Like I said, I was on a roll, and Lord Alfred’s was on the way home from work. Bar #12 of the challenge. Just wanted to pop in and see the latest renovations. This place has progressed through several makeovers, and once upon a time it was called Hotel LA. I’m sure it has a…

Keen to see some bands at King Lear’s Throne and find out if there really is a throne at this bar… or a king. So I walked up to the palace, guarded by security (um) guards, and answered three riddles to get in (just kidding, I showed them my ID, doy) and went right in.…

Just a quick pop-ina colada at Jungle, West End. My friend’s band The Filthy Animals were playing their debut show that night and it worked out perfect that Jungle bar was round the corner. Bar #10. I bussed it in, who knows where parking is in West End, and found the Jungle, loud and hectic…

I was a bit of a Nigel no-friends to this bar, for some reason no-one wanted to come out on a Wednesday night to the valley, but I wanted to celebrate the inking of my first tattoo, with a few mocktails.. Iris bar is at the top of Hotel X Brisbane (name not changed, that’s…

Fancy circus party at The Fortitude Music Hall Fortitude Valley Ok so I F’d up my alphabetical order here (already) I was going great for five bars, A, B, C, D, E. Until my intended F Bar got famous for food poisoning (not named here) and I’d already teed-up drinks with my bro for G…

How about Hop & Pickle South Brisbane Because there was a party later in the same area and I wanted to tick-off an H bar. It was happening. Once I stopped over-booking my bars and winging it, I could get back on the alphabetical track and take my bars a week at a time. I…

Got my bro out for this one Green Beacon Teneriffe It was a Thursday afternoon and the place was filling up with after-work beer goers. If you’re a beer person (and you know if you are) the beer menu is pure beery heaven. Every flavour imaginable, Green Beacon-made beers, fancy barrel-aged beers, special Beer of…

Every girl needs a hobby, right? Bar #5 Eagles Nest Kangaroo Point Eventually it was time to branch out of the city and put Google maps to use: Internet, find me bars starting with E please.. Ta-da, Eagles Nest appeared! Never would have found it if it wasn’t for THE CHALLENGE. So OK friends, a…

Drinks are also certain at Death & Taxes Brisbane City Determined to get to bar #4, I was definitely not disappointed here. The drinks were delicious, staff were doting and for the first time on my bar challenge I had a drinking buddy: Janet! Joined me for an afternoon of the cocktails. We drank fancy…

The Catalyst for my epic pub crawl, I was continuously hearing how great this place was and told myself “I’ll get there one day”.. Just need an excuse. Another whiskey bar I was keen on was Death and Taxes. So I thought maybe I could do an ABCs of bars.. Hell, why not do the…