Beers and Burgers

Headed for the annual Norwich Beer Festival today orginal plan was to bike in but rain put pay to that.

As I had to rush for the bus to get into the city missed breakfast so opted for a Big Mac prior to the beer festival.

The queue was massive but well worth the wait first beer to be sampled was Phipps IPA which was very refreshing with a hint of grapefruit.

The 2nd beer to be tried was St Peters Golden brewed in South Elmham in a Brewery founded by marketing guru John Murphy who also owns Plymouth Gin.

3rd beer was Tolly Roger from the Cliff Quay in Ipswich which I first dicovered as a student when studying business in Ipswich.

4th Beer was the Tally Ho another beer from Suffolk but this time up the coast at the delightful town of Southwold it was one of those beers that just slipped down the throat and gave one a warm glowing feeling from the inside.

5th Beer was the Iceni Boadica which I rated as very average and lacking character.

6th Beer was Wolf Ale brewed in Besthorpe between Wymondham and Attlebourgh, was very good indeed with a hoppy sharp taste.

After all that drinking a large appitite had developed so another Big Mac was eaten before briefly seeing Sophie bit of planning of upcoming social activities.

Barbie is 50

Today Barbie is 50 years old.

Was thinking today a few questions why does Barbie's partner need to be Ken and not Karen ?

Come to think of it how come toy stores do not sell Barbie the Bricklayer kits ?

Companies like Mattel have a mamouth social responsibility in the social values that they impart their has been some suggestion that Barbie is linked to eating disorders.