At the London Drinker Beer Festival last night with some good friends. It’s on until Friday night.

I had (halves only)…

- Irving’s Frigate (”golden bitter with citrus hop flavour”). It was quite a nice start to the evening, but a little, well, dull.
- Dark Star’s American Pale Ale (”Chinook and Centennial hops provide dryness to balance the crisp taste”). Delicious - very similar to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, which is my official favourite beer.
- Thornbridge’s Kipling (”intense fruit flavours and long, bitter aftertaste”). Good, and similar (if a little less bitter) than the American Pale Ale. Thank you Giacomo for your recommendation.
- Fox’s Cerberus Norfolk Stout (”creamy stout, with chocolate and raisin character”). Good, nice dark beer, though stouts like this need, to my taste, hand-pulling, and not just pouring from a barrel.
- Dark Star’s American Pale Ale. Again. Because it was delicious.

We then typed in “curry” into the iPhone’s Google Maps application, and two minutes later found us in a quite pleasant curry house, where I proceeded to demolish a chicken and spinach curry.

Photo: mine. OK, this was last year. I forgot my camera this year.