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Today I sanded the walls in 2/3rds of the house, including a couple of walls that had been painted with a texture paint. Then I had a beer. This beer. It barely touched the sides, but what I did taste was very good.

Fresh carpet for the kids rooms. Before and after shots left to right. Looks soooo much better now!

The first sip of tonight’s beer left me feeling a little underwhelmed, like a fine mist of water sprayed on my face when what I really wanted was to dunk my head in a pool. But a few more mouthfuls and I was sold, and the rest disappeared before I knew what was happening. Fresh and crisp and tasty.

I wasn’t overly fond of tonight’s beer. Felt maybe a tad over carbonated?

Yet another pale ale, but this one was amazing. Hints of orange, with a really gentle taste. Wish I had another one.

The workers made a lot of noise today. First there was the grinding. Then there was the sawing. Then there was the hammering. Then there was more of all the above. But, I think they’re pretty well placed to lay the vinyl floor planks tomorrow!

And back on the pale ales… tonight’s was zesty and fresh, with a real hint of honey, but it didn’t compare to last night’s hazelnut brown. (I love my dark beers!)

Bye bye tiles. Vinyl floors are incoming… tomorrow or the next day.

Finally, FINALLY! A dark beer appears in my early-birthday-advent-calendar beer case. And man, this drop was incredible. I love dark beers for their complex flavours at the best of times, but the hazelnut in this bottle was amazing. Will be chasing down a case of this after Christmas for sure.

Bye bye hideous brown carpet. Hello dirty concrete slab. Floor Reno has started, albeit slowly - levelling tomorrow, floorboards start Wednesday. Can’t wait!!

Another hard day moving furniture and I am honestly devastated that I don’t have another one of these brews to gently pass across my tongue. Recommended.

After a hard day moving furniture, today’s beer 🍺 was 👌. Nothing fancy, just another pale ale, but boy it went down easy.

Its been a while since the last #bathroomreno update, largely because the stonemason cut the benchtops the wrong size… twice 😡! The good news is that we are almost done! Shower screens and taps are in, just a bit of waterproofing to do in the bathroom and laundry, plus a couple of handles to put on cupboards. Just as well, because the new #floorboards start going in on Monday!!

Day 8’s beer was pretty good. Not as punchy as the label, but pretty solid. I am hoping for a bit more than pale ales in this advent calendar case though…

With a nice citrus touch, day 7’s beer 🍺 is remarkably easy to swallow. Has a really nice aftertaste too, which I find a bit uncommon for pale ales.

Today’s beer 🍺 is pure, unadulterated hoppiness. Not a typo - this one bounces with hops. It’s not overly quaffable, but there’s definitely a distinctive flavour that’s enjoyable, if maybe a little strong.

The photo of today’s beer came out blurry. I was going to go and take another shot of the empty bottle, but the truth is that I was a little underwhelmed by the bottle’s contents. It was a perfectly serviceable lager, but nothing to get excited about - much like this blurry photo.

Day 4 is probably my favourite beer of the early-birthday-advent-case so far 🍺. Really dry and malty, but fragrant too. Would recommend.

Day 3’s brew is a fine tasting Golden ale, with plenty of citrus smells and flavour. Would drink again.

How good was her Star Wars cake today?