Sad news yesterday from Crafty Pint with the sudden announcement of the permanent closure of Newstead Brewing. The end has been swift. No dancing with administrators, restructuring debt etc etc. They’re done. Even in Google, Newstead Brewing is permanently closed. …
Category: Beers
A Uniques beer crawl in Artarmon – who knew?
Back in the day, a beer drinker would visit Artarmon to buy weird and wonderfuls from Beer Cartel. The Freeway Hotel was also an option. Well, Beer Cartel closed its physical store in 2022, the Freeway Hotel is still going …
Kicks Brewing – Marrickville delivers again
My daughter showed impeccable taste by arranging lunch at the Lucky Prawn in the Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre for the meet the future in-laws event. And considerately she made the booking for 1pm giving her dear old Dad …
Husky Brewery – worth the detour
The South Coast of NSW is a craft beer Mecca. There are twenty-seven breweries between Wollongong and Pambula. The drive down the south coast has also improved substantially with the Albion Rail and Berry by-pass making the journey so much …
Vale the Bavarian Manly
For pretty much as long as this blog has been going the Bavarian at Manly has been a fixture. Over the years it has been the occasional source of some pretty good German brewed uniques, particularly during OktoberFest. After a …
A land grab that Donald Trump would envy – Felons Manly
Felons Manly has taken over the Manly Wharf Hotel site – and boy o boy – have they shaken things up! In the days of the Manly Wharf Bar the public walkway between the indoor pub and the wharf pub …
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Bar Crawling at Resorts World Genting
On a whim I decided to venture into the highlands behind Kuala Lumpur. I really wasn’t expecting the crazy mishmash of casino, shopping mall, outlets, theme parks and bars that exist 1800m above sea level about 55km from Kuala Lumpur. …
Paperkite Beer – an award winning Malaysian craft brewer
If you think it is tough to get a craft beer on tap in a Sydney pub, try being a craft brewer in Malaysia. Paperkite Beer makes very good craft beer that has won medals at international craft beer awards, …
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Drinking in Kuching and 1602 Life Beer
Kuching is the capital of the Sarawak Province, in the north west of Borneo and the largest of the 13 Malaysian States. After roaming around a fair amount of Sabah, I decided to stay put and enjoy this delightful colonial …
Drinking in Kota Kinabalu
At first glance, Kota Kinabalu isn’t a great city for pub crawling. Like many Asian cities there’s a bar street with cookie cutter Irish pubs and restaurants. In KK’s case that is the waterfront, which admittedly is a good place …
back of the ferry 