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Top Cambridge Pubs: The Royal Standard - Chouffe Party!

The natural thing to do after finishing your third night shift, is to go and drink lots of strong and delicious Belgian beer right? Well it’s what I chose to do.

Honestly, this isn’t a pub I visit often enough, and I have no excuse, I walk past it a lot. Situated in the Romsey area of Mill Road, The Royal Standard boasts Cambridge’s largest selection of Belgian beers, and plenty of English beers served on cask and keg! I must admit, although I like Belgian beers (I’ve tried 110), I’ve never quite understood the love for them. Perhaps a Chouffe Party is just what I needed. 

I had the honour of being the first person there, which meant I to got to be the first to play the party games! More on those later on. 

A very well stocked bar of Belgian beers

I started on the McChouffe, a strong and dark Belgian ale. It was delicious. A full on malty taste with some smooth caramel in the aftertaste. This was my favourite of the Chouffe beers. 


Me and my dad on our first drink of the night.

It was then time for a game and there were many prizes on offer.

I had my eye on one of the big bottles at the back

A few Chouffes later I took on landlord of The Royal Standard, Martin, at what became a very intense game of giant Jenga. It’s a good thing that I perform well under pressure! 

Intense!

Martin was an absolute pro and snatched victory in what was a hard fought contest. Was my dream of winning a big bottle of Chouffe over? It was for now, as the Chouffe rep gave us a taster of N’ice Chouffe and the alcohol free Chouffe. The AF Chouffe is certainly one of the better AF beers that I’ve tried. It actually tasted like the beer it’s a version of, something I rare find in the AF beer scene. The N’ice Chouffe was divine. At 10% it gave a strong taste met with real spice, a real taste of winter. 

I was then challenged to a game of black jack by the Chouffe rep. Never having been to a casino, I wasn’t confident, but I kept my eyes on the prize. The rep showed his cards first, a strong 19. I tried to keep my best poker face and contain the pandemonium, as I revealed my hand of 20. This meant:


Winner!

I wasted no time getting this bad boy open. Of course I shared it out, I’m a really nice person. I could have easily drank it myself though, it was excellent! Less carbonated in taste than the regular blond. 

It was then time to head off. I love events like this, they’re great fun! The Chouffe rep was a great laugh, the beers were nice and I think everyone enjoyed the games. The Royal Standard should be on everyone’s must visit list in Cambridge. It won’t be long until I return. Thanks to Martin and the Royal Standard team for putting this event on. 


Top Cambridge Pubs is going to be one of the features of this blog, as I guide you around my favourites and regular haunts. Any guesses as to which pub will feature next?

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