mikk
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Hey Schwartz, if you're going to hold this event
http://sydneycraftbeerweek.com/?event=beer...chwartz-brewery
please inform the people that work there what's going on.
I turned up at 1pm for the 12-3pm "happy hour" only to be charged full price for my $3 beer. I was met with a blank stare from the bar girl regarding todays
special $3 beers and their Beers and Burgers Sydney Craft Beer week lunch special, & was advised to try going upstairs to the restaurant to see if they knew what was going on.
Needless to say, they didn't. One guy vaguely knew something about it, but not how much it was or whether it included a beer. After telling them the price & the (alleged) happy hour details, I ordered anyway but was then met with confusion as to how to provide the beer to me in the restaurant. I went back downstairs to re-convince the bargirl to give me some beer with my lunch.
Upon delivery of my burger I was told that the patty was marinated in porter, the tomato sauce was made with a Schwartz beer, & the mayo was made with another Schwartz beer (summer beer?). Despite not having any tomato sauce on it, it was actually really nice. The Porter patty was deliciously smoky and flavoursome, and the mayo was also excellent, though i couldn't taste any beery goodness in it. The chips were nice, fresh & crispy too.
I would have like to have stayed for another beer, but didn't want to have to go through the rigmarole of trying to convince the bar girl to serve me beers for $3. The pre-lunch full price Pale Ale was excellent though- i would describe it as 70% Little Creatures pale ale & 30% Coopers Pale ale, but much more bitter (in a good way) than either. The Porter provided perfect accompaniment to the burger, despite initially thinking it lacked a bit of 'bite', by the bottom of the glass i was really impressed with it.
So, Schwartz, your beers & food were really quite good, but the whole experience of wondering if i was there on the right day, at the right time, or even in the right pub left a (metaphoric) bad taste in my mouth! I travelled 45 minutes each way on public transport for the 'special event' only to find it was so special that no-one knew about it...
Please try harder next time.
http://sydneycraftbeerweek.com/?event=beer...chwartz-brewery
please inform the people that work there what's going on.
I turned up at 1pm for the 12-3pm "happy hour" only to be charged full price for my $3 beer. I was met with a blank stare from the bar girl regarding todays
special $3 beers and their Beers and Burgers Sydney Craft Beer week lunch special, & was advised to try going upstairs to the restaurant to see if they knew what was going on.
Needless to say, they didn't. One guy vaguely knew something about it, but not how much it was or whether it included a beer. After telling them the price & the (alleged) happy hour details, I ordered anyway but was then met with confusion as to how to provide the beer to me in the restaurant. I went back downstairs to re-convince the bargirl to give me some beer with my lunch.
Upon delivery of my burger I was told that the patty was marinated in porter, the tomato sauce was made with a Schwartz beer, & the mayo was made with another Schwartz beer (summer beer?). Despite not having any tomato sauce on it, it was actually really nice. The Porter patty was deliciously smoky and flavoursome, and the mayo was also excellent, though i couldn't taste any beery goodness in it. The chips were nice, fresh & crispy too.
I would have like to have stayed for another beer, but didn't want to have to go through the rigmarole of trying to convince the bar girl to serve me beers for $3. The pre-lunch full price Pale Ale was excellent though- i would describe it as 70% Little Creatures pale ale & 30% Coopers Pale ale, but much more bitter (in a good way) than either. The Porter provided perfect accompaniment to the burger, despite initially thinking it lacked a bit of 'bite', by the bottom of the glass i was really impressed with it.
So, Schwartz, your beers & food were really quite good, but the whole experience of wondering if i was there on the right day, at the right time, or even in the right pub left a (metaphoric) bad taste in my mouth! I travelled 45 minutes each way on public transport for the 'special event' only to find it was so special that no-one knew about it...
Please try harder next time.