No, this isn't a plug for my book "Stout!" Though it is excellent and well worth buying.
Checkpoint Charlie is the theme. And it's a followup to an earlier post Where I wrote that I was getting to feel more comfortable about Checkpoint Charlie as our new local. But that there was one thing that I missed from Butcher's Tears. The beer.
Being able to drink a Stout of a Mild. As at Butcher's they usually had at least one of each on tap. Something I really appreciated. But was never going to happen at Checkpoint Charlie.
And, blow me, if the very next time I went to Checkpoint Charlie they didn't have a Stout on their guest tap. And not just any Stout. De Molen Hel & Verdoemnis (Hell & Damnation). A really, really good Stout. I was in heaven.
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| A glass of De Molen Hel & Verdoemnis. |
"You really like the Stout Don't you?" the barman asked.
"Yes. How do you know?"
"You drink more than one. Most people only have the one."
"Well, I'm used to it."
The first sip is quite intimidating. But I soon got used to it. And it started going down scarily easily.
Usually, the guest beer lasts two weeks. I think the Stout will last longer. As everyone else is sticking to just one. Fingers crossed it will still be on next week.
I can't pass up on this chance to push my book "Stout!"
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