 8,000 people over four days downed 30,000 pints. That's only four pints each (light weights). In short the event can be described as real ale, real people, real music and fake food.
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If you like the clip and if you want more free clips of their music then visit ( Dr Feelgood at Amazon ) Amazon have their latest album which gets 5 star reviews from Amazon visitors. Sure my video does not do them justice, but give me a break, it was done on my tiny pocket camera and then just for the web I compressed the clip right down from its original 70MB. I still like it and I hope the doctor and his merry band do not mind me doing this. Did not see any "do not film and then put it on the web" signs so must be OK.
Saturday night, our kids are asleep, what a week work, rain, even more rain and my car got rear ended. Just done a heap load of shopping so we should be ready for our guests tomorrow. I declare its time for a glass of my 1997 elderberry wine. If it tastes great then it will be offered to our guests tomorrow. But alas no, while it is drinkable some of the fuller flavours may not be appreciated by the uninitiated.
What a fantastic day its been, weather has been great and the company of friends is even better. Our three year old gets on so well with their three year old. Our zero year old grins mutually at their zero year old. After we all mucked in to plant the Sunflower that Sophia grew at school we all settled down to a full roast. I offered our guests a good Australian red. Today has been truly special, real friends and real food. Now that they have gone and our kids are asleep I take the opportunity to nibble on what is left of the roast and pour out a glass from the Elderberry wine I opened yesterday. The wine has now had time to breathe and it tastes just great. (homebrew bliss)
I'm kind of watching TV it's the Beckam's celebrity party and kind of reflecting on a great day. Its hard to beat a full roast with good friends and share a drink that you have a personal connection with. Tonight I would not swap my place here at home for a seat at the Beckam's party. No offence to them and I recon of all people they would probably understand. As I reflect some more on the day I also reflect on 1997 when I brewed this wine. It is so long ago that it is as if I have inherited this bottle from a former version of my self. As I get ever nearer to the end of the bottle the more it occurs to me that it is about wanting what you need and appreciating everything else that is good. Remembering that like my 1997 elderberry good things may not seem that good at first
My wife has just started her Pilates studio classes in Berkshire. She loves it and it means more time for me to do some brewing.
On the subject of fitness, I herd that drinker's get a beer belly because the alcohol relaxes muscles close to the point of absorption, the belly. In this relaxed state the belly is allowed to expand. In addition, due to the lack of muscle exercise fat start to build up around this area. My wife informs me that Pilates is the opposite, it tones these muscles and improves what is referred to as core stability as well as the other muscles. The problem with training a particular muscle set such as just the legs or legs and arms only is that it can lead to a muscle imbalance. Strong leg muscles but weak body core, this imbalance can lead to typical sports type injuries. They now even have classes just for men but before I go fitness mad and do the London Marathon just like I said I would there must be enough time to brew a good drop of Château Neurf.
The follwing text was typed in by my four year old daughter. I had no choice.
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I though I would try out Amazon's new beta suggestions banner. It is supposed to look at the page text and make sensible suggestions such as books that go into the specific subject in more detail. This way the banner adds value to the site but when I tried it out it was a bit hit and miss. Sometimes it was spot on and sometimes wrong in a funny way. Anyhow I will see how it goes. If it is useful to YoBrew visitors then there is a bonus, YoBrew gets just over 5% of anything that is ordered when someone uses the YoBrew Amazon link, even if they use the link and buy something completely different. It all helps but I will readily remove the advertisements if they do not benefit YoBrew visitors.
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