One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
It’s been a little while, but the blog is back for 2026! We haven’t yet been to another Royal since Armidale last year (although we do have a trip coming up in 3 weeks so stay tuned for new Royals soon). And I’ve already written about the great alcoholic experiences on Tasmania’s Bass Strait islands […]
After departing the Royal in Drouin and its murderous history, we headed for our final Royal on this leg: the Royal Hotel Koo Wee Rup. Koo Wee Rup is a bit of a smaller town than Drouin was, but it seemed fairly nice as we drove in. It being a Sunday, around noon, it wasn’t […]
After visiting the slightly disappointing Ferntree Gully the previous day, we set out into Gippsland for the next Royal on this leg: the Royal Hotel Drouin. Drouin is a bit bigger of a town than I was expecting. But it had a very good vibe with big leafy streets and what looked like a fairly […]
After we departed the fantastic Royal at Queenscliff, we headed across the entrance to Port Phillip Bay and on to our next stop on the tour, the Royal Hotel Mornington. This leg involved another first: the first boat trip on the Tour. We took the ferry from Queenscliff across to Sorrento before heading up to […]
And we’re back. After a couple of excellent posts from John on the Royals at Richmond and Melbourne, I’m back with the next stop on the Tour, the Royal Hotel Queenscliff. We were joined on this stop on the tour by John’s mate Chelsea who met us for some pool and some beers on a […]
This is the second of John’s posts after a stellar job on the Richmond post. I’ll be back next post, but for now, on to the Royal Melbourne! Sheer delight from Cory, Dad and myself upon getting to the Royal Hotel Melbourne. 30% of that was because we were keen again for a beer and […]
Editor’s Note: following the Essendon post, the next two posts will be written by John. So please enjoy his recounting of the next couple of Royals starting with the Royal Hotel Richmond. Or don’t and I’ll be back in a couple post’s time so you can just hold out for that too Royal Hotels come […]
And just like that it was time to embark on an entirely new leg of the Tour. With Portland still feeling like just a week or two ago, we once again boarded a plane and this time headed down to Melbourne. And on this leg, John and I had a special guest: John’s dad Rod. […]
Reluctantly, and after a significantly longer stay than expected, we set off from Horsham. And three hours later we found ourselves at the final stop on this epic leg of the Tour: the Royal Hotel Portland. Even though we only ended up being there for one evening, I really took to Portland. It’s a cool […]
And so we readied ourselves to depart the pleasant salty confines of Sea Lake. However, the rest of the guys no longer trusted my ability to check pub opening times properly. And it turned out they were right. When we rang our next destination, the Royal Hotel Horsham, we found out that the pub wouldn’t […]
