Advantages: A moving story that can be read again and again Disadvantages: None
Replay by Ken Grimwood is my all time favourite novel.
It begins with the death of the main character in the book, a guy by the name of Jeff Winston, a 42-year-old newsreader for a local radio station. On the 18th October 1988 at 1.06pm Jeff suffers a heart attack whilst sitting at his desk on the phone to his wife.
This rather odd start to this novel takes a dramatic turn when Jeff wakes up again in bed. Realising that he hasn't died after all he looks around at his surroundings, which look oddly familiar. There's an old song playing on the radio and a poster on the wall that Jeff recognises as being similar to one that he'd bought when he was at college. It's at this point that it dawns on him that he is in fact in the same room that he stayed in at college. His immediate thoughts are that this must be some extremely elaborate ...
Advantages: Tasty, light and fresh. A really good balanced beer. Disadvantages: A little more expensive than some beers.
We went out for lunch with my mum and dad on Tuesday to the Wellington Hotel in New Whittington (near Chesterfield). Our lunch was excellent and so was the beer. The Wellie has a choice of up to three Cask Ales and we tried two each ~ Alun had St. Austell Tribute and Jennings Snecklifter and I had Snecklifter and Tribute. My dad tried the Camerons Strongarm and even my lager drinking mother had a half of the Tribute. I?ve already reviewed Snecklifter and Strongarm, so I will now tell you about St. Austell Tribute!
~~~THE BREWERY.
The St. Austell Brewery Company Limited started back in 1851 ~ funnily enough in St. Austell in Cornwall. It was founded by Walter Hicks a farmer who mortgaged his farm to fund his new business. The Brewery is still a family owned business who now (according to the company info on their website) own ...
Advantages: Fantastic pint! Disadvantages: Not all that easy to find
About a year ago, I had to attend a meeting after a long, hard day at the office.
When I realised that the meeting was taking place in a pub, there was food providedand that the organiser (thanks Kevin, I owe you one,mate!) had left his corporate debit card details behind the bar, I realised that things were looking up.
Especially when the guest real ale at the pub was Tribute. Ah! What a wonderful meeting it was. In more ways than one.
As a beer drinker that has a hankering after a good IPA, (India Pale Ale) the first thing I noticed about Tribute was that it has a nice, light colour. Amber? Yes, but it did verge on looking rather like an IPA.
The taste? How did it compare to an IPA? Very well, in fact. It has a rather nice smell to it, which was suprisingly fruity. Would this fruityness be reflected in the taste? I'll say ...
![Kind Of Blue [Remastered] - Miles Davis](http://imagesb.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/small/919/prod_small-41919.jpg)
