A nanobreak (from NaNoWriMo, get it, get it?) to bottle our beer.

A few weeks ago we made up a batch of beer at one of those brew-on-premises outfits, and this morning we went there again to bottle it. A very fun experience, all up. The proprietors were helpful and only a little condescending (and I'm sure they didn't mean to be), and it's always nice to talk with the fellow customers, all of whom are cheerful and friendly (as Australians usually are when it comes to beer). Homebrewing is extremely popular here, but we don't really have either the leisure or the appropriate space to do it properly at the moment, so this sort of thing is perfect for us.

And the beer turned out FABULOUS. Nice and rich and malty, just exactly the way I like it. Of course, you can pick from over 200 pre-fab "recipes"; the guys bottling their beer at the tap next to ours had made a Molsen-like brew that was quite nice (although it reminded me of why I switched to darker beers once I found out about them). We swapped a few tastes and a six of bottles with them, and they helped us carry our beer out to the car (next time, we'll use the smaller plastic tubs to hold the bottles).

I recommend brew-on-premises as a good bit of fun. Yes, I'd rather be doing the homebrew thing entirely, but for when that's not an option, this will more than do.

(By the way, one of the next-tap-over guys told us he did used to homebrew, a lot, but he packed on too much weight. A cautionary tale....)