Asks the owner if he's like to take part in a lager survey?
"Er, OK then" I reply.
Ten minutes of questions later I was given my invitation to a tasting session at a local sports and social club.
Wifey and the Boy were off to the cinema so off I went after work to do my bit for consumer research.
The session consisted of a half pint 'palate cleanser' followed by another four half pint samples to try whilst filing out a 35 page questionnaire. It made for a quite relaxing hour. we weren't told what each one was but I found out later that the samples were Peroni, San Miguel, Cobra and Kingfisher, with the 'palate cleanser being Carling.
One was horrible, one was bland and the other two actually quite nice considering I usually drink ales.
Then, as I was leaving, I was told "don't go yet, we haven't given you your money". A tenner for my time.
[jealous pout]
