Cape Town Daily Photo

A flat Amstel Lager

Although I'm not keen on it, loads of my friends drink Amstel Lager - its generally a pretty well-known beer in South Africa.

When Kerry-Anne and I last visited Paris together we stayed in a little hotel that had a huge Amstel sign outside it's doors. I found it amazing how something familiar, even a sign of a beer that you're not even partial to, helps make one feel a little more settled.

I just hope that some day someone will invent cans with a 1 month half-life. Not because it would encourage us to drink them faster, but rather that we wouldn't end up with cans like this one.