Black Sands - Mr Vodník

Mr Vodník is a full flavoured and complex Czech Amber Lager. A rounded base of Munich malt is supported by selected speciality malts to bring notes of brown toast and digestive biscuits with a slight ruby highlight. A touch of sweetness from the malt is offset by a clean and snappy finish from the use of classic Saaz hops making it a delicious and easy drinking session beer. Na zdraví! It’s a peaceful afternoon by the shore. You sit in quiet contemplation as ripples in the sullen pondwater cast mesmeric reflections of the sun as it peeks shyly from behind steel-grey clouds . A musty smell is the first indication that you’re not alone. The pungent aroma is trailed by shuffling footsteps as Mr. Vodník breaks your reverie. He’s an unusual fellow with sallow grey skin, clutching a lidded teacup tightly in a mottled hand. A pipe bearing years of careful use pokes out from behind a beard, matted like seaweed and the smoke winds its way in shifting whorls to add to a deep brown stain on his odd hat. He arranges himself next to you and waits watching the water. The locals are familiar with him and they all know not to go swim here lest their souls be added to his collection. So he waits, bored. It’s almost time for supper and the market is closed so you know there is only one thing that will keep him occupied, lest he start looking for souls more proactively. You take a pinch of your own tobacco and sprinkle it into the water. "Here is your tobacco, Mr. Vodník, now give me a fish."