Sa - Barossa Hospitaity

[Screwtop]

Thanks to all the SA brewers I had a great time in SA as usual. Hope you guys realise how lucky you are to have such great micros and pubs. Pubs such as the Royal Oak (David Gill) and the Wheatsheaf (Jade and team) support the beer movement in Australia, they are forward thinking and game enough to stock the best the world has to offer. Thes pubs have a real following, the brands and prices boldly displayed, flying in the face of megaswill mainstream. Good on them!

Visiting the Micros was a pleasure, the beers were great, The Steam Exchange, Lobethal Bierhaus (have to come back again to try your beer Phil), they were all so welcoming and willing to show off their breweries (especially Peter, Knappsteins) and take time to talk beer/brewing. What a great location for The Steam Exchange. Also visited Greenock Brewery, unable to look around but tried the beers on tap at the pub.

Special thanks to the Barossa Brewers. GMK held a brew day, had a ball and met some talented brewers (great stout Mark), thanks also Ken, Wayne, Brendan, Clive. Also had a beer or ten with BYB Andrew (Vorboden Frucht, WOW!), holy **** Batman, the sheds in the Barossa are a real surprise.

Anyway thanks guys enjoyed the hospitality!

 

[Back Yard Brewer]

Thanks to all the SA brewers I had a great time in SA as usual. Hope you guys realise how lucky you are to have such great micros and pubs. Pubs such as the Royal Oak (David Gill) and the Wheatsheaf (Jade and team) support the beer movement in Australia, they are forward thinking and game enough to stock the best the world has to offer. Thes pubs have a real following, the brands and prices boldly displayed, flying in the face of megaswill mainstream. Good on them!

Visiting the Micros was a pleasure, the beers were great, The Steam Exchange, Lobethal Bierhaus (have to come back again to try your beer Phil), they were all so welcoming and willing to show off their breweries (especially Peter, Knappsteins) and take time to talk beer/brewing. What a great location for The Steam Exchange. Also visited Greenock Brewery, unable to look around but tried the beers on tap at the pub.

Special thanks to the Barossa Brewers. GMK held a brew day, had a ball and met some talented brewers (great stout Mark), thanks also Ken, Wayne, Brendan, Clive. Also had a beer or ten with BYB Andrew (Vorboden Frucht, WOW!), holy **** Batman, the sheds in the Barossa are a real surprise.

Anyway thanks guys enjoyed the hospitality!

MMM quite lucky that I only realised you were staying in the caravan park over my back fence when you were nearly ready to leave.There may have been more "wow, holy **** batman :chug: " Anyway it was interesting to meet a another brewer from this forum from another part of the world I must say, Screwtop has a very interesting pet terrier. I think the short time that I spent at his abode in the caravanpark, that damn terrier walked around in circles that much it made me dizzy.Then again it may have been that special spirit blend that I was introduced to :unsure:

Cheers BYB

 

[Screwtop]

Poor old bugger! He's never been the same since eating someone's stash Andrew. A bit like drinking Forbidden Fruit and listening to Pink Floyd, a life altering experience. Pot is poisonous to dogs and he very near died, vet had to give him twice the "dose for weight" of valium to get him off the wall. Said "if the dope doesn't kill him the valium very well might", but he lived and now at 14 is a bit (did I say bit) senile. He walks round and around the house doing "laps" every night sometimes stopping for up to five minutes staring at some point in space (maybe they're talking to him) before moving on. He goes to his food dish and goes to sleep staring into the bowl. Jokes aside, he has cancer and not long to go, has been a great family pet and we'll miss him when he's gone, so we provide him all the comfort we can until the time comes. Couldn't have boarded him in his condition so we took him along for the trip, he is actually better when his surrounds are constantly changing. Since arriving home today he has slotted right back into his old habits and has just passed the door here for about the 23rd time.

Screwy

PS: Mind you seeing the "Shiatzu in a Bucket" made us feel like we were not so pet paranoid.

 

[Back Yard Brewer]

Couldn't have boarded him in his condition so we took him along for the trip, he is actually better when his surrounds are constantly changing.

Screwy

PS: Mind you seeing the "Shiatzu in a Bucket" made us feel like we were not so pet paranoid.