Stranger than Fishin'

OK, I know its been a couple of weeks but lots has happened. Not a lot to get excited about on the beer front but busy none the less.
I spent a week in Thailand and earned the summer that the UK seemed to forfeit. It was nice, 7 nights of clear sky', 35 degree weather and Thai food. On the beer front things were limited to two choices. 1. Singha - A 5% abv premium lager in the pale pilsner style. Cold and wet it was perfectly suited to the tropics. Besides it's temperature it was a little bland. More interesting was option 2. Chang - a 6.4% maibock style lager. This beer was an awesome match to the fiery Thai dishes it was so often consumed with. On an interesting note it seems a piss weak 5% version has been released in the UK. Personally I wouldn't bother. I think the heat, humidity and exotics of Thailand really make this beer special. Somehow it wouldn't be the same sipping it on Clapham common.

Anyhow after Thailand I enjoyed the Rubbish service that British Airways has to offer and finally made it back to Sydney in one piece. Just as an aside, I think BA deserve to go under if they want to run their business the way they do. Actually I hope they go under. Beer wise I haven't had much of an opportunity to explore the local scene yet. I have drank all my old man's VB, my father in-laws Crown Lager and half a case of Gage Roads IPA I picked up from Dan Murphy's. The Gage Roads is a little tame compared to the US IPA's I have been getting into recently. Don't get me wrong it's a nice beer with a great hop aroma, but it's severely lacking in the bitterness department. Whilst in Dan M's I was pleasantly surprised that the craft beer selection has increased from 2 isles to 7 over the last 3 years - not that I buy beer here very often. I also plan to get back into brewing quickly. I don't have my AG rig available to me at the moment so I picked u a coopers pale ale and a coopers dark ale kit. I plan to mix both kits together and ferment it out with the pale ale yeast. Should make for a nice malty porter. Fingers crossed I'll be able to get some all grain up and running sooner rather than later but its looking bleak for at least the next 6 months. Other important news is that I have found a new place to live in the lovely suburb of Kirribilli. It's a bit of a poncy area, but will be nice until we buy a place in 6-12 months time.
I couldn't be assed typing anymore so I guess that's it for now. Fingers crossed I'll get time to blog again before I start my new job on Monday.

Stranger than Fishin'? I recently told someone not to fish in their own pond. Well it appears that I have been proven wrong. I have heard from a reliable source that said person has caught a beauty and the happy couple have been seen about town. I offer my congratulations to the happy couple.