Tall tALES: Last day behind the desk, and the new bars opening!

Hi everyone!

Crazy last few days! My last post was maybe Thursday. Thursday afternoon we had Fork and Brewer training. By training I mean a beer tasting and beer history lesson by Neil Miller at the Malthouse. This was meant to teach us about different beers and how to pick out different flavours in beers. Well it was a great session but they are all beers I have had too many times to count. They were Tautara Heffe, Tuatara Porter, Epic pale ale and Tuatara Pilsner. All great beers and great examples of their style.

We then went and had a team meeting at the time not quite finished Fork and Brewer bar, it looked great! We ended up helping set up the bar, carrying furniture, fitting the kegs to the lines, and making sure they were lined up properly. Having to sample a beer or 2 to double check what it was correct.

Next day, ever big last day at the desk job, I think this photo sums up my move.

Was great that this book showed up on my desk on my last day! So I cleaned up my desk and chatted to people, sent out a quiz about myself, it was fun. If you want to see the quiz send me an email. We had an afternoon tea for my leaving, speeches made, my home brew bought over home brew and people bought awesome food, people liked my beer and cider, they gave me a $100 homebrew supplies voucher is awesome! :)

A bit frothy, but the rest of them were good

Then off to the Fork and Brewer for the grand opening, it looked amazing! All my new co-workers did an amazing job and well I drunk a few too many very fine beers and watched the All Blacks beat Tonga in the World cup opener. The place is seriously amazing! Here are a couple of pics