Exotic First Meal In Oz

Marinated baby octopus, Wensleydale, Manchego, sheeps milk blue, olives, bread, oil, accompanied by the excellent Little Creatures (American style) Pale Ale. OK, pretty much the same sort of thing we eat at home. Except we did it UPSIDE DOWN AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE! Boo-Ya!

OK, Let's Try This Again

Once more into the breach! Wish us luck, and endurance, as we again attempt travel to the other side of the globe...

We'll try to post some of our Aussie cuisine adventures....

No Oz For You! Try Maybe Next Week!

Bah. Short of it is that our flight through Denver to LA was cancelled, and no one else could get us there in time for our flight to Melbourne. New plan is next Saturday (fingers crossed.) Meantime, we'll just have to settle for Coopers....

In Search of Antipodean Beer

We're off to Oz for two weeks. Some of the places we're hoping to check out:

The Local

Royston Hotel

Two Brothers (Not the Ebels!)

Beer DeLuxe

Wish us luck!

Dry Dock

Kind of sad, don't you think? All of those fermenters idled. Problem is, the brewer/cellerman will be in Oz for the next two weeks, and won't be able to keep the fermenters fermenting. So add 100% yeast unemployment at my place to the parade of dismal labor figures from Michigan....

Notes From the Road: Revolution Brewing

Sunday before last, on our last stop before heading back home from some beery adventures, we had some of the best commercially produced mild ale I have had in a long, long time. Visually perfect- bright ruby/brown, with a long-lasting creamy head, and perfectly balanced. "Good as homemade!" I exclaimed to the bartender. See?
OK, so the CrapCam (TM) in my phone doesn't make for the best images. So, you'll just have to trust us. The truly eagle-eyed may discern that that is the famed (or soon to be) Bacon Fat Popcorn. Yeah.

Breakfast of champions

Stout. Irish style, brewed to perfection by Doug from Fort St Brewery. One quick pint this morning at 8AM, then off to work.