One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
After a couple weeks’ break we’re back. We last left off in Mirrool with their great Royal and better contest/backstory. From there we headed half an hour up the Newell Highway to the Royal Hotel West Wyalong. West Wyalong is a town I’ve actually spent some time in over the years. But somehow I never […]
So we departed Grong Grong and forged ahead into the next 50 Royals on the list. And the first Royal of that next 50? The Royal Hotel Mirrool. Mirrool is a tiny town of less than 250 people, but with an awesome claim to fame. But I’ll get to that in a sec. Now up […]
As we have now officially hit our half-century, it’s officially time to update our Top 10 Royals list. These are our 10 favourite Royals of the first 50 we’ve visited. Just a reminder about our criteria: So without further ado, our Top Ten Royal Hotels of the first 50 (listed from 10 to 1, countdown […]
After departing our first ever surprise Royal in Coolamon, the Tour rolled on to the next scheduled stop, the Royal Hotel Grong Grong. Most exciting of all is that the Royal Hotel Grong Grong officially marked our half-century. That’s right, we have now hit 50(!) Royal Hotels since we started with Adelong all the way […]
And so, with Corowa and the first Victorian leg of the Tour in the review mirror, we headed into the wilds of central New South Wales for the next leg. A leg that started with the Royal Hotel Coolamon. But before I get too deeply into the pub itself, I should introduce the cast for […]
Editor’s Note: After leaving the good folk of Berrigan to their hangovers, we headed for the Royal Hotel Corowa. For the final Royal of this leg of The Tour, I once again leave you in John’s capable-ish hands. Next week will start the beginning of the next leg of our tour as we journey through […]
And so, after an excellent final night in St Arnaud, it was time for the Royal Tour’s first interstate foray to come to an end. So, much to Anthony’s disappointment, we departed Victoria for home. But luckily enough, our route home took us to two more Royals on the north side of the border. The […]
After bidding farewell to the awesome outdoor deck and buffalo in the Akubra, we departed Snake Valley for our next Royal on the Tour: the Royal Hotel St Arnaud. Unfortunately, the next Royal was not the one we had hoped. Nor the one after that for that matter. From time to time on the Tour […]
All too soon it was time to depart Meredith and get back on the road. So not for the first time on the Tour, we grudgingly left a Royal where we could’ve easily settled in for a solid session. The silver lining was that we were, as per usual, heading for yet another Royal. Even […]
Editor’s Note: After our brief (very) mini-celebrity status at Bacchus Marsh, The Tour headed on to our next destination: the Royal Hotel Meredith. For this week John once again takes the reigns. Any criticism should definitely be levelled at him. If you have any praise, I’m not really fussed what you do with that. Meredith. […]
