Having dumped BRAPA at Huntingdon station I trudged back to Waterbeach to feed Matt. I have a phobia about being at home at the best of times, but Saturday Night in Cambridgeshire is always an ordeal.
But redemption was at hand.
Saimon (no relation) is the village skate punk/twitcher/beer geek, and gets my thumbs up for alerting me to the arrival of the Draught Bass at the Sun.
I popped in between ordering Matt’s kebab,
and recording my parents’ garden at dusk.
I’ve told you enough about the Sun. A proper local, beer well-kept, Sky football to the left. All you need.
Half a dozen regulars, including a worrying number of Liverpool fans cheering Salah’s winner at Huddersfield.
I nodded acknowledgement to Andrew, the Landlord.
“Bass ?” And that was it. How did he know ?
It was a good Bass, perfect temperature and tight head. Not quite the flat masterpiece of the Petersgate, but as good as you’ll get in Derby this week.
So I did my bit, but I suspect it’s not on tonight and won’t be back for a while.
Why do pubs rotate their beers when kebab vans don’t keep changing their range ?
retiredmartin 
Bass doesn’t need to be rotated – well done brother for continuing to fight the fight!!! Nectar as well?
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Good +. Close to what you get in Derby. Landlord knows what he’s doing (3 beers on, at least 2 you’ve heard of)
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“Bass?” And that was it. How did he know?
He had probably seen the competition.
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I normally go for Punk IPA ;-o
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That is one impressive garden.
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Yes, is that an Italian mimosa tree that I see? There’s a fine specimen just outside the Hermit’s Cave, in Camberwell, which is quite something in the Spring.
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I can find it in my heart to agree with you on that.
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When I stand in that garden I can find in my heart the desire to live in Waterbeach…
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You can live here if Paul moves to Minneapolis and I move to Stafford.
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So Waterbeach’s Sun has recently made you realise what it’s like living near a pub with Draught Bass and you know it’s permanent fixture in Stafford’s Railway and Kings Arms ?
And not a thought as to what I would drink in Minneapolis !
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We’ll build a tunnel with Doom Bar between Rock and the States. I’m sure that’s what Trump had in mind.
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Can I get into that moving to Waterbeach scenario?
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“I have a phobia about being at home at the best of times.” I assume you’re not being serious, Martin?
As much as I enjoy visiting and experiencing different places, there’s no place like home, and the joy of waking up in one’s own bed.
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“and the joy of waking up in one’s own bed” and then spending an hour trying to remember how one got home !
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Mostly serious. I’d be in a different place every night (with Mrs RM) if it were possible. Grow unbearable if don’t see something new every day.
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“see something new every day” but not a new beer every day.
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Maybe you could get Boak & Bailey to write a little article on the topic: “Seven Ways in Which Pubs Ought to be Run Like Kebab Vans.” 😉
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Not sure if serous, as the meme goes !
But it’s true, isn’t it ? You’d be miffed if your Starbucks or independent coffee place didn’t do a flat white or espresso, or your Indian place dropped the pappodums ?
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“Meal 10 the best bet”
Obviously it’s the can of drink that clinches it. 🙂
“Probably not a future micropub”
I can practically hear the tiny wood sprites tittering in the foliage.
“How did he know ?”
Another of life’s riddles that will never be solved. 😉
“Why do pubs rotate their beers when kebab vans don’t keep changing their range ?”
See above; another of life’s unsolvable riddles.
Cheers
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Seeing the picture of the burger caravan and the next photograph with a caption about not becoming a micropub has given me an evil scheme whereby convert a caravan into a micropub, then having got into the guide, not only do I have erratic opening hours but also move the pub without prior warning at frequent intervals.
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Think of the fun we’d have edging it forward every time Simon got within a few yards ! Still be easier to do that the Empingham cricket club.
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Presumably the wholly authentic kebabs are all made in a large factory by Marston’s in Burton on Trent or Wolverhampton?
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Well I presume Sir Humphrey makes the scratchings for his Sam Smiths pubs by hand so that’s entirely possible.
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