despite the torrential rain today, we still made it to cascades after much deliberation etc! =) first time i used my phone this much! hahahaha! anyway, it was an interesting trip nonetheless and although i wished the rain stopped so that we would be able to explore the extensive gardens.. =( thats my only regret (of sorts). oh well. there's always another time! hehehe!

for starters, presenting, the grains!

middle one's lightly roasted while the right one's roasted (duh chaota already!)

wooden thing's the old old kettle that survived the fire back in 1967. they (used to) mix/boil the water and grains together in there. today it's just used to store the mixture i think.

us outside the brewery. looks hogwartish? =) its one of the oldest breweries in australia and one of the few that do things the traditional (method wise) way!

fermenter's to our right! can peer through the peephole to have a look into the bubbling amber pureness. yummyyyy..

bottles! probably rejects? not sure why they were just outside in a huge dustbin thing.

bottling process behind me!

beer taps! draft, pale ale, cascade green, premium lager, first harvest! stout was available too but it was in the bottle. and it was actually quite nice!

*btw stout has the MOST hobs in it! and lager is made at a lower temp than ale!

and of course, presenting us with our free drinks!

mine's ginger beer (which was REALLY REALLY nice!), elvin3's holding the pale ale and christ1na's blocking her raspberry drink.

had lunch there. the beer battered fish was yummy and so was our steak. the garlic bread wasnt garlicky enough so boo. the desserts were yum! although the stout ice cream tasted very much like cappucinno ice cream for some reason. the cheesecakes were awesome too esp the honey comb and chocolate one. the passionfruit one was alright. scones were hot and the jam was oooo with cream that formed soft peaks.

*heavenly*

now you know why i've put on weight over these few days. argh i need to go back to yoga. but the weather is BAD BAD BAD!!!

PS. went for my eye test today and all's fine!

R: 6/5

L: 6/6

everything in my eyes' alright too. blood vessels, nerves etc. =) i'm still glad that my vision's awesome. although that means i have to wear goggles on various occasions but i guess that's still less troublesome than having to grapple with specs considering how sunglasses rarely stay on my nose properly.