Modern Innovation in New Zealand: The Beer Hose

Last week we made a trip over to Westport (located on the west coast of the South Island).

One of the highlights of the trip besides the beautiful weather and scenery was West Coast Brewing (also home of Good Bastards beer). You literally walk into the center of the brewery (pipes, forklift and all) and start drinking beer.

Rather than pimp up their brewery/beer with things like atmosphere, bottles, bottle caps, labels and packaging, you essentially help yourself to one of the beer hoses (seriously there were several hoses attached to a tap connected to its Mother beer) and fill up whatever container you brought in with you.

Price of a two liter plastic bottle?
10 cents
Cost of two liters of beer?
$12
The experience of drinking beer from a hose?
Priceless

(AND for the record...they have hands down the best pale ale I have ever tasted.)

Required

I just finished a two day outdoor first aid training workshop.

Turns out that first aid training is required for most employees in New Zealand.

This has to be the safest country to either choke or have a heart attack.

The Unendearing

Where did The Squidd learn to say "NO! No! NOOO!" with a Kiwi accent?

Believe it or not, but the word "no" is the least of our worries. The word "mine" has recently entered his vocabulary. According to him, nothing belongs to us anymore. It's all his.