We set the table again for Brewers & Chewers

Our annual flagship event, Brewers & Chewers returns this year with an amazing lineup of guests from abroad and our own backyard. 

Hosted by the inimitable Professor Pilsner; the evening combines the elements of Meet the Brewer sessions, an intimate dinner party, and speed dating with musical chairs.  

This year we have invited 7 guest brewers to join 7 tables, and they rotate every 20 minutes. Lucky guests will be dining and chatting with brewing 'royalty', drinking delicious beers from said 'royalty', and enjoying a delicious 4 course menu around.

All beers on the night are included, and this is what we have:

Two Birds 'Taco'

Feral 'White Hog'

Nail 'Imperial Brown Ale'

Kooinda 'Mosaic Pale Ale'

Moon Dog 'Love Tap'

Bridge Road 'Umami Ale'

Nail 'Clout Stout'

Garage Project (Beer TBA)

DETAILS:

Thursday 24th October, 6:30pm

Tickets are still available, so book HERE and get in quick!

Ale Stars with Moon Dog

For this month we are hosting a special Ale Stars with the elusive Moon Dog Brewery from the rustic Abbotsford factory in back streets of inner-city Melbourne.

Moon Dog has been consistently unleashing a new breed of beer onto the Australian beer-loving public; blended styles, barrel aging, wild fermentation, while using some weird and wonderful ingredients. The beers are style-agnostic and irreverent with a healthy dose of tongue-in-cheek, and an attitude that says “Who cares? It’s only beer.”

We will be discussing (and drinking) the following beers; with dinner included:

Love Tap – Double Lager – 5.9%

Bock Naked – Dark German Lager with Chipotle – 7.7%

Mummy Have A Bite – Toffee Apple Amber Ale – 8.2%

Jumping the Shark – Cognac Barrel Aged truffled Imperial Stout – 15.5%

DETAILS:

Tuesday 22nd October, 7pm

Free entry for Ale Stars or BOOK ONLINE

UNCHAIN THE MOON DOG!!

Darlo's BrewShare Report from Sydney Craft Beer Week

November's BrewShare was intimate with only about 10 beers entered but what we lost in quantity we certainly made up for in quality. The style for this night - beers under 4% - was decided at the previous BrewShare so we had an English Mild, light IPAs and a Berliner Weiss.

Anna and Olaf’s Berliner Weiss won the day with its almost lemonade sourness with Michael's British Mild coming a very close second. Best Other Beer was Ben's American Red Ale (also a great beer but at over 6% not quite to style).

The style for the next BrewShare is Anything With Australian Hops! We also decided that the BrewShare after that, in May, will be Sour Beers. So, if you think you have what it takes to create an outstanding brew then do not hesitate in get brewing and book in for February's edition of BrewShare on February 19th starting at 7pm. Tickets are only $20 which gets you some tasty treats on the night too. Click here to book.

Thanks to Dave's Home Brew for their continued support.

Epic Ale Stars in Darlo is, well... Epic!

A sell out crowd packed in downstairs tonight to hear Luke Nicholas of Epic fame talk about his beers for our SCBW installment of Ale Stars.

We tasted the Portamarillo : a collaboration between Epic and Dogfish Head using Tamarillo fruit from NZ, the First Batch Pale Ale, the Coffee & Fig Imperial Oatmeal Stout and finished things off with the aptly named Hop Zombie. What a selection!

Massive thanks to the 80+ peeps who showed up to hear what Luke had to say and to Doc for keeping Luke in line ;-)

eXtreme beer goes off in Darlo

We tasted some amazing beers last night with the boys from the Beer Lover's Guide. Their new book, the "Complete Beer Service and Sommelier's Manual", was handed out to all who came hot off the press. A fantastic guide to all things beer which was well received by all. The beers themselves were wacky and big and no doubt there were a few sore heads this morning!

There are still heaps of fantastic events to check out at Sydney Craft Beer Week. Our Epic tap makeover starts today (Wednesday) and to book for Epic Ale Stars with special guest Luke Nicholas and his amazing hoppy beers, click here.

Or for a wonderful 5 course dinner and a chance to get up close and personal with some great brewers and their terrific beers, click here.

We won!! We're the best pub in Sydney!

Ossy and I attended the Time Out Sydney Bar Awards yesterday at Cockatoo Island on Sydney Harbour. It was a fantastic day made all the better by the fact that we won! We were humbled to have been chosen out of some pretty special Sydney pubs including The Four In Hand, The Old Fitzroy (who we spent much of the day hanging out with), The Forresters and the Hero of Waterloo.

It's superb timing since it's the start of Sydney Craft Beer Week and the award shows that a craft beer venue can mix it with the best. A huge thank you to Leroy, David Thackray, Dom, Ossy, Scotty,  Rols, Fury, Clive, Simon and the rest of the fantastic team who have all made this happen!

Hopp'n Mad SpecTAPular in Sydney!

This is the moment you thirsty Guys & Gals have been waiting for, the line up for this Octobers SpecTAPular.... 

