Bluetongue Microbrewery - Hunter Valley Area - tried a sample "paddle" of their 5 beers. Preferred the Black Ale and got a free half-pint of it for purchasing the paddle. Traded my Premium Light sample to Mel, a gal from New Zealand, for her sample of Black Ale .... good trade, lightweight! Also had samples of their Alcholic Ginger Beer (uhh, no thanks, but my wife, Ashlee, liked it enough after one taste to buy a glass, but she was half in the bag from wine tasting all morning!), their Traditional Pilsner (a traditional snore to me) and their Premium Lager (not bad). Bought a nice T-shirt although it doesn't say that it's made in Australia on it.
Bought a bottle of Toohey's at another winery in the Hunter Valley area. Mel and the other two Kiwi gals seemed to like it so I thought I would try it mark it off my list. It's a common popular brand here and it was an OK lager. Better than Foster's. Nice website and I do like their slogan, "For the Love of Beer."
http://www.tooheysnew.com.au/history.htmlVisited my favorite little wine/beer store at Wharf # 3 again when we got back to Sydney and finished the evening with a bottle of Cascade Pale Ale (not bad - needs a few more hops) and a very nice James Squire Amber Ale. Both of these brews are Australian.
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