Beer and Sausages

Posted by Andrew Barrow, 10:32pm 21/07/2007. Leave a comment

We have sausages. We have barbecue. We also have the worst rainstorm since young Noah sailed a paper boat on the Nile.

If you have ever met Mr Chapman you will know that it is going to take more than a 'slight dampness' to curtail any plans he might have!

So there was I, damp round the edges, clicking like a mad clickly thing (that's clicking, not clucking) as Young Phil set-to on the flame side of things with Mr Chapman squeezing lemons, tossing rocket, 'supervising' and using his mighty powers to break the cloud cover for a few moments of warming sun.

We had a barbecue.

Of sorts. In the pan went Chiltern Brewery Sausages (made with local pork and 300 Ale), a little olive oil and a splash of lemon juice. Jolly nice they were too with a fresh loaf of bread, Chiltern Valley Pickled Onions and Chiltern Valley Chutney. A looser texture to the sausages perhaps than I am accustomed but deliciously tasty in a herby/beer kinda way; and excellent with the 300 Ale.

Further to my previous post we now have the beers from the Chiltern Brewery in stock; a delight, in fact, that my first 'assignment' (to sort out the local beer list) is 'coming together' and the results of our exhaustive tastings and subsequent of my purchases are now listed.

It was not all 'fun and games', I should add. A serious Chilean Merlot tasting was instigated as we delved through samples and compared to the currant listings; a new wine will soon join our list if I read the 'results' with any great intelligence.

So with Didcot Railway Station now under more water than said Noah floated above, a lake forming where once Steventon stood and Oxfordshire as a whole being pummelled by 'a months rain in a day' we indulged in a barbecue and a range review.

[Thanks to Young Phil and The Frenchman for getting me home]

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