 If you have been here for a SpecTAPular then you know what to expect, but this time we're going mad! Hopp'n Mad! 

 After winning 'Best Specialty Beer Venue 2012' for the third time, we decided we're going to show you just exactly how Mad we're going to go so the entire venue is going to be kitted out with the craziest decorations, the staff will be looking insane, the entertainment will be wild, the food will be mental, the times to be had are going to be barmy! 

So, on October 20th the tap list is going to look something like this: 

 1. Beer Here Hopfix (Denmark) 

2 Beer Here Lupulus Pale Ale (Denmark) 

3 Feral Hop Hog IPA (WA) 

4 Feral Fanta Pants Imperial Red Ale (WA) 

5 Mornington Peninsula Brewery Imperial IPA (VIC) 

6 Mountain Goat Coffee IPA (VIC) 

7 Mountain Goat IPA (VIC) 

8 Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye (USA) 

9 James Squire Hop Thief (NSW) 

10 Brewdog Punk IPA (Scotland) 

11 Hopdog Red Hopulous (NSW) 

12 Mikkeller Warrior Single Hop IPA (Denmark) 

13 Australian Brewery The Motherlode (NSW) 

14 Murrays Icon 2IPA (NSW) 

15 Red Hill Pilsner (VIC) 

16 Bridge Road Bling IPA (VIC) 

17 Marin White Knuckle Double IPA (USA) 

18 Mikkeller Sorachi Ace Single Hop IPA (Denmark) 

19 Mikkeller Bravo Single Hop IPA (Denmark) 

20 Hargreaves Hill ESB (VIC) 

 There is a gold coin entry on the door, all donations will go to the 'Against Malaria' Foundation. 

 Doors will open from Midday and close at 1am on the nose so plenty of time to come in and join the festivities. 

 Best-Dressed patron will receive a gift voucher and there will be a few other special announcements and surprises on the day.

There will not be a better place to be during SCBW! 

 See you here or see you there, they day'll be queer, the day'll be rare...

Sydney Craft Beer Week at your Local Taphouse!

So here it is, what you've all been waiting for! Get your diaries out and your pens ready. 

Here is The Local Taphouse line up for Sydney Craft Beer Week. 

 On Saturday 20th October we have our quarterly Charity Fundraiser, SpecTAPular. The theme is "Hopp'n Mad" so we'll let you use that imagination of yours to think of what we have in store for you all. It's a gold coin donation on the door, there's 20 Hoppy craft beers on tap, a fantastic new menu for the day and great entertainment. Doors open at Midday so get in early to avoid the 'madness'!!

 Right next event, Crafty Trivia on Monday 22nd! After a weekend of SpecTAPular and a nice Sunday roof session you'll need to get your heads back into gear. Come and test your beer knowledge against like minded people. Hosted by John Barrand, there's some great prizes and it's free and starts from 7pm - Why not?!

 If Trivia's not your thing and you happen to be a beer loving female and proud of it, then do we have a treat for you! Head upstairs to The Louvre and the infamous 'Beer Diva' Kirrily Waldhorn herself is hosting Barley's Angels where 'Beer will meet Life Art'. Share some fantastic brews whilst the Beer Diva teaches you the secrets behind them, but it may be hard to concentrate while you're drawing a beautiful Male Model! For a ticket please click here.

 Moving onto Tuesday 23rd October we feel the need for it all to become a bit extreme! The chaps from The Beer Lovers Guide will be here with the new edition of 'The Beer Lovers Guide to Extreme Beer' for all guests! There will be a selection of extreme beers with a paddle of 5 on arrival for all guests. Feeling adventurous? Ready to turn up the notch on your beer drinking? Then click here for a ticket.
 Still on Tuesday, we are now making one home brewers dream come true!
Back in September we gave home brewers the chance to get their creations pro-brewed! Well the time has come to launch the 'Beer mimics Food' Winning brew (brewed in part by our friends at 4 Pines).
The beer will be on tap from 7pm so come down and grab yourself a glass while you still can!

 Well, it's Wednesday 24th October, we've been pretty SpecTAPular and quite artistic with an extreme twist, but now it's time to get 'Epic'. It's an Epic Brewery Tap Make Over for October's edition of Ale Stars. Our monthly beer appreciation society are in for a treat and we've always got tickets for you too. As per usual doors open at 7pm, we will have special guests, quirky Trivia and tasty treats from the Chef.
Ale Stars, this is the only way to begin the better half of the week! For a ticket, book here!

 If you're still here, you've done a smashing job so far so let's keep this beer ball rolling into something a little classier! Thursday 25th October we are hosting our annual 'Brewers & Chewers' event, a delicious 5 course dinner with the brewers themselves who are bringing some special (and in some cases, one of a kind) brews.
Come and dine with the brewers at a feast that will surely make your week. For tickets book here.
 Every day that we do not have an event on, it is business as usual, the DJ's, the Bands, all the goodness that you love about your Local, just stay were you belong! Any queries please give us a call on 02 9360 0088 and we'll show you the way.
 Come and be a part of history!