to invoke kingsland ale is to wish for a good-sized mouthful of the stuff , but we put temptation behind us ; 7:30 a.m. is far too early for drinking anything but fruit juice , coffee , and milk ( except for the likes of wanda kinderling , and wanda thinks of beer , even kingsland ale , as a dietary supplement to aristocrat vodka ) ; and we are in search of our old friend and the closest we can come to a hero , whom we last saw as a boy on the shore of the atlantic ocean .