In the Meantime...

There is no short supply of beer in London. There are, however, short supplies of cold, craft beer in this old-fashioned, cask-ale-loving city.

We had five guests staying with us this past weekend- three friends from Seattle and two friends from San Francisco. We may not cheer for the same NFL team : ) but one thing we do have in common is that we all love beer. So on Saturday, we headed out to the Meantime Brewery in Greenwich for a tasting and tour of one of London's most popular craft breweries.

Greenwich is a neat area in general. I've talked about it quite a bit because it's one of my favorite neighborhoods of London, but the brewery tour is something that neither Aaron or I had done.

For £20 we had five hefty tastings and learned about the history of the brewery. America actually has a lot to do with it- San Francisco's Anchor Steam was called out for being the first brewery to dare to do something different from the usual Pilsner and Lagers. And Seattle was called out for it's hops: the London brewery buys Cascade hops and even named one of their beers, Yakima Red. That's what Meantime is trying to do: be a modern, craft brewery in a big production, same recipe kind of world.

What can I say? Beer brings the people together.