One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
Yet another very short drive up the road from the brilliant Royal Hotel Mandurama was our 4th and penultimate stop along Light Beer Lane: the Royal Hotel Carcoar. The first thing that hits you about Carcoar is how beautiful of a little town it is. I stopped counting how many times John used the phrase […]
After an arduous 4 minute trek up the road from our previous stop in Lyndhurst, the Royal Tour rolled into the next stop along Light Beer Lane, the Royal Hotel Mandurama. Little did we know that our third Royal on a random Sunday morning travelling up Light Beer Lane would turn out to be one […]
After departing Woodstock, the Royal Tour embarked on the arduous 13 minute drive to the next Royal on Light Beer Lane: the Royal Hotel Lyndhurst. We arrived at the second stop along Light Beer Lane just before noon. The Royal Hotel Lyndhurst is a vine-encrusted old-school bunker of a pub. It’s not the swankiest or […]
This beer blog will now take just a quick intermission from regaling you all with tales from the Royal Tour to actually talk about beer. In this case, a brilliant IPA from a little brewery from Brookvale, that really should be from Bucketty. I’ve been absolutely loving Bucketty’s IPA from Bucketty’s Brewing. Those of you […]
After opening with three trips out to country New South Wales, it finally time for the Royal Tour to come to the big smoke. We’ll be hitting the Sydney Royals on January 27th, 28th, and 29th. If you are keen to join us as our journey passes through the city, get in contact with either […]
After an eventful night in Orange, the Royal Tour rolled on to the next stop on the Central West leg and the first stop on the Tour’s fabled Light Beer Lane: the Royal Hotel Woodstock. Please also note that I have now taken the reigns back from John for the next couple of posts. I […]
First off, apologies as this post has been slightly delayed by the festive season. But we will endeavour to get back on schedule and keep up a steady flow of Royal Hotel and beer/brewery posts flowing in 2023. So without further ado, welcome to the second edition of the Royal Rantings of John guest posts. […]
Editor’s Note: the posts for the next leg of the Royal Tour, starting with the Royal Hotel Manildra will be written my John Weekes. The opinions expressed are his own and not (necessarily reflective) of those held by the editor. Please direct all disapproval to him personally. I will however, still accept all credit for […]
The next Royal was the last for this leg of the tour. Weekend number 2 of the Royal Tour encompassed over 1,200km, 8 Royals, 3 days, and 1 thumping Sharks victory over the Tigers. The final stop on the second official weekend of the tour also happened to be the closest to home: the Royal […]
The next (and second last) Royal on this particular leg of the Royal Tour was the Royal Hotel Wyong. This was our first and only stop on the Central Coast for the tour as there’s a surprising lack of Royals in the Sydney to Newcastle stretch. We stopped in at 11:00 am on a Monday […]
