As if it's not bad enough that the weather has been absolute SHIT almost continuously for the past two months in Beijing...... all the beer is going off too.
In the space of one 24-hour period this week, I was served undrinkable glasses of draught beer at 4 different bars. OK, the local brews - Yanjing, Beijing, Tsingtao - always have a high rate of 'failure' on draught (particularly at The Bookworm, alas), but places like The Tree (another beneficiary of my 'second chances' policy this year) and Salud are generally much more reliable than most. And even the Stella suddenly went sour - and the gas that was pumping it started reeking of hydrogen sulphide: now, that ain't right!! - at Room 101 the other night.
Is this just unfortunate coincidence, or is there some common factor behind it? Is it perhaps the weather? However, the one positive by-product of the smoggy overcast we've suffered for most of this "summer" is that the temperatures have mostly remained pretty low: no sunlight, no serious heat. And it is surely heat rather than humidity that tends to spoil keg beers during the summer? Or are there other factors at play in this that I don't understand??
I fear it is just further evidence of the ill luck that has been dogging me for months......
Born under a bad sign.......
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