Brewery: Balter in Currumbin, QLD Style: XPA ABV: 5% RateBeer: 83/100 Pour: Deep yellow with a thin white head This XPA has beautiful tropical notes, a warmer and thicker body and mouthfeel and is perfect example of a good XPA. So good, it was rated Australia’s best beer in 2018 in the GABS Hottest 100 beer poll. This goes well with the one day cricket on and box of BBQ Shapes … Continue reading Balter – XPA
Brewery: Karl Strauss in San Diego, California Style: IPA ABV: 7% RateBeer: 77/100 Pour: Pale orange colour with a thin white head. I still remember the first time I had this beer. I went to a party of friends of my girlfriend. We had been dating a few months. We stopped to get drinks on the way and I grabbed a six pack of this think it was the Pintail … Continue reading Karl Strauss – Tower 10
Good old social pub in the heart of the South Coast. Big beer garden out the front for social get together, decent bistro with all the pub classics and then some and over 25 taps of beer, craft beer, premix spirits and wine. Inside is the room to cater to live music on the weekends, plenty of TVs for sport, pool tables, TAB machines and … Continue reading Beaches Hotel in Thirroul
Another Harris St local directly across from the Terminus. Nice outdoor beer garden and bistro with burgers, seafood mains and daily specials. Small TAB for the punters and small pokie room if you want a quick slap. 12 taps mostly made up of Lion beers but did have Bentspoke Crankshaft on when I visited so knocked a few of them back. Didn’t venture upstairs but … Continue reading Pyrmont Point Hotel in Pyrmont
Unassuming corner pub with an inner city beer garden and upstairs area for dining. Great place for a work team lunch on a Friday with modern pub menu highlighted by a Chicken Curry Pie or Gnocchi. Steaks and chicken schnitties and a couple burger option if that’s what you after. Looked like about 16 taps of big beer brands and a few rotating and permanent … Continue reading Terminus Hotel in Pyrmont
Brewery: Hawkesbury Brewing in Brooklyn, NSW Style: Pacific Ale ABV: 4.2% IBUs: 18 RateBeer: No rating yet Pour: Slight mandarin tinged yellow colour. Small hard on pour. Crisp, clean ale with a slight fruit hop bitterness. I still say Stone & Wood own the pacific ale style and this is closer to a hoppy summer ale. Good beer to have after a busy Saturday morning running around taking the kids to … Continue reading Hawkesbury Brewing – Pacific Ale
Harris St has a plethora of pubs so sometimes it’s understandable that you go past one constantly and never step inside. That’s the Harly for me. Truth is, it’s a good little pub with modern pub classics on the menu, some pokies, TVs for sport and about 12 taps of beer with a craft beer special every few weeks. On my visit I had the … Continue reading Harlequin Inn in Pyrmont
Brewery: Colonial Brewing in Melbourne, VIC Style: IPA ABV: 6.5% RateBeer: 65/100 Pour: Orange sunset in colour with a white foamy head that decreases. This is all the things an IPA should be. Little bitter, hint of zest and pine. Easy enough to drink and lingers on the palate well after it’s travelled down the throat. Well crafted and very enjoyable. This is a beer to enjoy at a Christmas party … Continue reading Colonial Brewing – I.P.A
