G'day
I went here yesterday and had a paddle of tasters. This is in the Tambourine Mountain area.
They have about 8 beers on tap styled as things like "Rainforest Lager" etc, apparently trying to reflect the regional qualities. But frankly the immediate impression you get is that they decided just to fill out a roster of beers to tick the boxes of a range of style, but they have not developed the recipes with care or skill, or they are skimping on the necessary speciality grains to get a proper example of various styles out, or using dubious substitutes.
The mountain bock and the stout (forget the name) were good quality and enjoyable, probably because they just brewed to style. The others were poor quality and forgettable. I recall the Rainforest Lager was particularly hard to enjoy and the Belgian Blonde was a poor specimen of the style. Others lacked both body and flavour and almost tasted like megaswill. If I went again I would stick to the dark beers.
The food wasn't bad, a little pricey. The service was poor on the day but it was boxing day so probably not a fair indication of the usual quality.
All in all, although I've been negative on the beer, the place is nice, breezy, open and well-appointed and quite pleasant. You should find a beer you like on tap and have a good day on it. It's a general thumbs-up as a nice place to stop off if you're in the area although, regrettably, not worth going out of your way to visit.
I went here yesterday and had a paddle of tasters. This is in the Tambourine Mountain area.
They have about 8 beers on tap styled as things like "Rainforest Lager" etc, apparently trying to reflect the regional qualities. But frankly the immediate impression you get is that they decided just to fill out a roster of beers to tick the boxes of a range of style, but they have not developed the recipes with care or skill, or they are skimping on the necessary speciality grains to get a proper example of various styles out, or using dubious substitutes.
The mountain bock and the stout (forget the name) were good quality and enjoyable, probably because they just brewed to style. The others were poor quality and forgettable. I recall the Rainforest Lager was particularly hard to enjoy and the Belgian Blonde was a poor specimen of the style. Others lacked both body and flavour and almost tasted like megaswill. If I went again I would stick to the dark beers.
The food wasn't bad, a little pricey. The service was poor on the day but it was boxing day so probably not a fair indication of the usual quality.
All in all, although I've been negative on the beer, the place is nice, breezy, open and well-appointed and quite pleasant. You should find a beer you like on tap and have a good day on it. It's a general thumbs-up as a nice place to stop off if you're in the area although, regrettably, not worth going out of your way to visit.
