September...

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

"Judas Blonde. This is a real ripper, somewhat like a Hoegaarden with guts. To be consumed with care, but a "you must try this before you die" beer, even if you don't ordinarily like blondes. Very alcoholic (8.5%) 9/10."

Where can I buy this wonderful sounding brew? - sounds like just my type of beer - incidentally, do you like the Hoegaarden Grand Cru?

Hope the walk run plan is proceeding a pace, keep taking the Glucosamine and the ESB, though maybe not together.

Am off the St Petersburg next month for a few days, anybody have any ideas on Russian Brews? have been warned against running there though, apparently the natives might think we were weird - (surely not ;-))

It's not too difficult to find here in Oz, so presumably any reasonable establishment with a selection of Belgian beers will have it or could get it in for you. Of course, you could just pop over to the country concerned... it astonishes me how close you are to everything over there. It's 3,000 kilometres from here to the other end of the country - that's a helluva taxi fare...

I am partial to Hoeggarden, but not in quantity. I hanker for bitterness after a glass or so... and I know nothing of Russian beers, so please give us a few tasting notes from your trip there!