CRAFT BARS
Not only are there some great breweries to choose from the in the Hunter Valley the local Craft Bar scene has become a rapidly growing addition. They are the perfect place to experience the best in craft beer, with an ever-changing selection of taps on rotation at most venues, you’ll find something to satisfy everyone’s unique tastes. Gone are the days when you only had the option of 4 commercial choices with the odd craft tap!!
The Grain Store is a specialised restaurant that is focused on showcasing the best independent beer Australia has to offer on their 21 taps. Their food menu has taken inspiration from the classic American Diner with their own Quirky twist, some say they produce the best wings outside of the USA.
The Young Street Hotel is a family friendly restaurant and bar in the heart of Carrington. The front bar is a great place to catch up and a have a drink with friends, with our large screen TVs and 20-tap tower. Whilst out the back is a large dining area, relaxed beer garden an enormous state of the art pizza oven. There is something for everyone.
The focus for The Blind Monk, as it was with the Monk himself, is good-tasting beers and ciders together paired with equally fresh and tasty food. The Blind Monk caters to all crowds, whether it's you and your mates sitting on the bar stools out the front, in the restaurant with the family or out the back in the beer garden with your girlfriends. With its chilled out feel and taps rotating frequently it's going to become one of your regular stops.
One of Beer & Brewer Australia's Top 10 Regional Craft Beer Venue.
Situated in High Street Maitland, the former Exchange Hotel was established in 1866 and operated as a Hotel up until it closed in approximately 1990. In 2013, after many years as an antique shop, two mates decided it was time to take the building back to its original use. With a passion for Craft Beer and a desire to reinvigorate Central Maitland, renovations commenced, and The Pourhouse was born
The Happy Wombat is a friendly, comfortable restaurant and bar where anyone is welcome. With local, Indie Australian or New Zealand Craft beers we invite you to sample our extensive and surprising list.
575 Hunter St, Newcastle West NSW 2302 (02) 4031 8332