The new year family gathering is without a doubt the most challenging event of the year, but I did better than last year when it came to (difficult) conversations and it only took several tonnes of terrible beer to pierce the language barrier.

In my Beer52 box yesterday there was a Raspberry Stout, which made me very happy, a pairing of my favourite beer style with my favourite fruit!

I made my favourite tofu dish this evening (Vegan Richa’s Black Pepper Tofu) and I think it might be the first time that I ate it with non-oxidated, home-brewed beer on draught.