"Brother B.E.E.R.S."
Attendees: Cameron and Michael
Price: Little bit above your average pub beers, but pretty good pricing considering the quality of beers on offer. Range from $8.60-$11.80
Location: 125 Smith St., towards Gertrude St.
Distance: 8 min walk
Ambiance: Very friendly feel, small space used really well, feels a lot larger than it is as the space is broken up by the mezzanine level, yet still very intimate. Has a Port Fairy Folk Festival vibe.
Character: Feature piece on the wall is awesome, but a bit freaky. Hard to put your finger on the look they are going for here, but it is almost like a mini beer hall meets your loungeroom. High ceilings, exposed beams and long wooden tables are coupled with mismatched sofas, a comfy mezzanine level and assorted reading lamps and coffee tables.
Patrons: Usual inner-city, varied, down-to-Earth types.
Staff: Very friendly and helpful. Casual and easy-going.
Selection: Only source Victorian microbrewery beers for both their tap and bottled selection. Decent range of about 8 tap beers as well as multitude of Victorian bottled beers. The beer menu has the added bonus of having a separate distance column telling you how far away from Melbourne it has been sourced. Highlights the Victorian aspect.
Beer Garden: Very minimal, but surrounded by high walls and a number of pot plants and creepers. Almost has a rain forest or greenhouse feel to it. Blue stone walls and exposed roof beams makes you feel a lot more remote and secluded than even though you're on Smith St! Also has varied, comfortable on-street drinking areas to watch the world go by from.
Specials: Live music, trivia, decent vegetarian/gluten free menu options as well as some meat-eater delights such as rabbit stew.
L.S.R.: Lights were too bright for the live music that was playing.
Amenities: Purple toilet walls covered in extensive, but somewhat semi-tasteful graffiti- it is very Collingwood hipster, but the toilets are also very clean. The graffiti art murals leading up to the bathrooms are intricate and fantastic.
Top Suggestion: Perhaps provide a standard sessional beer on tap- like a Carlton Draught to allow extended sessions.
Arbitrary Score: 82
Solid all-rounder that ticks all the boxes. Can't really fault it in any area, yet something still feels like it is lacking. Hard to say what it is though.
Attendees: Cameron and Michael
Price: Little bit above your average pub beers, but pretty good pricing considering the quality of beers on offer. Range from $8.60-$11.80
Location: 125 Smith St., towards Gertrude St.
Distance: 8 min walk
Ambiance: Very friendly feel, small space used really well, feels a lot larger than it is as the space is broken up by the mezzanine level, yet still very intimate. Has a Port Fairy Folk Festival vibe.
Character: Feature piece on the wall is awesome, but a bit freaky. Hard to put your finger on the look they are going for here, but it is almost like a mini beer hall meets your loungeroom. High ceilings, exposed beams and long wooden tables are coupled with mismatched sofas, a comfy mezzanine level and assorted reading lamps and coffee tables.
Patrons: Usual inner-city, varied, down-to-Earth types.
Staff: Very friendly and helpful. Casual and easy-going.
Selection: Only source Victorian microbrewery beers for both their tap and bottled selection. Decent range of about 8 tap beers as well as multitude of Victorian bottled beers. The beer menu has the added bonus of having a separate distance column telling you how far away from Melbourne it has been sourced. Highlights the Victorian aspect.
Beer Garden: Very minimal, but surrounded by high walls and a number of pot plants and creepers. Almost has a rain forest or greenhouse feel to it. Blue stone walls and exposed roof beams makes you feel a lot more remote and secluded than even though you're on Smith St! Also has varied, comfortable on-street drinking areas to watch the world go by from.
Specials: Live music, trivia, decent vegetarian/gluten free menu options as well as some meat-eater delights such as rabbit stew.
L.S.R.: Lights were too bright for the live music that was playing.
Amenities: Purple toilet walls covered in extensive, but somewhat semi-tasteful graffiti- it is very Collingwood hipster, but the toilets are also very clean. The graffiti art murals leading up to the bathrooms are intricate and fantastic.
Top Suggestion: Perhaps provide a standard sessional beer on tap- like a Carlton Draught to allow extended sessions.
Arbitrary Score: 82
Solid all-rounder that ticks all the boxes. Can't really fault it in any area, yet something still feels like it is lacking. Hard to say what it is though.
