Sunday morning, and it's brewing day today. I'm starting to run out of my last batch of homebrew, and I'm not happy paying about $60 for a case of commercial beer (that I don't really care for). Anyway, I found another little brewing supply house in Albion Park; and I'm all set up to cook up a batch of my flagship brew  - Förnikatör. It's been a couple of years since I made a batch of the good stuff. 

Well, actually I'm doing the poor man's version today - with extract instead of a full mash. Just like I did in my early twenties before I discovered the fine art of mashing. The extract version runs about $15/case. I'll cook up the full on version maybe next time around. Turns out the road services here won't deliver a 25kg (~ 50 lb) sack of malt - and nobody around here will sell one. So it looks like I'll have to get a sack split in half and sent in from Sydney in two separate shipments. That runs up the cost a little bit, but it works out to about $8/case. However that still works out as a good value; especially for Förnikatör - the absolute best beer on earth. 

Somebody broke a water pipe in our building, so I trudged across campus for a cup of coffee this morning. Ended up at the student lounge. Now the lounge has a cafeteria, and a large stage (with an impressive sound system) where all manner of folks get up and play music.

I got in line next to the espresso machine, which oddly wasn't staffed - even though it's still morning. It was a rather long line though. What are all these people buying? Scones?

Nope. Beer. They've got beer taps with about fifteen handles. All pumping wildly at 11AM. This is something you don't see in the states. People buying shots of tequila and schooners of beer before afternoon exams - and all apparently sanctioned by the university.

Interesting. I made a note of this; however it is unlikely I'll be spending a lot of time over there in the early mornings as the students are doing. If only because I didn't really care for the beer selection...