Beer on Board: Even as an atheist I'll drink to that....

In the Beginning God created Timothy Taylor's Landlords bitter, an ale without equal in this world and very possibly the next. Sometime later a prophet in the Antipodes, (Adelaide to be precise), called Cooper created “Coopers Sparkling Ale” which is quite without equal as a bottled beer.

Admittedly the Germans and the Czechs have had a damned good go too, and produce tolerably good brews. Belgium also deserves a place on the podium - just.

Whilst not quite a nectar of the Gods, a Spanish supermarket called Mercadona is producing a respectable canned Cerveza “in the German Style” which is very very quaffable and called “Steinberg Bierre“.

36 cans provide the boat’s fridge with the thermal stability required to cope with external temperature fluctuations.

Competitively priced at 3€ for a pack of 12 cans, its very difficult to justify room in the fridge for other forms of calories.

At any one time the Fox has a stock equal to that the local supermarket to protect consumers from opportunist pricing and currency fluctuations.

It's a big responsibility but someone has to think ahead and look after these items.

Remember Ben Franklin’s pearl of wisdom “Alcohol is proof that God wants us to be happy”

Even as an atheist I’ll drink to that.