Last weekend we went to France with the intention of camping. A  previous visit looked like this...

 However the rain-gods conspired against us, and instead we went here: 

but there was no room at the inn. Then we went here:

only to find it was full of Belgian wrinklies......

Right,next stop, La Bretagne, point of last resort....

....and we got a room!

Dried off, we headed for La Brasserie Audomaroise, as you do when in St.Omer...

.... they make nice beer...

Belgian Beer...

Dolle Teve. (Mad Bitch) 10%

De Dolle Brouwers, Esen, Belgium

dedollebrouwers.be

mad beer/tech geeks

www.ale2.co.uk

These guys were in the pub on Friday evening.

They want to have a link between real beer and the web 2.0...

They are passionate about good beer and how to promote it on the webusing all their webby stuff... way beyond us merer mortals ( :-))

Whte Park Brewery

so was this... only had a taste but it was hoppy.
This was on at the Oakdale Arms this evening and very nice it was too.

inferno

I am reliably informed by Burnley Dave that there is not much point in posting this picture.

Greedy swine had 5 pints. Ah well, we'll just have to get some more....

golden duck

Came to replace the Hophead...........

Lasted 3 hours..........

Crouch Vale

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Hophead........

It went on this evening to replace Brewers Gold, which lasted 16 hours over 2 days, ho-hum.

Dark Star
Crouch Vale

You couldn't put a cigarette paper between the two of them on taste, quality, colour, perfectness....
Two of the best beers brewed in Britain. (IMHO)

Ireland

Home for the weekend for my mother's 70th birthday.
Lots of wine and very little beer.... until we got to the airport on the way back

An Evening In The Oakdale Arms........

Rob has opened his menagerie at the Oakdale Arms...
Here are the lizards and the fish tank...
The cat comes tomorrow and the dogs this weekend...
Oh and the aviary in the beer-garden is coming soon too...........

oakdalearms

Here's what's coming........

Milds for May

Well, the Milds for May have been quite a success. 5, 6 and 7 were on today, with more coming next week.
Martin the Mildman was in last night and commented on Scoopgen that he had found 16 milds in Central London
last night. We had 3 and the Wenlock had 4, so 7 milds within 5 minutes walk/stagger....

Mild as it should be....

This was on from Monday 'til this evening. Just before I left I checked the contents: it won't be there in the morning.
It's best before date was last Friday (08-05-09), and it was probably, no, definitely the best Black Cat I've had.
Burnley Dave was in agreement. I don't know whether this was luck or whether Black Cat, like Marstons Pedigree, needs more
time in the cellar, but it was pure drinking pleasure. There's a tub downstairs at the moment.....hmmmm..

Wenlock Arms

Aaah, beer heaven.
Abbey Ales Heritage 3.8% lovely!

 

Nothing to do with beer but hey,what the hell...........

More mild...

Cains Dark Mild

www.cains.co.uk/

Dark Star Mild For May

www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk

 

Cherry beer from L'Audomaroise Brewery.

 

The brasserie in St Omer has been brewing since September 2001.
They brew a blonde and an ambree which they then flavour.
Cherry is the latest addition. Rhubarb and chicory are normally available.

More mild

Red Squirrel came yesterday with New Mild amongst other goodies. Also Gary brought some bottled beers; RSB,
American IPA and Conservation.

Red squirrel