Yesterday we were back to the beers and football after a few days off. We watched the Uruguay - Ghana match on the TV and any guilt I felt about allocating Uruguay that dreadful, out of date Patagonia brew disappeared after their outrageous, deliberate hand ball that robbed Ghana of their victory. Pah. We will now boo and hiss at Uruguay, and open a celebratory bottle of Ghana (Star in a bottle) when they lose.
But on to the contest that this blog is all about - the beers!
Contrary, to the tweet (Mike says that he was tired & emotional after a hard week at work), Denmark (Elephant) out muscled Honduras (sub Cristal from Cuba) 5-4. The Elephant was just more than the Cristal could handle. I think a lot could depend on the weather. Yesterday was cooler than it has been. On a hot day (perhaps more typical of Cuba & Honduras than Denmark), the Cristal would be better to drink than the Elephant. But every cloud has a silver lining - Honduras's loss is Alan's gain, as he will be able to have a bottle or two of his favourite tipple today as we do not need to hang on to any more Cristal for the semis and finals.
The second quarter final shows how commercial beers can really be quite good. You may recall I told you how Grolsch reached the semis of the Boxbeck European Beer competition two years ago, much to my surprise. Well, this time it's the turn of Kronenbourg. France (Kronenbourg) beat Australia (VB), in a fairly conclusive 5-4. The VB was surprisingly tasteless compared to the Kronenbourg.
So in the semis, we will have Denmark (Elephant) vs France (Kronenbourg). It will be interesting. On a very hot day my money would be on France....
Must dash - have to prepare for the BBQ for the judging panel for today's quarter finals.
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