Just making note of the beers I sample in the various pubs (and at the Great British Beer Festival) in and around London. I really love the ales I get here in The UK. I get cask ales home when I can, and they're good, but they just don't stand up to what I can get here (depending on the style). As soon as I lift that pint glass to my lips, and I get that first aroma in my nostrils, and the first taste on my tongue, I am transported back to that first pint I had here the fall of '06, where I truly fell in love with it. I need to investigate what it would take to try to recreate some of these flavors and do some genuine cask ales Tuesday, at the Royal Oak (one of our favorite pubs), I enjoyed Harvey's Armada (flavorful, hoppy - happy I tried it), and Tom Paine, Harvey's take on an APA, in cask. Had this last year, and it's as yummy as I remember it. On Wednesday, at the Great British Beer Festival, I had more types than I could count. I remember quite enjoying Adnan Gunhill. Thursday, we found ourselves at the Bree Louise (our other favorite pub), I sampled Brewdog Trashy Blonde (fizzier than I was expecting), and some other beers whose names, alas escape me. I went Friday without a pint - not sure how I managed that. Must be the head cold.