Beer: 3 Brewers of St Albans Special 4.8%, Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Rebel Yell 5%
The Black Horse doesn’t shy from the stronger beers like the Brickies tends to… I like the option of a decent four and a halfer, but tend to favour a decent brown 4.2% as standard…
Anyway, I haven’t seen the Hatters for ages, and it’s nice to be back. Lovely to see Chris and Andy Whiting and John and Steve and Luke/Wilf, me brother of course – good to be back in the fold. All seem generally complimentary about my new winter plumage – the facial hair I’ve been allowing to grow since the week before we went to Prague is getting reasonably close to actually resembling a beard.
Chris at The Black Horse is always up to something new – this week it’s the Oxjam charity event. Not sure quite what that entails, but our friend (and graphic artist) Helen is painting signs for a donation. She does a “Knockouts” one, and I give her a fiver (is this enough, or too stingy?
While the football trade is welcome, there does seem to be far more to The Black Horse beyond our fortnightly visits take in; and Chris seems an excellent landlord/bloke.
Oxjam have taken the space at the end of the pub, on the stage, where we like to hold court – so we’re crammed up at the bar near the door. That’s ok though, thankfully the Notts County ale aficionados have gone elsewhere, and the pub isn’t abnormally packed.
Anyway, I haven’t seen the Hatters for ages, and it’s nice to be back. Lovely to see Chris and Andy Whiting and John and Steve and Luke/Wilf, me brother of course – good to be back in the fold. All seem generally complimentary about my new winter plumage – the facial hair I’ve been allowing to grow since the week before we went to Prague is getting reasonably close to actually resembling a beard.
Chris at The Black Horse is always up to something new – this week it’s the Oxjam charity event. Not sure quite what that entails, but our friend (and graphic artist) Helen is painting signs for a donation. She does a “Knockouts” one, and I give her a fiver (is this enough, or too stingy?
While the football trade is welcome, there does seem to be far more to The Black Horse beyond our fortnightly visits take in; and Chris seems an excellent landlord/bloke.
Oxjam have taken the space at the end of the pub, on the stage, where we like to hold court – so we’re crammed up at the bar near the door. That’s ok though, thankfully the Notts County ale aficionados have gone elsewhere, and the pub isn’t abnormally packed.
