Wednesday, 9 June 2010

London Ale Taster

And the winner of the City of London Ale Taster competition is .......

Me !

.....fanfare.....appluase.....cheers......general acclaim ......

I pitched my taste buds against five other beer lovers at The Old Spitalfields Market this afternoon and after four flights of four beers trying to identify each beer, followed by a one minute speech I was the overall winner and will now hold the title of City of London Ale Taster for the coming year.

Cheers all - more on this to follow, I dare say.
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13 comments:

  1. BryanB9 June 2010 at 21:21

    Congratulations!!!

    The ales are on you, eh? (-;

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  2. Mark Dredge9 June 2010 at 21:40

    Brilliant - congratulations!

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  3. Dubbel10 June 2010 at 00:00

    Fantastic Steve, living the dream!

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  4. Terry Talc10 June 2010 at 09:01

    Fiddlesticks! So YOU are the new CLAT!!!!!

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  5. thebull_hk10 June 2010 at 09:12

    Well done, Steve -- your many, many years of practice has finally paid off!!

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  6. Anonymous10 June 2010 at 09:29

    Congratulations!!! If you ever fancy turning your skills to actually run a pub visit the Greene King website for hundreds of available pubs.

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  7. Baron Orm10 June 2010 at 09:31

    Fantastic news - it was so good to see someone I 'know' win the competition!

    You will do a great job!

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  8. ZakAvery10 June 2010 at 10:19

    Very well done - what a great thing to have on your CV!

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  9. alex@ALLBEER10 June 2010 at 11:07

    Well done Steve!

    This is some honour and I'm sure you will 'give it your all' throughout the year.
    Cheers!
    Alex.

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  10. Dan Simpson10 June 2010 at 17:23

    Well done! I entered but didn't get shortlisted sadly. This was my entry, written in poem form if you're interested!

    http://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com

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  11. Alan10 June 2010 at 21:34

    Congratulations.

    I must confess that watching others drink beer was not really what I call a spectator sport. However, the Redemption brewery's Urban Dusk certainly helped pass the time.

    Your presentation was a real rabble rousing speech but I would have knocked at least two marks off your score for your poor taste in shirts.

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  12. The Beer Justice11 June 2010 at 07:33

    Thanks all. I think it was the shirt wot-won-it :-) Steve

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  13. Rudolph15 June 2010 at 20:44

    I have already put this on facebook but I will say it again. Many many congratulations. What kudos for you, beer in London and Camra. The job certainly went to the best person. I look forward to hearing about your adventures on here.

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