World's Biggest Ale Fest ?

No game this week for the Jockey's as we had been knocked out of the Jubilee Cup a few weeks ago. On Thursday though I played for the Hustlers in the Perry Street Club League Knockout Cup first round. We had been drawn against the Bandits on Alley 2 and won the toss, electing to play second.
The Bandits came back with a reasonable score of 70, but a steady hand from the team saw us move ahead by 8 pins. Our opponents had a slight improvement on the second hand with 72 which we fell short of by one pin due to Andy P managing to score an unfortunate 'duck'
The Bandits 'upped the anti' on the third hand with a score of 82 which we cruised passed thanks to a 14 spare from Nick to give us a lead of 14 pins.
The last hand saw us needing 62 to win and we eventually won by 10 pins to set up a second round tie with the Bedrockers.
On Friday night I made my way with some of the usual suspects into The Cerdic in Chard for the Weatherspoons Beer Festival.
I started with a pint of Caledonian's Devil's Advocate  which was a dark cask conditioned lager at 4.2% which turned out to be a pleasant surprise as I usually avoid anything associated with the 'L' word.
Second beer of the night was from the USA and was the Cambridge Brewery's Heather Ale at 4.0%. It was a deep golden ale with a very refreshing taste.
The third beer was a real delight but at 6.0% you wouldn't want too many. It was Ij Ijbok from the Brouwerij't Brewery in Holland. For number four I went back to the Devil's Advocate but number five was a newly tapped barrel of Steenbrugge Dubbel Bruin from Belgium and was another 6.0%'er, not quite as smooth as the 'Bok but very nice all the same.
The last beer of the night was another newly tapped beer and was a Mild, something we don't see enough of in the west. It was Bank's Howling Wolf at 3.8% and my beer of the night with a real first taste wow factor and a lovely smoky aftertaste. I just had to try another so I was just a little worse for wear when we finally headed home.