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Wrap & Recap! GABS 2023
So it was my first Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) event on the weekend, and for reasons such-and-such we had tickets to the DAY drinking session. I don’t think there’s ever a great time to reveal I’m not a good day drinker, especially not on the morning of a day drinking event, AND attempting beer…
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Fitz + Potts
For once – there was two beers. TWO (and i wasn’t double-parked). First time at Fitz n Potts was a fifth or sixth date with Matt. He would lol that i was counting dates, but really I was wondering: at what stage in the dating process do i reveal: my hobby for the past 12…
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Gerard’s Bar
Geebus, I am so not cool enough for this bar. Did you see the sign out front? No you didn’t, because Gerard’s is too cool for a sign. It’s an “If you know you know” kinda bar. Y’kno. I’d heard good things, and managed to find it one afternoon, tucked behind James Street in the…
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HellBound
How do I love HellBound, let me count the ways: A is for the Ahhhh of that first sip of beer B for the BEERS (duh) C is for COUNTING all the Deee’s around room ahaha.. OK how about I tell a story instead: Once upon a time, my FIRST visit to Hellbound, was April…
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Isles Lane
If you haven’t heard of this bar – das okay, me neither til I was specifically looking for a bar starting with the letter i for my Z to A challenge. April 2022. Actually I was supposed to go to It’s Still A Secret for a Lee Griffin show, but that got cancelled last minute.…
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John Mills Himself
Just because I don’t know John himself doesn’t mean I can’t pop in for a coffee, to the darkened corners of the John Mills Himself bar. (Cafe bar that is). I’ve done beer bars, I’ve been to cocktail bars. Now it was time for a COFFEE bar. Bar #43 for me, and on this list:…
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Kubo’s Bar & Grill
Know that I had walked by Kubo’s bar many MANY times while in Coorparoo, so my next alphabetical list of Brisbane bars (this challenge: Z to A) was the perfect excuse to pop in. Let’s tick off a K bar! Keen to try some authentic Filipino foods, and a purple kind of cheesecake I saw…
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Ling Ling’s
Lurking just outta sight of China Town is Ling Ling’s, late night Asian restaurant & bar, Fortitude Valley. Look for the beautiful, brightly lit sign out front, the entrance is like RIGHT next to a strip club, so check which side of the velvet rope you’re standing.. Unless that’s what is wanted… So I chose…
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Mr Edward’s Alehouse & Kitchen
Mid-way through my Z – A bar challenge, trying to NOT kill my liver or bank balance, my M bar was calling: Mr Edward’s. No doubt named for the Brisbane city street it’s on. My work meeting had finished early, meaning I could bus it to the city and visit at a nice afternoony time:…
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Next Episode Bar
No I didn’t mean to buy into the hype of Next Episode Bar. Not just because everything was coloured HOT NEON PINK. No of course not, nooo never… I just happened to be up to the letter “N” on my Z to A challenge list and this proudly HIDDEN bar in South Brisbane looked a…