Up the ali: XXXX brewery

Our last week in brisbane we decided to finish off any tourist bits we'd missed and the brewery was top of the list. Having been recommended by brother and not having done one before, I felt it was a must do.

The brand XXXX (or 4 X) is the top Queensland beer brand and been around awhile. Now I can't remember the exact date it opened but before the telephones lines were working and the ordering took a while. This is a delightful fact I learnt in the first part of our tour, the history of 4X. Sounds a tad boring but was to me the most interesting part of the tour. I learnt why brown bottles are used for beer too, my inner geek was in her element.

Now we weren't allowed cameras on the tour so I made up for it before and after.

And oh yes we got freebie hats, keepers I'm not sure of. (Also no one mention the pug on my jumper to Charles please).

The tour took us round the entire factory, showing us all the processes. The tour guide definitely knew his stuff. Once we'd finished we got 4 sample sizes of the beers they actually produce, not being a massive beer drinker I wasn't too keen but they all tasted pretty good to my inexperienced palate.

After the tour we stopped with the other people on our tour and grabbed lunch, only 5 of us but a really nice one. Also gave us time to drink our two bonus pots (half pints) we got as extras.

Being that I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy the tour, I came away really happy about the whole experience (and that had nothing to do with the beer I'd consumed)