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One of my very favourite beers, very drinkable. Rogue is a great brewery.

OH! And while you're in Cairns, try some of the local cane sugar juice. A lovely treat.

Thanks for this post! My hubby has been trying to persuade me that we should attempt our own homemade kombucha for a while now but it has really seemed too daunting to me. Your post makes the whole process look much more do-able than I had anticipated. I think maybe we'll have to give this a go now.

My parents have a built in Nespresso machine at home, but since I moved out (currently living on a different continent) I REALLY miss the Nespresso machine. Sadly there's no way I can afford my own yet.

Always turn the dishawasher on just before going upstairs to bed for all three of the above reasons. :)

Not rude in the slightest. All the bbqs/parties we have/our friends have, we always do BYOwhatever. We're not all made of money and when groups consist of people with different allergies/dietry needs and likes/dislikes it's difficult to please everyone. BYO is a great way to bring variety to a gathering because people will almost always bring extra to share.

This is one of my hubby and my very favourite beers. The anniversary editions XX and XXI are the same beer aged in whisky barrels, now THOSE are epic beers. You should also try and get your hands on Deschutes Abyss if you like dark, powerful beers.

In the UK we generally have three types of dates on foods. First is the "sell by" date, which is for shops to use. The other two are for the consumer and are either "use by" or "best before"... "Use by" dates are generally for things like milk and meat, things that will go "bad" after a certain amount of time. "Best before" dates are used on things like dried or tinned goods or spices, etc. Those dates just give you a general idea of when the food quality will start to deteriorate.

I generally check dates and then ignore them if my own judgment says the food is still good. I have never had food poisoning my entire life, thus far.

Lost Abbey all the way! Isabelle Proximus is my favourite followed by the extraordinarily rare Yellow Bus. Their Red Poppy and Cuvee de Tomme are also amazing. Last sour beer I had was Lost Abbey's Veritas '07 which was just beautiful. Sour beers are awesome.

I can't quite believe that this recipe turns into the magical looking stuff in the photos, but if it really does I am going to HAVE to try this recipe out this week!