Portland Hotel

My wife's office in Melbourne is located just up the street from the Portland Hotel. "So what" I hear you say..... Well the Portland Hotel also happens to be Melbourne's only brewpub. The brewpub falls under the James Squire brand and alongside selling the full range of James Squire beers also produces a small number of house beers. The picture to left is a meal I had at the pub. As part of their Oktoberfest celebrations they had a Marzen style beer aptly called 'Oktoberbrau' and a meal offer which consisted of sauerkraut and pork sausages on a bed of mash potato. It was pretty tasty but not entirely authentic - fennel seeds in the kraut?? WFT?

The standout beer for me was the 'Highwayman' which is described as trice hopped. It was nice, a deep red colour and served via proper real keg. Actually it wasn't a million miles away from the White Rabbit I touched upon a couple of weeks ago.

Enough from Melbourne now, I had a few other beers but don't want to harp on about the details. This weekend sees me house hunting. I'm sure I'll get a few beers in along the way.
http://www.portlandhotel.com.au/