The Beer Club Bible

A book that should be thought of as The Beer Club Bible.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/1001-Beers-You-Must-Before/dp/1844036820

And a list of those of Australia...

3 Ravens White
Alpha Pale Ale
Black Wattle Original Ale
Bluetongue Traditional Pilsner
Cascade Stout
Christmas Ale
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Dogbolter Dark Lager
First Harvest Ale
Forester Pale Ale
Burleigh Brewing Hef
Mountain Goat Hightail Ale
Huon Dark Ale
James Boag’s Premium Lager
James Squire Golden Ale
James Squire Original Amber Ale
James Squire Pilsener
Knappstein Reserve Lager
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Moo Brew Pilsner
Grand Ridge Moonshine
Murray’s Best Extra Porter
Red Duck Porter
Redoak Baltic Porter
Redoak Framboise Froment
Redoak Special Reserve
Rogers’ Beer
Red Hill Scotch
Southwark Old Stout
Stone & Wood Pale Lager

So now Beer Club has a mission!

Beer Club 2.5: Seven Pubs, in Seven hours, in the Seventh Month

A huge effort by the Beer Club disciples this month visiting an impressive 7 Pubs! Special thanks to Emer, Evren & Josh for making the trip out of the city. Highlight for me was David being asked to stand on one leg for 5 seconds to gain access to the Fringe Bar. He was unsuccessful, but the bouncers awarded him access for effort.

Pubs visited:

Pub 1 - The Beresford

Pub 2 - Name this Bar ? (Mystery Bar!)

Chair of the night

Pint glass with thumb resting crevice
Happy customers
An evil Bec approaches

Pub 3 – Rose, Shamrock & Thistle (3 Weeds)

Pub 4 – The Fringe Bar

Long distance mind meld
"The merge has been successful"

Pub 5 – Durcy Nellys (had the name wrong)

Out the front: Marc, Evren, David, Ricky, Josh & Matt

Pub 6 – The Royal Hotel

Pub 7 – The Lord Dudley

Lord Dudley Motor Vehicle
A fitting end

Beer Club 2.5: whiteboard campaign

Even after our whiteboard campaign the number of participants has dropped rapidly. The club must go on! As Marc says "the beer still taste the same", lets hope he's right!

Beer Club 2.5: Watering holes

As with all beer clubs, there is no real itinerary. The only certainty is the first pub... which will be The Beresford Hotel.. which we missed last time, due to group hunger.

6pm  The Beresford Hotel

A little bit fancy pants. Good selection of beers and not bad food.

http://www.theberesford.com.au/

Pub 2 – The Beauchamp Hotel

Fancy pants. We might walk past.

http://www.thebeauchamp.com.au/thebeauchamp/Home.html

Pub 3 – Rose Shamrock & Thistle (3 Weeds)

Never been here, but looks ok.

http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/bars/venues/1018/rose-shamrock-thistle-hotel

Pub 4 – The Fringe Bar (Warning: uni bar)

Bit of a dive, but could be fun.

http://www.fringebar.net.au/

If we head to five ways:

Royal Hotel

Good  drinking venue

http://www.royalhotel.com.au/

Four in hand

Looks good. We should visit if we head 5 ways direction.

http://www.fourinhand.com.au/

 If we head up oxford street:

The Print Room

Never been here, looks small & Irish.

http://www.bestvenues.com.au/Venue/printroom/default.aspx

The Grand National

Very small – could be to small.

http://www.grandnational.com.au/

The London

Could be very busy. Not a bad pub.

http://hotellondon.com.au/

Hopefully end up here… we should make an effort – david might get homesick (or beer sick):

The Lord Dudley

http://www.lorddudley.com.au/

Dry July or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Drink the Beer

I just had a sudden realisation (via twitter and other social media) that our next beer club kicks off on the first day of Dry July.

So, while you could ponder the coincidence, time and space ramifications, and possibility of repent. I like to focus on the positive aspects: We will be doing our bit for local business during their tough times ahead.

It is a great cause though, so do sign up if you're feeling up to it: http://www.dryjuly.com/

Channel 11 shows its support for beer club by airing Naked Gun 2 1/2

Friday 1st of July - Beer Club 2.5: the smell of beer

Place it into your calendars - if its not already there. Post your suggestions on where we should visit. This one is looking like the group could be significantly larger!

Prizes for the first correct guess of the film reference. Prizes are of no monetary value, and may well be a figment of a shared imagination or consciousness.