Most Australians love to escape with a beer or two. However Neil Thomas has taken this to a new level. He is the owner of the Great Aussie Beer Shed filled with over 20,000 cans from Australia and around the world he claims to have drunk over the last 45 years. It is a true Aladdin’s cave of wonder. Also in the mix are 4000 beer steins, beer bottles, beer holders, barrels, signs and other beer or alcohol related objects.
To get his guests in the mood, a drink is included with admission. I chose a Mexican beer and my husband a Stout. For anyone who didn’t drink alcohol there were soft drinks available. The Australian and world history we gained listening to Neil’s passion was memorable.
I hope you enjoy sharing our escape. If you every get the chance to travel to Echuca don’t miss this amazing museum.
This post was inspired by Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Escape.
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I love the museum, what a fascinating place.
I can’t help wondering what might be created from all those cans if he were ever to recycle them. I imagine we’d be pleasantly surprised.
Thank you very much for taking part in our challenge, Max 🙂
I’m sure they are worth a lot more in their current state.
That’s an impressive beer collection and interesting museum. Thank you for your #weekendcoffeeshare.
Wow – IM – this guy is a serious collector and I’ll bet this was one very fun visit. Given the time, wouldn’t it be fun to read a lot of the labels on those cans and bottles. I’ll bet many aren’t even produced any more.
My first college (in San Francisco) had an amazing array of beers for sale. My mom’s side of the family was Danish so of course I tried several Danish beers and soon had my favorites, but even their wall of beers was nothing compared to this museum.
Thanks for a great coffee share.
Hi Gary it was an amazing read. We spent all afternoon there and could have spent more time. It is constantly growing so we sill go back in the future to see what has changed. I don’t think I have ever tried any Danish beer what style is it similar to?
WOW…that is a lot of beer…lol. I don’t like beer but that would be a cool place to visit.
It was so well organised you didn’t have to drink beer to appreciate the history attached to the beer from all around the world.
This is really cool and impressive collection.