So I have a list of craft breweries and craft pubs I want to try out and I found out that Shenanigans were doing the tap takeover at the Lord Raglan I realised that I could kill two birds with one stone! So off the wife popped down on a mid Sunday arvo to Redfern and spent a few hours in the pub!
The Rocks Brewing Company has done a great job in restoring it - it looks amazing! The pop art graffitti on the walls is very cool, almost a bit of a Newtown influence and the retro pin ball machines look like they were stolen out the set of Greece the movie... a cool touch! The bar area is big to allow for all the tabs they have - the full set of the Rocks Brewing range, Yulli and Riverview were all on show as was Shenanigans - like I said, they have a lot of beers of tap!
The wife was driving so she could only have one drink but she was impressed that the staff not only knew their craft beer, but also the wines as well and picked a really great chardonnay - often in these craft beer places, the wine list isn't too hot and the staff couldn't tell you too much about it so this place got a big tick from her as well (guys should note this point).
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| Pin Ball anyone? |
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| Thats a big bar area... that means lots of taps! |
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| B E E R? at a bar? awesome! |
So onto Shenanigans, so I tried the Red Sky first, as it seemed to be getting a few mentions in craft beer sites but it wasn't really for me. The upfront flavours were great, you can tell the american influence but the really flowery taste at the end wasn't jumping out at me (it has flavours of jasmine in it). Different yes, interesting yes, glad I tried it? yes. Will I order another one, probably not. But I am sure many people will and love it. One of the reasons that the craft beer scene is so interesting is that you try new and weird and wonderful things, and this beer proves the craft beer scene is still firing innovative beers out into the marketplace.
Then I moved onto the Wrong Turn, and this was both the wife's and my favourite beer - so it looks like a Belgian White Ale with its cloudy colour and the fruity, slightly bitter smell. But it must be the rye they add to it that takes a little of the fruitiness away from a Belgian White Ale and gives it a bit more punch and weight in the body. This really is a great beer in my eyes. Shenanigans has taken a common and popular style drink and give it a slight twist to reflect what they want from it - great job!
After this I moved onto the Winston - probably their most common known beer. It is an American Pale Ale - a big, fuller, flatter, full of hops beer that is getting quite a common style of beer in Sydney. It's your go to beer, great to drink and the Winston is no different. I would say that it isn't a session style beer as I think after a few of these you would have a mouth of hops but a few after work or after dinner and you would be a happy person.
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| Shenanigans tap takeover |
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| A Wrong Turn leads to a chardonnay which leads to some food.... |
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