Today was make or break for the brewery tour 3 days no brewery we have managed pies and or chips every day but it's definitely crunch time now. Mike's Brewery was in the wrong direction so Roots brewing co. would be our first opportunity to have a fresh from the tank brew.
First things first we needed to visit Cape Egmont Light house Google lead us on a wild goose chase through the back blocks of the middle of nowhere we eventually found a sign pointing to highway 43 and headed back to the coast. Not our first bad google experience this trip.
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| Cape Egmont one of the most phallic lighthouses in the country |
On to Whanganui. Pulling out from the light house we slipped in behind a parade of classic American cars which was driving past as part of an Americana festival being held locally. The throngs of teaming kids out on the side of the road got to see the American muscle cars going past with our Swedish Volvo holding up the tail end of the procession.
Roots brewery was a fail. The signage was so poor we drove straight past it. We decided on Tuatara or bust fortunately they opened at 3pm so were ready to serve cold beer and hot pizza on our arrival at 3:15.
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| Tuatara brewery No.1 |
Plenty of take home supplies purchased for later consumption. Back in the car we head on down to Lyall Bay to Parrottdog. I had the LB Nitro Stout good but not exceptional Pete got stuck into a larger.
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| Brewery no.2 Parrot Dog |
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| Vats full of beer ready for drinking |
Thanks to Pete's sister Bernadette and family for feeding us dinner and looking after us till check in time at the ferry
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