Paul and Evelyn made their journey to the tasting arena by mountain bike - a 1 hour journey from Reading. Admire their outfits in this photo - perfect to get everyone in the mood for the big match on the TV at 3 p.m. - Germany v Argentina. Notice the balanced support for football teams. Paul politely failed to gloat when Evelyn's team was trounced.
Evelyn also told us much about Quilmes - for a later blog. In the meantime, admire the excellent Quilmes shirt.
Alan and Helen motored over from Little Stoke, Helen hobbling in on crutches after an unfortunate fall - an extreme measure to avoid being the designated driver, but worth it given the bucketful of tempting beers on offer.
To reward the assistant judges a taster of Taedondang was poured. This stimulated the taste buds prior to the main events and was surprisingly popular, despite its very poor performance in the group stages.
It was a close contest between Germany and Mexico, but Bitburger was not quite up to the challenge and lost narrowly 5-4 to Bohemia.
Next was Slovakia versus the only remaining African country in the competition, Cote d'Ivoire. Flag put up a spirited performance but Zlaty Bazant (crazy name crazy beer) was pronounced the resounding winner, with a score of 5-4.
Two interesting semi-finals to come:
1. The contest of the traditionalists -
France v Denmark (Kronenbourg 1664 v Carlsberg Elephant). Will the superior strength (7.2%) of Denmark carry the day?
2. The battle of the newcomers -
Mexico v Slovakia (Bohemia v Zlaty Bazant) - this is anyone's to win, but the smart money will be on Slovakia
Happy drinking!
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