Last night, Em, El, Mere and Niki came over bearing banoffe cake, antipasto, gifts, poo stories and the accompanying laughter.
My flatmate David had not only cleaned the flat, but purchased beer, gin, chips and a lovely bottle of Penfolds red for me! Not only that, we (finally!) had internet AND the 2 beers I had at the pub had gone straight to my head, so by the time my friends arrived, I was feeling rather cheery. Beer, you ask? Correct. There is a lovely ale here produced by a brewery in Adelaide, called Cooper's. I've never really thought much of beer, or even about it's brewing, but it's all quite an art, for example; the pale ale I drank last night (and the rest of Cooper's beers) are characterised by their secondary fermentation technique, which means that the bottle always has some yeast sediment at the bottom. Generally, people will either a) roll the bottle before drinking or b) pour it into a glass and leave the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. So there you go. Write that down. Either way, Cooper's Green = nice beer.
The evening was a good one, I opened the sparkling Shiraz (Black Chook) that was recommended by my foodie boss and it really was fantastic. I'm not the biggest fan of sparkling wine and wasn't sure about a sparkling red, but it was light and fruity and far too easy to drink. This was followed by a gin and tonic and a very early night as I very quickly remembered my low alcohol tolerance/was hit with drunken stupor. Not my finest moment, but due to me being as hardcore as I am, the moment was short-lived as it was immediately followed by me having a shower and going to bed by 9pm. Rock and roll.
A strange day, being away from the majority of my friends and family, but many texts, calls and fb messages reminded me that i'm not yet forgotten. x
My flatmate David had not only cleaned the flat, but purchased beer, gin, chips and a lovely bottle of Penfolds red for me! Not only that, we (finally!) had internet AND the 2 beers I had at the pub had gone straight to my head, so by the time my friends arrived, I was feeling rather cheery. Beer, you ask? Correct. There is a lovely ale here produced by a brewery in Adelaide, called Cooper's. I've never really thought much of beer, or even about it's brewing, but it's all quite an art, for example; the pale ale I drank last night (and the rest of Cooper's beers) are characterised by their secondary fermentation technique, which means that the bottle always has some yeast sediment at the bottom. Generally, people will either a) roll the bottle before drinking or b) pour it into a glass and leave the sediment at the bottom of the bottle. So there you go. Write that down. Either way, Cooper's Green = nice beer.
The evening was a good one, I opened the sparkling Shiraz (Black Chook) that was recommended by my foodie boss and it really was fantastic. I'm not the biggest fan of sparkling wine and wasn't sure about a sparkling red, but it was light and fruity and far too easy to drink. This was followed by a gin and tonic and a very early night as I very quickly remembered my low alcohol tolerance/was hit with drunken stupor. Not my finest moment, but due to me being as hardcore as I am, the moment was short-lived as it was immediately followed by me having a shower and going to bed by 9pm. Rock and roll.
A strange day, being away from the majority of my friends and family, but many texts, calls and fb messages reminded me that i'm not yet forgotten. x
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