Alcohol Acquisition Interlude

A bout of Christmas shopping brought to my notice Bundaberg Ginger Beer at Cost Plus. Yes, the non-alcoholic kind, like strong ginger ale. We first had Bundaberg Rum in Australia in '94 and still have a few precious drops from the bottles we brought back. (Mix those two beverages for a Dark and Stormy, yum). I hadn't recalled that they are Australia's biggest sugar producer.

I have wondered on occasion if/when they'd ever export to the U.S.. No rum so far, but anything is a start. That required one of our occasional pitstops at Sam's. No rum yet. But we did find Tooheys Beer, another Aussie product we hadn't had since being there.

And also two newly available offerings from Abita Brewing, just on the other side of Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans (which merits endless blogging on its own)--Christmas Ale and Jockamo IPA.

And since the spouse dude has a cool Belgian beer glass for our quality tastings, I picked up a gift pack of Tripel Karmeliet, which I really like, with a really cool glass in it. (They have a website registered in with an ISP in Belgium but not active yet. That's ok, you can make beer for a couple centuries and don't have to be on the cutting edge of technology, too. :)) Again, much yum.