A pub with no beer
Posted: February 25, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentI was fortunate enough, through the good offices of Alcohol Change Cymru (UK) to be able to assist with organising a second alcohol free beer festival in Fishguard and Goodwick as part of Dry January 2020. There is a formal report available via the charity
And here is the poem I wrote, as a consequence of the festival. CHEERS!
Can you find good cheer
In a pub with no beer?
Does the very thought of alcohol-free
Leave you weak at the knees?
Or do such options give choice
To an alternative voice?
Could you go Without
Try a Big Drop stout?
Would people really stop and stare
As you quaff your Drop Bear?
Or you might not reject Brooklyn’s Special Effect.
Would a Sheppy’s low alcohol cider
Truly make you an outsider?
Or a bottle of Stowford Press
Will surely impress.
Perhaps a Super Bock
Makes for a pleasant shock.
If you’ve rejected the rest
Maybe a Sussex Best
Could leave you feeling quite blessed
Or an Infinite Sessions IPA
Absolutely make your day?
Sam Brown’s, still in play
And there’s Leeds Brewery OPA
To help your along
A stumble-free way.
And if Italy’s more your thing
Well, ciao! Shout out!
Peroni and Moretti have zeroed out
And can make your heart sing.
Truth be told
Whatever’s your thing
If it’s a day without booze
That feels like good news
Hangover-free
Or no danger of the handover
Of your set of car keys….
The liberty Of a non-drunken spree
Geared up by Tesco low alcohol G and T
Then hey! And Yay!
The pub with no beer
Can offer good cheer!
Seems there’s always room for thinking
About different ways of drinking