The Brewhouse, Brisbane

The Brewhouse is home to the city's only microbrewery. They brew a range of beers on the premises that contain Australian malt (barley or wheat), Tasmanian hops, water and, when required, Bundaberg sugar or local honey. The Brewhouse suggest the freshness of it's beer and the the lack of preservatives means "no nasty hangovers in the morning."

This is a link to The Brewhouse Brisbane web site

The building itself is interesting. It was originally built in 1907 as a factory for the Queensland Machinery Company. The interior is large and open plan, with loosely defined areas for playing pool, watching one of the two big screen or seven wide screen TVs broadcasting sports, eating in the grill or standing at the bar. Strangely (for an American) there is no waitress service anywhere in the pub or restaurant. All meals and drinks are ordered at the bar, then the food is delivered to your table after it is prepared.



We ate a snack platter and loaded potatoes. The snack platter contained a large bowl of thick potato wedges seasoned and deep fried, four tiny vegetarian spring rolls, a slice of garlic bread, several prawn crackers and three crispy lemon pepper chicken strips. The potato wedges were very good, but the spring rolls and the chicken strips were cold. Chloe liked the prawn crackers. The loaded potatoes plate contained a pile of potatoes roasted in their skins then loosely cut into quarters and covered with melted cheese, sour cream and tiny pieces of ham. The potatoes were nicely cooked, quite delicious and very fattening.

We (I) had to check out the beers and the Brewhouse obliged by selling a sample platter containing six of the beers the brew.

Schwarzbier - The 4th Reich. 5% ABV A German black lager that had a slight taste of dark chocolate, but was not as crisp and clean as a lager should be. Poor.

Sunshine Honey Wheat. 4.5% ABV The honey (from local bee hives) added a slight sweet after taste to this delicate wheat beer. Reasonable.


Up Yer Kilt - Scottish Ale. 5.3% ABV A traditional Scottish ale with little hop flavor and a slightly bitter aftertaste. Very good.

The Dog's Bollocks - English Mid strength Bitter. 3% ABV A perfect example to show that beer does not necessarily have to be strong to be tasty, (but then I am biased towards good English bitter.) Excellent.

Taffy's Bock. 6.2% ABV A strong lager that originated in Einbeck in Germany. Compares well o Shiner Bock, but not to the original German Bocks. Reasonable.

Midnight Extra Stout, 6.3% ABV Rich, robust and bitter. Tastes good with a pleasant aftertaste, but not different enough to inspire a switch from Guinness draft. Reasonable.