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What are you drinking tonight?

Some dodgy Oz lager and a lovely NZ pinot noir with the owners of the Airbnb I'm staying at near Melbourne.
While supporting Oz's near neighbour is commendable - espcially as they DO make better Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc (and some great Chablis style Chardonnay compared to Oz's 'huge' style) - surely it's more apropriate to be tasting some of 'Australia's finest' from local producers! Unless, of course, your host is a Kiwi!!

Oh and lager is just the thing to quench the, inevitable, thirst in Oz (even in Melbourne area)! Oz bitter is in the same (vile) league as Kiwi bitter imo! Fosters is a different recipe over there too! VB is actually a lager - as is XXXX - too!
 
While supporting Oz's near neighbour is commendable - espcially as they DO make better Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc (and some great Chablis style Chardonnay compared to Oz's 'huge' style) - surely it's more apropriate to be tasting some of 'Australia's finest' from local producers! Unless, of course, your host is a Kiwi!!

Oh and lager is just the thing to quench the, inevitable, thirst in Oz (even in Melbourne area)! Oz bitter is in the same (vile) league as Kiwi bitter imo! Fosters is a different recipe over there too! VB is actually a lager - as is XXXX - too!

To balance it out they took me to a local micro brewery last night and I sampled quite a few local beers :p
 
To balance it out they took me to a local micro brewery last night and I sampled quite a few local beers :p

I love small breweries! You're lucky. By the way, I have a weird question. How do they store the products? If I am going to start brewing myself I want to know things like that. I heard various opinions and thinking about Nexo coolers. What do you guys think about it? Yeah, I know that having a wine cellar sounds cool, but I need something modern and compact.
 
After 2 days and nights of cough, cough, cough, cough I have resorted to that tried and tested method of killing it with caramel vodka. It might not cure it but another couple of these and I won't give a monkey's
 
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