. Favourite Beer of the Week

Ginger beer for ginger beardies.

This is one of those Kiuchi Hitachino nest beers (like this one and this one). This one is the "Real Ginger Brew" and it has ginger in it, and tastes a bit gingery. Very good on a Sunday when you're in the middle of an awfully long recipe like Mushroom Wellington with Madeira Sauce and it's 4 o'clock and the guests aren't arriving til 6:30 and it's too soon to get into the wine but you need a little something. But then afterwards you start to get tired and your wife has to finish the recipe and now it's 5:30 and you're at the computer and thinking of having a shower when you really should be helping in the kitchen and you have totally forgotten to make the mashed potatoes.

Oh dear.