Some of you will remember that back in London, a highlight of our summer was our annual visit to the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival in Earl's Court. Living in NZ has meant that we are now missing the festival two years running. There was a beer shaped empty space in our lives which needed filling.
Not to worry - the longer we spend in NZ the more we are realising that the craft beer scene over here is on the up, to the extent that they have beer festivals here too! A bit of googling later and we landed on City of Ales as the festival of choice.
Having spent an enjoyable evening with my British colleague Hannah and her husband Jody a few weeks before (made very enjoyable by our realisation that in Hannah and Jody we had definitely found beer drinking kindred spirits) we invited them along. Pen and paper ready for tasting notes, food and beers chilling back in the flat for all of us afterwards and we were sorted for a fantastic Saturday. A great time was had by all - thanks to Hannah and Jody for agreeing to feature in the blog - roll on the next beery afternoon spent together!
Not to worry - the longer we spend in NZ the more we are realising that the craft beer scene over here is on the up, to the extent that they have beer festivals here too! A bit of googling later and we landed on City of Ales as the festival of choice.
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| What would the wrong reasons be? |
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| First drink, already merry! |
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| Yummy lunch included in the entry |
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| Little ladies getting served |
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| Matt's ingenious way of freeing up both hands for making the all important tasting notes |
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| Couldn't not do a Nick VM special shot! |
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