Sydney Craft Beer Week 2012

Beer Cartel

Artarmon

Turning Japanese-o Beer Tasting
Sun Oct 21

The boutique beer aficionados at Beer Cartel are hosting a two-hour sampling of five Japanese craft beers from Cuedo, Hitachino Nest and Baird Beer breweries, with some Japanese snacks on hand to quell the beer munchies.

Harts Pub

The Rocks

Beer Cheese and Chocolate
Mon Oct 22 

Leave your wine glass at home for this one and let the team at Harts Pub teach you all things beer, cheese and chocolate. 7-10pm. $82.

The Local Taphouse

Darlinghurst

Barley's Angels: Beer Meets (Life) Art
Mon Oct 22 

Barley's Angels – committed to bringing beer and women together – will be at the Local Taphouse are combining finely crafted beers with the finely crafted human body. Create your own masterpiece in the form of a life drawing. Sketch pads, pencils, beer, nibbles and human models are all provided. 7-8.30pm. $26. 

Mojo Record Bar

Sydney

Stone & Wood & Vinyl
Tue Oct 23

Byron brewers Stone and Wood are hosting a vinyl and beer appreciation evening at Mojo Record Bar for lovers of analogue music and handcrafted beer (ie everyone).

James Squire

Camperdown

Malt Shovel Brewery Tour
Tue Oct 23 & Thu 25

It’s not normally open to the public so here is your chance to get inside the James Squire brewery, meet the inimitable Dr Chuck Hahn and sample some hand-pumped and barrel-aged beers. Malt Shovel Brewery, 99-101 Pyrmont Bridge Rd, Camperdown 2050. 5.30-7.30pm. $47.

Danks Street Depot

Waterloo

Food Flight 
Wed Oct 24

A special five-course meal from renowned chef Jared Ingersoll with matching beers from Riverside Brewing and HopDog Beer works. Dave Padden (Riverside) and Tim Thomas (HopDog) will join Jared in guiding you through this flight of food and craft beer. 6.30-9pm. $97.

The Little Guy

Glebe

The Grifter Launch
Wed Oct 24

The Grifter is one of the newest additions to the Sydney scene and they will be joining forces with Glebe’s favourite small bar, the Little Guy, to tackle hump-day with craft beers, popcorn and live music from the Scrapes and the Little Guy’s Funk Band. 7-10pm. Free.

The Union Hotel - Newtown

Newtown

Young Henry's Brewing is feeling pretty pleased with themselves about their Sydney rock'n'roll collaboration brews, Fresh Six and Black En More. To celebrate they are taking over the taps at the Union while the collaborators in question, Front End Loader and Peter Fenton from Crow, perform acoustic sets. 7.30-midnight. Free.

MuMu Grill 

Crows Nest

Odd bits and beers
Thu Oct 25

Indulge in some carnivorous curiosities and enjoy an offal evening, where each unusual titbit is matched with an equally unconventional brew. 7-10pm. $72.

4 Pines Brewing Company

Manly

Ultimate Beer Experience at 4 Pines
Sat Oct 27

4 Pines are putting on what they call the ‘Ultimate Beer Experience’ where you can meet the brewers, get an intro to the brewing process, taste the 4 Pines’ stable, try your hand at the mega burger challenge and take home a T-shirt and six-pack. Sounds pretty ultimate to us. Noon-2pm. $87.