The idea of sitting on a rooftop in the freezing cold and rain isn’t my ideal Monday night in Melbourne. But when Loop Roof is hosting the Balvenie Moonraker telescope on the Melbourne leg of its national tour — and Balvenie…
Good Beer Week is Christmas season for the beer loving community and the Australian International Beer Awards are like Christmas Eve. The whole beer family is together for food, drink, and merriment and the anticipation level is through the roof….
It was an unseasonably balmy April evening as I headed up Flinders Lane – the gastronomical heart of Melbourne’s CBD – to the opening of Saké‘s newest restaurant. The second venue in Melbourne – the original located at Hamer Hall in…
In celebration of Good Beer Week, The Crafty Squire created a five-course beer and fine food pairing entitled Loch, Stock, and Barrel. Apologies to Jason Statham fans, this event was not paying homage to the classic cult film. Instead the…
Melbourne is truly blessed to have a first-class craft beer scene, and GABS, for several years now, has been the embodiment of that scene and the pinnacle of the craft beer calendar. There are five GABS sessions in all, and…
I’m going to start with how my night ended, which was by ruining my chances of chilling with Carl Cox later this year because I offended his ex by paying her out for not having Tram Tracker on her phone….
Good Beer Week, thus far equal parts entertaining, weird, and frightening. Obviously beer, but also charcuterie, Asia-fusion food, losing girls like a set of keys on dancefloors, boilermakers, shredded pigs, sleeping on front lawns, bike accidents, and tardy rendezvous. That…
The third annual Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards were recently hosted at Beer Deluxe in Federation Square; a glorious occasion during Good Beer Week celebrating and recognising pubs around the city for their contribution towards Melbourne’s pub-loving culture. Guests were…
The Terminus has a special place in my craft beer loving heart. The venue supports good, local beer 365 days of the year. So when Good Beer Week is in full swing, they really come into their own. Case in…
Beer. Lots of beer. Lots of really good barrel aged beer. And spirits. Delicious barrel aged spirits. These are some of the words that come to mind when describing Woods of the North. Another word that comes to mind is…