Sobriety is over... well not really sobriety or love but I was never contractually obliged to sleep with foreign businessmen, and that is something.

Yes. It's been just over 3 months and Skittlebraus has been revived. Or rather getting back on the wagon. Wait... off the wagon. Something to do with alcohol. And back by popular demand, and when I say popular demand I mean three people.

So just like the world today but in a far less ADD, consumerist hungry manner, I had left my imported beer love for a pear cider and CC & dry dalliance. By the way, the pear cider consumed was a hefty amount of;

- Magners Pear Cider (IRE) - I wonder if the Magners dudes are still monitoring this blog and will post another random comment about how great Magners is, they really should employ me as a spokesperson.
- Bulmers Pear Cider (UK) - well, Pear Cider is the new black in Australia don't you know.
- as well as (and I have my best mate to thank greatly here), the Bulmers Summer Blend Apple/Pear Cider (UK), a limited edition not available in Australia... fucking Australia. Unfortunately a little flat after the journey in plane luggage from the UK to AUS but still very refreshing.
- Plus Rekorderlig Strawberry And Lime Cider (SWE) - fucking nice, but too sweet to enjoy regularly. Stumbled across this when the hot waitress at Yellowbird started talking to me about cider and putting a wedge of lime in Magners (apple not pear) to enhance the flavour. If that's not a pick up lime, I don't know what is.

Speaking of Magners/Bulmers, I thoroughly enjoying schooling the Liquorland bottleshop dude about the history and difference between those two a week ago. I probably would have gotten more satisfaction if I was at a boutique imported beer/cider supplier rather than the Walmart of alcohol. There you go, I used a US reference - this blog is diversifying. Oh yeah, and then over at Dan Murphy's, the dude recommended the Wychwood Green Goblin Oak Aged Cider (UK) which I've mentioned before as something I wanted to try, and it was fucking horrendous. At least Wychwood make good ales.

So we have Liquorland dudes with a lack of history, Dan Murphy's dudes with a lack of palette... should have known really.

Now back to the consumerism comment... people these days are all about becoming more and more like children. You know, in that way that a kid will play with a wicked toy, and then chuck it aside when the next toy comes along. It's the next bit of technology, the next band, the next thing to keep our ridiculous little minds stimulated. So thank god I have broken free of this, and have crawled back to my one true love. This weekend will be focused on re-stocking. Stay tuned.