One Last Cheers Before Takeoff: Beer #4983 at Heathrow’s Virgin Clubhouse
From the Desk of JT, the Beer Logger (B-Logger)
- Mission: 50 Beers to 5000
- Beer #: 4983
- Location: London Heathrow Airport ✈️
- Beer: Virgin Atlantic 40th Anniversary Pale Ale
- Brewery: Wimbledon Brewery
- Vibe: Airport lounge luxury, reflective send-off
- Mood: Grateful, tired-happy, content
🍺 Beer #4983: Virgin Atlantic 40th Anniversary Pale Ale (4.0)
Beer #4983 was properly and comfortably imbibed in the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at Heathrow Airport, before boarding the flight home.
And honestly?
That makes it even better.
This wasn’t a rushed, tray-table beer.
This was a lounge chair, deep breath, “we really did that” beer.
A fitting closer.
JT Lounge Pint Breakdown:
- Drinkability level: High, dangerously smooth for pre-flight
- Setting synergy: Excellent — lounges improve everything
- Mood match: Reflective without being sad
- JT rating: 4.0
A fantastic collaboration between Virgin Atlantic and Wimbledon Brewery, and easily one of the better airport beers you’ll ever have.
🌍 The Trip (Still Unreal)
This holiday covered serious ground:
London → Stonehenge → Bath → Lacock → London → Glasgow → Edinburgh → London again.
Bucket list items checked.
New cities explored.
Historic streets wandered.
And an impressive quantity of excellent beer responsibly (mostly) consumed.
From:
- The Bermondsey Beer Mile
- To Richmond’s Ted Lasso energy
- To breakfast beers in Glasgow
- To underground tastings in Edinburgh
Every stop delivered something memorable.
🎥 The Beer Video Experiment (Round One)
Massive credit to Lori, who pushed me to finally start recording beer videos on this trip.
The results:
- 35+ videos recorded
- 33 used
- A few filmed when I was… generously over-served
- A few that were objectively terrible
- All of them fun
I didn’t use scripts.
Maybe I should have.
What I learned:
- My favorite word is “great”
- Which is… really great 😄
- Verbal variety is officially on the to-do list
I may be slightly tired of seeing myself talk about beer — but that feels like a good problem to have.
And knowing friends and family are following along?
Genuinely appreciated.
✈️ Why This Was the Right Final Beer
Ending the trip in the Virgin Clubhouse felt right.
Not rushed.
Not sad.
Just calm, satisfied, and quietly proud of the journey.
Beer #4983 wasn’t about novelty.
It was about closure.
A pause before boarding.
A final toast to:
- Miles covered
- Beers logged
- New ideas tested
- And memories stacked high
🍻 JT Final Thoughts
This wasn’t just a vacation.
It was a creative run, a beer crawl, and a reminder that saying yes to new projects usually pays off.
Here’s to:
- My Loving Wife
- Better scripts (maybe)
- Fewer uses of the word “great”
- And many more beers still ahead
Cheers! 🍻
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