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The XXXX brewery is conveniently located in Brisbane. While Ryan was here with me we went on the tour and tasting which I had also done with Mom. Luckily we had a different tour guide, so I actually listened to a whole different set of information. At least it's good to know that they aren't working off a set script, and are telling you what they think is most interesting to them. It makes the experience much more personal.
When you start the tour they show you a video about the history of beer, which claims that beer is the reason that civilization evolved. Now, although this is probably far from the truth, I think it is interesting to know that beer was the more sanitary alternative to water in many parts of the world a few thousand years ago.
After the video is a tour of the brewery with informational boards throughout. It's really very interesting to see the whole process on a large scale, after my cousins and I made beer in a bucket. The brewery itself has massive tins that hold the beer as it's being brewed, as well as hundreds of kegs being carried around the facility.
At the end of the tour they take you to the tasting room and let you "taste" four full sized beers. Ryan and I had to split some food to enable us to get through the beers. We ended up only finishing three because I had to rush off to class (bad idea). In my opinion all the beers that we tasted were good, but the XXXX summer beer is my personal favorite so far.