City: Sydney
Country: Australia
A few days ago, once again after a long day
of work, a friend and me decided to go for a drink. The target location this
time: King Street Brewhouse, which hosts the Red Tape Brewing Company!
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| King Street Brewhouse |
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| A look inside the brewery! |
In terms of beer range, the brewery offers
8 different brews at any one time (All brewed on location). All brews are tapped straight from the
brewery, making the experience of drinking a nice craft beer even better.
Unfortunately for me, when I visited, five of the eight tap points were out of
order (no tasting paddle for me :( ).
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| The Bar |
However, my disappointment was soon
forgotten as I discovered that pints of craft beer would only cost me $6, you
have to love this kind of Happy Hour (every weekday from 4-7pm)! The bar staff was also very friendly, and allowed us
to taste a few beers before ordering a full pint.
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| Single Batch: Amber Ale |
The first brew that I tasted was the Single
Batch Amber Ale, which had a very strong and defined taste for the category. A
seasonal bitter followed this, which was very light and refreshing (it was
quite hot outside). We decided on the bitter and settled down for a few pints
of the stuff.
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| Enjoying a Summer Ale Bitter! |
The original plan was to go for just one or
two drinks, but as such things often go, it’s very hard to stick to just one or
two. Moreover, a number of friends joined, and as such one or two drinks
turned into five or six. Another brew which I tasted at the brewhouse was Tooth’s pale
ale, a revival of an old beer recipe which used to be enjoyed in Sydney quite
some time ago.
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| Tooth's Pale Ale |
As time progressed, and as one drink was
followed by another, we all started to get quite hungry. Luckily for us
however, it turned out that on Monday’s the Brewhouse offers a delicious steak
dinner, together with a glass of beer, for about $15 (which is definitely not a bad deal in overpriced Sydney :P). After dinner somebody made the very wise suggestion to go home, and we all did.
Yesterday, we decided to go back for just one or two drinks which, I'm glad to say, actually worked this time. Luckily for me, they had one more tap working again so i had the opportunity to try another of Red Tape's brews.
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| Steak and Beer, need i say more? |
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| Trying a Perfect Storm Lager! |
Great happy hour(s), friendly staff, nice brew's and an absolutely perfect location by the water! King Street Brewhouse and the Red Tape Brewing Company didn't disappoint!
Like with my other brewery visit so far here in Sydney, if you have the chance, this is definitely a brewpub worth checking out!
Cheers!
My Ratings:
Single Batch: Amber Ale: 3.75/5
Seasonal: Bitter: 3.5/5 (refreshing, light bitter)
Tooth's Pale Ale: 3.5/5 (hoppy, fresh, pale ale)
Perfect Storm: 3.5/5 (Cloudy Lager, Zwickelish)
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