Category: Melbourne

  • Carwyn Cellars

    Carwyn Cellars

    CAN’T complain when I move to Melbourne and it’s CHILLY, right? It was a Wednesday in the middle of WINTER and I caught a tram and a train to Thornbury for Carwyn Cellars, let’s go! Literally here’s me WALKING IN> FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Wow, LOVE a bottleshop that organises it’s BEERS according to HOPS. I’m sure…

  • Bar HumBug

    Bar HumBug

    BECAUSE I’d been shopping in the CITY all day, WHY NOT tick a B bar off my list? What’s OPEN on a Wednesday arvo in Melbourne? Bar HumBug! A basement bar, near Southern Cross Station. Let’s go! WALKED down Little Bourke Street, to this colourful strip – looking warm and inviting. OK I only stumbled…

  • Arbory Afloat

    Arbory Afloat

    AND so it BEGAN, my first A bar in Melbourne. Armed with a voucher from my mate ANDREW, and assisted by a DELIGHTFUL Saturday AFTERNOON: it was time to find Arbory Afloat! As the name suggests: it’s a FLOATING BAR, on the YARRA River! It was a lovely May DAY, so Melburnians were OUT enjoying…

  • RECAP: A-Z – 2023 Brisbane bars

    RECAP: A-Z – 2023 Brisbane bars

    This was my THIRD alphabetical list of Brisbane bars, I’ve now written 80 reviews (this year I added a couple more, as Fick Brewery was HOTLY requested, and I re-visited Viscosity bar after their expansion). At the beginning of 2024: opportunity came up to return to my hometown Melbourne – so I took it! The…

  • GABS: 2024 Melbourne

    GABS: 2024 Melbourne

    The GREAT AUSTRALASIAN BEER SPEC-TAP-ULAR (GABS): they say it’s LIKE Disneyland for BEER lovers.. but I reckon it’s more like BEER CHRISTMAS. >it comes once a YEAR, >the build-up is BIG! >and BEER elves work all year-round to make it known: Beer Christmas is coming. WELCOME to GABS 2024: BEER FESTIVAL at the Melbourne Showgrounds.…