Under the counter

With the derivatives calendar as predictable as my enforced exit from the saloon bar at the Rose & Crown when the subject of my bar bill gets raised with the new landlord, I was looking forward to a nice easy week this time round, as I drag out the annual Burgenstöck column and recommend a few mountaintop drinking holes. However, just as I was gathering up my jacket from the back of my chair and preparing for a relaxing 3pm exit, the powers-that-be here at FOW reminded me that SFOA’s annual shindig is this year not to be hosted...