Iron Heart/Aero Leather joint party - 11th July 2010

[hectic]

I am almost fully converted from lager. Really good ale is the Iron Heart of booze.

[Tripleterror]

Beatle
You'll give up drinking that lager stuff when you try Hole Hearted, or any other of the Oakleaf beers come to that!
I speak from experience. 
Simon

[hectic]

G, do Oakleaf do some bottle conditioned stuff also?

[Giles]

Yep.  All the bottled beers are bottle conditioned.  Hole Hearted in bottles won the SIBA Best bottled beer of Britain last year…G

[hectic]

Just had a look at their site, I now immediately want a drink.

[Beatle]

we´ll see if I´m a new born believer in ale after July 11

[Giles]

You will be, especially with the Hole Hearted.  It really is a brilliant beer…G

[Beatle]

looking forward to it****5 bottles and I will be convinced

[Simon]

The Oakleaf brews are some of the best beers England has, and as we make the best beer in the world that makes them pretty much the best beers in the world!

My favorite is the Blakes Ale; its a very dark beer, apparently (according to the brewery tap) brewed to a Victorian recipe found in the Gosport archives from a local brewery by the name of Blakes that was closed many years ago. This stuff is full old world strength - 5 bottles and your going home in a wheel barrow!

Gosport has a tradition of brewing great beer; All the Navy's beer for nearly 200 years was brewed in a building on the other side of the square from Giles's house and within sight of the current Oakleaf brewery. The ration was 8 pints a day +1/2 pint or rum, Nelson won the battle of trafalgar on this stuff!

Here endeth the history lesson.

[Giles]

And just to complete the history lesson.  The well that was built in 1788 to provide the water to make the beer for the Royal Navy is in our back garden:

This was taken from a ledge about 15 feet down the well (it is actually 50 feet deep), the day I discovered the well was there:

One of my madder friends offered to dive the well, he found this well bucket at the bottom, we reckon it's about 220 years old.  He did have the grace to admit after the dive, that it was the scariest thing that he had ever done:

[Madame Buttonfly]

@Beatle:

..how about Mojito..I will free willingly work the bar

Beats, I will very happily join you on the Mojitos!

[Beatle]

Cool - I was hoping I could count on you..those give you all the stuff you need - sugar for energy, fresh peppermint for a clean aura, club soda for hydration and just enough alcohol for a sufficient blood flow…

[LandoCal126 0]

I will join you both on Paula's bench as well. Let us not forget Bartending was my profession for the past few years….

[Beatle]

Lando - I hereby announce you official ironheart party barkeeper ! Paula and I will be happy campers on the infamous bench

[LandoCal126 0]

Hey, I don't want to work the party but we can definitely make a Mojito or two!!!

[Beatle]

Nice **

[Giles]

@LandoCal126:

And do I see more shots of workshirt flannels!?!?! Oh and please have Haraki bring that sherpa lined vest!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED IT YESTERDAY…

Haraki is going to bring everything that he can spare, with him.  They use the samples as sales tools, so Hiro is actually going around all the Japanese retailers showing them the new stuff, so what comes over here is dependent upon what Haraki can spring from Hiro.

I have asked Haraki that in the future he makes one extra sample of everything that he makes for me to have here for similar purposes…G

[Beatle]

Great idea…

Countdown - 2 weeks 2 days

[Tripleterror]

Beats
It's a great evening here in the UK and I am, at this very moment, sampling your Mojito recipe.
Very nice 
Simon

[Heavy Duty]

This sounds like it's going to be a great day. I only wish i was able to make it