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Month: August 2016

Little Creatures Canteen and Brewery- Geelong

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Located in a warehousy and light commercial part of Geelong, the little creatures brewery was bought inlittle_creatures_brewery_geelong_indoor_seating_canteen 2011, and opened in 2013, pumping out fresh, light tasting and bright flavored beers.

Attached to the working factory, is the little creatures canteen, and the White Rabbit Barrel Hall.

The brewery and canteen is situated in an old woolen mill complex, tastefully restored, that the company won little_creatures_brewery_geelong_heritage_awardheritage awards for.

The food is excellent, and despite the canteen being in a big, open warehouse, the atmosphere is warm, bright and inviting, topped off with good service from cheery and enthusiastic staff.

 

I ordered the burger special, a nice big pizza, coffee and a Chai tea with honey for the lass.

little_creatures_brewery_geelong_canteen_chai_teaThe Chai tea was unusually well presented, and of great quality, being loose leaf, and freshly brewed- there was no powdered or tea bag option nonsense being pandered around here on the surf coast, unlike in Melbourne.

 

little_creatures_brewery_geelong_canteen_burgerThe burger was tasty, reasonably priced, and the chips were nice and crispy. In fact, the chips came WITH the burger, and I didn’t have to pay extra for once, despite this being a “hip” and “cool” establishment.

 

little_creatures_brewery_geelong_canteen_pizzaPizza was a stone and wood baked affair, with fresh and good quality ingredients sprinkled on top. more than satisfying.

 

There were a lot of cool little spaces and things go look at, and go ahh, and ooh!, at the brewery, and it was a pleasure to wander around and have a good stickybeak.

The beer tours are only $12, so next time I’m going to book into one and check it out- wandering around industrial facilities are always fascinating, even if you are not in the industry, and just a hack home brewer like myself.

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For some reason, there’s a badly tuned honky-tonk piano outside in a container you can have a bash on in any state of tipsyness, and because it a pretty big property, you can borrow a bike to ride about on if you feel inclined, just ask the bar staff, though don’t get crabby if they say NO because of the jug of beer they know you just drank by yourself with lunch.

All in all, its a fine place to go for a lunch date with a pretty lass, and that’s exactly what I did that day.

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The brewing process in diagrams- click to enlarge

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Images of the current menu as of winter 2016 as are below, or check out the links to the current menu on the following links:

Food menu- little creatures canteen Geelong

Drinks Menu- little creatures canteen geelong

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221 Swanston St, Geelong VIC 3220

Monday – Tuesday: 10am – 5pm

Wednesday – Friday: 10am – 10pm

Saturday: 8am – 10pm (Brunch available)

Sunday: 8am – 10pm (Brunch available)

Phone: (03) 5202 4009

 

https://littlecreatures.com.au/locations/geelong/the-canteen

Coffee Snobs- Geelong

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Internet based Australian supplier of green coffee beans for home and artisan roasters.

http://beanbay.coffeesnobs.com.au/ViewCategory.aspx/GreenCoffee

A friend put me onto this place- it’s his hobby and passion, and he makes the best coffee I have ever had in my entire life. I’m not exaggerating at all on that. He makes it from green coffee beans sourced from yemen, which are expensive as hell, and rare as hens teeth at the moment, once upon a time, he sold it in various stores in Daylesford under the brand “Conscious coffee”

If you ever had the pleasure of trying it, feel very fortunate and grateful, as its not around anymore, other than if you know the man himself, and drop in for a cup of his artful roast.

One day we are going to go into the back shed and cook up a roast together, spilling acrid roasted coffee bean fumes all over the neighbourhood… then test the roast, which is the best part.

http://fb.theweeklyreview.com.au/geelong/release/1833049-coffee-snobs/?nav=Y2F0X2lkLzI0Mw==#.V7lSfzVKVPI

Coffee snob’s origins are unusual- described as the product of a “hobby out of control”- it is run by Andrew Freeman and his wife, Paula who originally come from IT and management backgrounds.

The business imports, roasts and distributes quality coffee beans in little white calico bags to all corners of Australia out of a small industrial warehouse at 59 Morgan St, North Geelong VIC 3215.

Note though, the business is ONLINE ONLY- rocking up and expecting to buy a bag of beans on the spot just NOT going to happen. you need to ORDER ONLINE FIRST a day or three in advance, depending on what you are buying, if you wish to save on postage and pick up the little sack of beans personally.

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Tin Roof Cafe & pizza + Greek Souvlaki soldiers Hill Ballarat

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Some time ago I wrote about our visit to the tin roof cafe on macarthur street on its opening day, and my opinion was that the pizza and coffee we ordered was pretty average at the time, though the fit out and atmosphere was quite Nic100720162016e, airy and pleasant, as was the very professional and attentive service.

What I did rave on about through, was how keen I was to try out the Souvlaki that I saw being served up there, which both the staff and other customers seemed to be tucking into with quite some relish, if not wild eyed fevour! (Yes, I feel quite some regret at not going with my instincts immediately and getting a big, tasty Greek meal at the time)

The other day, I finally became one of those ecstatic customers who can proudly say they have enjoyed a souvlaki from Tin Roof cafe in Soldiers Hill.100720162017

After scanning the menu, and seeing mostly reasonable prices of $11-$13, my eyes zeroed in on the best looking deal. “Double meat” Yes. DOUBLE meat, and it was only a few dollars extra… and, I knew, since the lass was a guest at my house that day, she would expect me to share if I brought back food to my place.. extra food was necessary.

There were options for mixed meats, but I’ve always found those options to be a bit disappointing in other decent Greek restaurants because of the confusing mix of strong flavours, with no real dominant focus, so I avoided mixing it up.

100720162020Anyway, back to the DOUBLE meat lamb souvlaki- As a take away, it was nicely presented in a hip looking box that was as practical, sturdy, insulating and greaseproof as it was aesthetically professional looking.

Inside, was a BIG souvlaki. So big, and stuffed with glorious, roasted lamb and some salad, that it didn’t even roll shut properly. (hence why it’s all open and spilling its guts for all to see in the photo alongside)Did you pick up that it was BIG??

That was a good thing though.More is good. I think we can all agree on that one. Worst case scanario, the lass would have to finish it, and spend the rest of the afternoon whinging about how i “made” her consume unhealthy food.

Anyway, more to the point, it was delicious.

100720162021So delicious that a decent amount of it mysteriously vanished when I went to make us a cold drink to go with out lazy evening meal in front of the television, watching Bojack Horseman.

I’m looking at the lass right now, and she has a little spot of yoghurt on her face… I suspect there is only one prime suspect in the house responsible for the disappearance of the succulent innards of that souv!

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