Quarryman, Pyrmont

I used to live in Pyrmont, and this place was a dive. I am absolutely gutted this place didn't open up when we lived here!

The Quarryman was renovated a few months ago and has become a fantastic pub, everything has been taken back to its basics - brick walls, original wooden floors etc and the owners have done a fantastic job.

Waiting for the green man to let me into this place! COME ON!!! TURN GREEN!! Why do you take so long to turn green?!!

Back to basics feel just makes this place look fantastic.

So as you can see, I am clearly loving this place; it feels so light and airy now. Up the stairs was the customary pub quiz and on the top floor a function was being held so clearly the locals are loving this place too. We went on a Tuesday night and there were a few people in the place and very few spare seats available which is always a good sign.

"In Hops we trust" has anything ever so true been said  in a pub??

My wife enjoying a wine, and me a fantastic Windjammer IPA from Queensland

So apparently, the Quarrymans is the first pub outside of QLD to sell the Windjammer IPA. Made in an american style, it has a slightly bitter upfront taste then the fruit and hops hits you to leave a beautiful lingering after-taste - honestly I would say it was one of the nicest IPAs I have had in a long while. As you can see from the picture, the head stays as well. I have no idea how brewers do that, but I like it...

The list of the 24 beers on tap, which seems to change once or twice each week, just awesome.

Back to the Quarrymans, the list of beers the have on tap is sensational, and when speaking to the barman he was saying that one or two beers change every week, so by my reckoning that's a completely different list every 3 months.  If they can continue to source beers that haven't been poured in NSW this place will be a gold mine; it has the look and the beer list so why won't it do well?

The wife and I pop along to Pyrmont most Sundays to get fresh fish (from the Fish Market unsurprisingly) so one week (i.e. this weekend, and probably every Sunday afterwards) we will pop in here and have some food, and I will update the review.

If I were to have one comment, and I have no idea how to solve it, it would be to get a few more seats; on a Tuesday night, we could only find a seat near the toilets overlooking the back smokers section, which is a shame.

I suppose it is a hard balance to have seats and high chairs and still make the place feel airy and allow easy access to the bar. Like I said, it is the minor-est of points, to the new owners of this place-  great job and you have firmly made it to my top 5 pubs in Sydney...

We sat at the window... over looking the smokers...