So, whilst my birthday is still a while away, the wife wants to get the booking in early.
I'm looking for a high-end dining experience, with a degustation style menu, and importantly - a good beer selection (or even ideally a matching beer option, like most degustations with their matching wines).
To give you an idea (for the Melb folks) we went to Vue De Monde last year for the wifes birthday. Fantastic experience. The only beer on the menu that was drinkable though was Duvel - 100 pages of wine, and the beer selection was VB, Crown, Stella and Duvel... Now, I'm not opposed to wine, and indeed I enjoyed a couple that night, but for my birthday, I want beer. Good beer. Great beer. Wine is all well and good, but IMO beer is where the variety is.
So far my research has found "fine dining" and "great beer" to be an elusive match. Anyone had any positive experiences they are wishing to share?
(And BTW we will probably be going to Redhills Brewery in the next few weeks for lunch on an unrelated matter - any feedback on there, including which beers to try, will also be welcome!)
I'm looking for a high-end dining experience, with a degustation style menu, and importantly - a good beer selection (or even ideally a matching beer option, like most degustations with their matching wines).
To give you an idea (for the Melb folks) we went to Vue De Monde last year for the wifes birthday. Fantastic experience. The only beer on the menu that was drinkable though was Duvel - 100 pages of wine, and the beer selection was VB, Crown, Stella and Duvel... Now, I'm not opposed to wine, and indeed I enjoyed a couple that night, but for my birthday, I want beer. Good beer. Great beer. Wine is all well and good, but IMO beer is where the variety is.
So far my research has found "fine dining" and "great beer" to be an elusive match. Anyone had any positive experiences they are wishing to share?
(And BTW we will probably be going to Redhills Brewery in the next few weeks for lunch on an unrelated matter - any feedback on there, including which beers to try, will also be welcome!)