Lunch (tuna sushi rolls and iced coffee for the curious) in hand, I’m walking back to the orifice, when a women stops me and asks if I want to do a beer survey.

“Sure” I say, thankful that it’s not another dodgy charity asking me for money to clothe abandoned Albanian Shrimp Monkies or repaint the BMW’s of toppled dictators around the world.

The survey focused on Carlton United Breweries, Tooheys and Hahn products with a couple of imports thrown in to put you off the scent.

I used this 5-10 minutes of ours lives to dump on CUB beers while raving about Mountain Goat and Cooper’s products. I hope that’s acceptable to you all.

The only downside? When I asked if she had samples.. the answer was a regretful “No”. I cried, she cried, it was tragic.

The only television beer ad I could remember? The TONGUE ad of course! I even managed to name the beer it was supposed to promote! I think the only reason I could recall it though was because I had read an article discussing the merits of grossing out a whole nation to promote a beer..

I’m sure the survey was an international conspiratorial plot to get me to attend the Goat open night tonight..