Beer and cider
Four new and snazzy Melbourne pubs to meet your mates at this summer
Happy hours and weekly specials make these restored boozers a no-brainer for silly season fun.
- Daniela Frangos
- Exclusive
- Coming soon
First look: Moon Dog’s ‘biggest venue yet’ is a 1200-person tropical beer hall in Docklands
Naturally, it’s called Doglands. And it’s right on the Marvel Stadium concourse, making it your new game-day hangout.
- Tomas Telegramma
Brisbane brewery transforms Manly Wharf Bar, reveals dishes from former Rockpool chef
Former Rockpool chef Corey Costelloe’s dishes include a 600g dry-aged rib-eye, Clarence River baby octopus and pizza dough with a surprise ingredient.
- Scott Bolles
Red, white and brew: Eight great pubs to watch the Swans in the grand final
Couldn’t get a ticket for the AFL grand final? Don’t stress, these places are ready to take on Swans fans across Sydney.
- Kayla Olaya
If cutting out alcohol completely is unrealistic, raise a glass to ‘damp’ drinking
Conscious, mindful or damp – whatever you call it, drinking in moderation, or not at all, has never been more appetising.
- Katie Spain
- Review
- Footscray
Fans of fast food, shots and bucking bulls, this problem-plagued Footscray brewpub is for you
To say it’s had its challenges would be an understatement. But this salty slice of Americana delivers on the good times, most of the time.
- Besha Rodell
Moon Dog’s Footscray brewpub ready to pour first beers after launch debacle
A fire hydrant has stopped the kegs from running at a brewpub set to open on a site many Melburnians hold dear. But the end is in sight.
- Emma Breheny
How a cobbled-together ‘Franken-brewery’ became a craft-beer juggernaut
This local brewer does venues with childlike imagination, and beers and seltzers that are now quintessentially Melbourne. We find out where it all began and what’s to come.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Exclusive
- Just open
Footscray’s legendary Franco Cozzo site has undergone a wild transformation
A mechanical bull, tequila-sunrise slushies, sizzling fajita platters and a huge rooftop bar. Welcome to Moon Dog Brewery’s new three-level mega-venue.
- Tomas Telegramma
High-profile brewer opens first Melbourne venue and there’s chops by the kilo and spanakopita lasagne
Two chefs with a love of fire are having fun with their first beer hall menu at South Melbourne’s new Pirate Life brewpub.
- Emma Breheny
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