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Queensland Grog files

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Tiff and Greg

Queensland, AU  Greg has a long-standing belief that tropical climates produce some of the best wine.  His logic comes from visiting wineries in Florida. Yes, Florida has wineries.  We’ll get to that later. The short of it is that the … Continue reading →

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Australia Grog Files

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Greg

Australia Well since we’re going over adventures in outback bar tending, it’s probably about time we started updating the grog files to keep us with us. We’ll be doing a new grog files for each state we visited in Australia but this week … Continue reading →

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Oktoberfest!

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Greg

Munich, Germany As we’ve said some things are just too time sensitive to wait. The first was when we managed to make it to the London 2012 games and even scored tickets to what we came to call “The North-American … Continue reading →

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NZ South Island Grog Files

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tiff and Greg

New Zealand – South Island Breweries Monteith’s Type: Brewery Rating: 4 sheets to the wind Website: http://www.monteiths.co.nz/ Notes: When called back to a bachelor party in Las Vegas for his own former best man, Greg could have brought his choice … Continue reading →

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Lone Star Wines

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Tiff and Greg

More from the Grog Files: So spending a month in The Lone Star State helping our friend out and loaning him Greg to do duties as best man gave us only a few evenings to ourselves during which time we … Continue reading →

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Grog Files Double Header

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Tiff and Greg

Ok so Tonga only has the one beer but really, anything they made after MAKA would have just paled by comparison anyway.  That beer was a-freaking-mazing! We felt bad though, only having the one drink to share with everyone.  So … Continue reading →

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Wine… From Bananas!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Tiff and Greg

More from the Grog Files: In this installment of our adventures in international drinking we explore wine made purely from bananas and blueberries in the Cook Islands.  We also sample the beer they ferment on this tropical island. Oh yes, … Continue reading →

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Grog Files Uncorked!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tiff and Greg

As promised, here is the first installment of our adventures in international drinking! Anyone wanting to join us as we taste our way around the planet need only click on the “grog files” tab in the navigation bar. Or, just … Continue reading →

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First! FIRST!!

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Tiff and Greg

Auckland, New Zealand Come on, how often do you get to call first on New Years? Well, if you’re a Kiwi probably about once a year but still, we’re American so it’s cool! Sydney claims first and the world gives … Continue reading →

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