We Aussies love our beer, in fact we like nothing better than ‘a nice cold one’ on a hot day!  Our earliest history even had the Government of the day promoting beer a safer & healthier alternative to rum.  Yep, we Aussies had a bit of a, aahhemm…, little drinking problem right from the get go it seems, as drunkenness was an enormous problem in the early colony.  Its true, beer has played an iconic role in Australian life since the beginning & apparently is still the beverage of choice for Aussies.

Now that the weather is warming up a bit, the traditional Aussie gal in me seems to surface as the summer months approach, and I gotta say, there really isn’t too much better on a stinker (Aussie Slang – for bloody HOT day) than a good cold glass of the bubbly brew. All in the name of work mind you, I’ve been investigating some great hops to drink with some tasty tapas.  I’m designing  a cocktail wedding reception early next year where my notes read ‘As long as there’s beer’! Continue Reading