November 12th was "designated" as a special day for all of us within the #KLTastingGroup due to several reasons:-
1) it was the wedding reception/big day of Pete--the youngest member of the group .
2) Jeff of Superstition Meadery in Arizona was kind enough to agree to KL joining many other world wide locations celebrating Berry White Day 2022 which happened to be on the same day.
3) It's the day where all members of the group can gather for a sharing session after a year plus since one of the guys been out of the country for overseas posting--to be held in the evening at another location after wedding lunch reception.
刚过去的十一月十二号是本地瓶子分享会的特别日子，除了我们几位成员时隔年多之后终于因为最年轻成员的婚礼而全员重聚，也适逢吉隆坡和其他城市首次一起欢庆美国蜜酒高手酿坊年度庆典Berry White Day。
有点遗憾的是，这样的好日子却由于个人不久前动了小手术而不得不禁酒一个半月，就这样，原本可以跟啤迷朋友把杯欢庆品酒的时光变成了只能以旁观者角度闻香观色拍照的静态参与者。虽然当天滴酒不沾，看着啤迷朋友们开喝品酒一起聊聊天感觉上有点奇怪但毕竟几个星期後就可以解禁，这次没能喝到固然可惜，但有时喝酒也讲求时机缘份的。
No doubt i was looking forward to the session--but it was not meant to be this time around--was admitted to hospital roughly 2 weeks before 12th Nov to go under the surgeon's knife for removal of something hindering the better health of my body system--though there were bit of hiccup but overall the surgery went well---and i have had smooth recovery since---but having gone under the knife would automatically mean NO ALCOHOL for a certain period---in my case it was 6 weeks---meaning I can't drink--not even a sip during 12th Nov.
For a geek who been looking forward to a share (it's been few and far in between through the year--hence the anticipation)--not being able to drink is probably the biggest issue--but a step necessary for better health--so I did went to the session knowing fully well i can't and won't be drinking anything on the table but just Kumbocha while taking photos--likely smelling too--but mainly "participate" as a bystander while the guys enjoying/describing/ discussing/commenting the opened bottles of beer/ mead.
How was it sitting at the sharing session knowing you can only watch-smell-take pictures of bottles/glasses after pour but cannot even go for a small sip? it was bearable though certainly not how joining a session should be--perhaps some agony but overall not that bad since i wanted and enjoyed the guys.company.
Overall it was a more mead heavy session than we would normal do---mainly because it was a session to celebrate Berry White Day KL---also--what better way to celebrate the sweet union of a newly married couple than some delicious mead?
整体来说这是有别于我们一贯分享会瓶子类型的一次---明显的蜜酒占了多数---其实也可以明白--除了因为是吉隆坡首次同时庆祝BERRY WHITE DAY之外--还有什么比蜜酒更适合庆祝一对新婚夫妇甜蜜结合的大日子？（更何况蜜酒是小两口的心头好）。
for the record here's the main bottles shared on 12thi Nov:-
以下是当天开喝重点瓶子（部分照片啤迷朋友Gareth提供）：-
** all pics from no.9 onwards courtesy of Gareth Davies as i have left for home around half way through.
1) 3Fonteinen Robijn (Oude Kriek)
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