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For those in the SE suburbs of Melbourne looking for a bar of distinction, Oscar's Alehouse is now open in Belgrave Victoria. Oscar's was hand crafted over 8 months including himalayan cedar slab bar, heavy use of wood features, and comfortable leather seating. There is a private Beer Garden in the back and cafe style curb side seating in the front.

Oscar's currently carries 5 beers on tap (currently JS Amber, Hargreaves Hill Pale Ale, Coopers Sparkling, Little Creatures Pale Ale and Old Speckled Hen) and 20 in the bottle (including Red Hill Scotch Ale, Holgate Choc. Porter, Chimay, Duvel, Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Hargreaves Hill Porter, Barons Black Wattle Seed, Moo Brew Heffeweisen, Hoegaarden Wit Bier, Guiness, Killkenny, Bohemia, Rogers, JS Golden Ale, Beez Neez, Asahi, etc.) No VB, Carlton, Tooheys or Ready To Drink beverages.

Oscar's also carries an all Victorian Wine list and excellent cocktail menu. Food menu coming soon with cheese plates, bruschetta, trio of dips, olive bowls.

Sorry if anyone takes offense to this plug, I've had to put down my brewing hat for the past 8 months to get the bar up and running. My intention here is to let those know in the SE suburbs that there is now a bar trying to find a balance between excellent beer and local tastes.

Oscar's is located 30 meters from the entrance to Puffing Billy Steam Train and 50 meters from the Belgrave Train Station, at 7 Bayview Road, Belgrave.

Special thanks to Ross for providing advice, font, taps, etc. :)

Cheers,
Belgrave Brewer
 
biggups. i have a mate that lives in belgrave who i visit often so i'll pop in a say g'day and have a brew.
 
Sounds good. I don't really live anywhere near Belgrave but when I've got some time I'll pop in for some lunch a couple of beers. I wish you all the best - good to see a bar/pub/whatever in the burbs offering something different to the usual crap.
 
Cheers guys. Opening hours are:

Wed - Fri 5pm - 1am
Sat 1pm - 1am
Sun 1pm - 11pm
 
Nice selection would love to pop in if im in the area.

Cheers
 
Hey congrats on the launch, Belgrave :icon_cheers:

Expect a visit from myself and family in near future.

The place sounds stunning. I know you've put your heart and soul into the project and it certainly shows in the great selection of beers, alone. Can't wait to take in the rest.

All the best with your endeavour,

reVox
 
Nice selection would love to pop in if im in the area.

Cheers

Hi Vicelore, I'm also a member of MB, but alas, I have not been to a meeting in several months. Looking forward to meeting you soon-ish. :)

ReVox - There's always a bar stool for you (unless they are full :) )!
 
Pity I'm at the other end of the country :unsure:

However here's a tip: I work in an inbound telco call centre in Bris and one of my jobs when things get busy of an evening is to go onto directory assistance for a spell. One great frustration for many new businesses is that it often takes a month for their listing to get into the Sensis database which is used by Telstra of course, but is also leased to a lot of the other telcos (I'm with 3).

Get some mates with Telstra 3 Vodafone Optus phones to do a test directories call and If you're not listed yet then get onto them and whinge like BUGGERY.

And make sure they have your name and street spelled right, not Ale House or OsKar. Some of the clowns over at Sensis must be on work experience. Helps the computers to search quicker.

All the best

Michael

Edit I'll do a sneaky and check your listing in a couple of weeks time. :ph34r:
 
Oscar's is located 30 meters from the entrance to Puffing Billy Steam Train and 50 meters from the Belgrave Train Station, at 7 Bayview Road, Belgrave.

Not that I needed an excuse for taking the kids on Puffing Billy, but thanks for giving me one!

Will definately visit when out that way.
 
A few pics of Oscar's Alehouse.

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Looks great Belgrave - you have done a sterling job on pulling it together.

I will have to show SWMBO and organsie a train ride down to take a proper look.

Cheers,

Brendo
 
Re directory listing, checked last night at work and you're now in the listings so hope the phone melts off the hook! Obviously some ale lovers at Sensis extracted their digits, and why not for such a worthy cause :beerbang:

Cheers.
 
Love the look of the room! Subtle and restrained but warm and inviting.

Please let us know the URL for your site so anyone who is SEO oriented can link to you and get more traffic and biz for you.

Cheers - Fermented.
 
Had a Red Hill Golden Ale today and it was superb!!! This place may be worth a visit as i was wondering where i could get another.
 
Had a Red Hill Golden Ale today and it was superb!!! This place may be worth a visit as i was wondering where i could get another.

lower plenty IGA stock all the red hill range :icon_cheers:
 
long way from home.... but i went to their web site... they deliver for $5
 
Thanks everyone for your kind words. I spent 8 months building this bar with a master carpenter.

Oscar's Alehouse will now be a petition signing point for Fair Go Craft Beer, a petition to help small breweries alleviate some of the excise tax burden they are currently under. If you want to help, go to the website and signup, then find a petition place close to you and sign the petition.
 
I've had a few customers come in that found this post through a google search. They've wanted to know the phone number, so I'll post the details for future people.

Oscar's Alehouse
7 Bayview Road
Belgrave, VIC 3160
03 9754 8002
 
Living the dream. Good luck! I'll def. pop in next time I'm in Melb.
 
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