Bright Brewhouse

[zarniwoop]

I was over snow by the time I was 9 after trudging to school through the snow for a few winters and ending up with soggy wellies. One reason I migrated.

As an ex pom I have to agree, but I do get a certain yearning once in a while. I like Melbourne as you can drive up for a day but don't have to spend the next 3 months scraping the windscreen of the car or standing in slush.

But what's the obsession with snow chains at the ski resorts??? I laughed when I was told to put chains on the car a couple of years ago, aside from it being a four wheel drive there was about 3 inches of snow on the road....

 

[spog]

Awesome to hear!!! SWMBO got me the brewer for a day voucher to spend the whole day brewing with them, they post half a case when is fermented and i get a cube of the wort!!! ;-)

(Lucky ) Bastard !

 

[spog]

Happy to see this thread. I will be there for a few days at the end of next month for a mates bucks.
Since they are all snowboarding and I am still in recovery from a knee reco, I reckon I might choose a favourite spot at that bar to while away the afternoons

And the Beechworth brewery is not very far away either !

 

[Mattrox]

Good good there too!

Outstanding beers. Pity it will be 2 yrs before I get back.

 

[surly]

Will definitely be finding time to visit beechworth. Those guys do nice work

 

[VP Brewing]

Bridge rd brewers in beechworth have a massive Oktoberfest every year. I went to the first four they had and it went from about 50 people to about 1000 in that time. Always ended up fairly messy. Also sat in for a brew with them once and they gave us pizza and beer for lunch and wouldn't take any money for it. Really good people and good beer.

 

[surly]

When do they do their Oktoberfest?
My thirtieth is this October...

 

[VP Brewing]

I think it is about the 14th of October. You have to buy tickets to it before hand. They have done that the last two years so it doesn't get too big. A few different options you can get but most include a stein full of tasty beer. The stein you get to keep and they are really solid with bridge rd brewers etched into the glass. I have four in my cupboard.

 

[surly]

Sounds awesome.
My birthday is the 10th... This could work.

 

[Nibbo]

Niseko?
Pretty cool skiing area aound there.

We were in Niseko when the tsunami hit. We were boarding in powder for the day, got back to the room later on and turned on the box to see the carnage. Very surreal.

On topic, I love visiting the Bright Brewery. Very tasty offerings. They had a lambic on one of the tasting paddles that the missus really enjoyed last time we were there. I enjoyed most if not all...

 

[surly]

We were in Niseko when the tsunami hit. We were boarding in powder for the day, got back to the room later on and turned on the box to see the carnage. Very surreal.

On topic, I love visiting the Bright Brewery. Very tasty offerings. They had a lambic on one of the tasting paddles that the missus really enjoyed last time we were there. I enjoyed most if not all...

I was in niseko last year.
Was so much fun dodging trees. Loved the mountain, but was not a fan of the town.
Had more fun in hakuba.

 

[Nibbo]

I'm hoping to get to Furano when we go next. I've only heard good things about the snow and the village. It sounds like it's the hill where the locals all go.
Niseko being known as little Australia, lived up to it's nick name. Plenty of Aussies. Not sure that was a good thing. The Aussies we come across were not the kind of blokes I'd have a beer with.

 

[surly]

Exactly my problem.
Bogan scum everywhere. They were fighting in the streets, littering and ruining Japan.

Hakuba was a much better experience. More locals, more respectful aussies. Was more what I wanted.

 

[zarniwoop]

Outside of the major ski areas in the south west we hardly came across any foreigners at all in the rest of Hokkaido, really worth exploring if you have the opportunity. Yep Niseko was definitely a aussie trap.