Venue announced for the Beer Challenge Final!!!

Tony, landlord at the Crown, has agreed to host the final of the Otters St George's Beer Challenge. Ideally we'll do it on 26 April, the first Sunday afternoon after St George's Day, subject to availability of all parties, and especially our pro-brewer judge. Craig?

Correspondence:

No problem as long as you promise NOT TO STAY FOR THE QUIZ

Cheers Tony

Yours Sincerely
Tony & Sian OBrien
General Managers
www.crownchertsey.co.uk
crownhotel@youngs.co.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Cable
Sent: 31 March 2009 21:19
To: .Crown Hotel
Subject: FAO Tony: Chertsey Amateur Beer Festival

Dear Tony,

I don't know if you've heard of Chertsey Otters RFC, but it was founded in your pub (see potted history below). The latest endeavour of the club is a strictly amateur brewing competition (http://chertseyotters.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-george-beer-challenge-try-your-hand.html), which comes to a head (geddit?) around St George's Day 2009. We have a professional brewer coming down to judge the entries, of which there are about 12 at present.

What we lack, however, is venue to do the tasting and have the prize-giving. Now, you might think it's a bit odd to contact a pub and ask the manager if we can bring unaffiliated ales onto the premises for the purposes of a beer competition that doesn't involve Messrs Youngs or Wells directly. But bearing in mind that the only person tasting these beers - many of which stand a good chance of being unpalatable swamp juice - is the hapless out-of-town brewer; and that everyone else will be drinking your own fine selection of chilled beverages; and those no doubt in pretty alarming quantities; and that you are nothing less than a benevolent and sainted individual, I thought I'd ask anyway.

The plan was to do the afternoon of Sunday 26 April, with a good chance plenty of people will stay on for the quiz afterwards. Appreciate if your response combines 'direction away from' plus a command related to procreation. Fingers crossed, eh. What do you reckon?

All best,

Ichi

PS Promise never again to bring up the fact that the crab is an animal.

PPS Or mention that Wales came fourth.