Curly Lewis
102-106 Campbell Parade, Bondi Seaside
Curlylewis.com.au
Sydney’s iconic beachside suburb of Bondi welcomed newcomer Curly Lewis to the neighbourhood on Friday, nineteenth of August.
Situated within the coronary heart of Bondi on Campbell Parade, Curly Lewis, a working brewery, bar and diner, would be the first of its type discovered on the japanese suburbs’ seashores and the primary brewery bar in Bondi’s historical past. Born and made in Bondi, Curly Lewis is the brainchild of a gaggle of native beer-loving mates, Adam Richards, Oliver dos Remedios, Gareth Morton, Loren Morton, and skilled brewer Scotty Morgan, who all needed to convey a brand new form of brewery expertise to their very own yard, Bondi Seaside.
“We felt there was a spot out there for beer-lovers within the japanese suburbs. You must go to the internal west or northern seashores for a brewery expertise. So we needed to alter that and create an area model and brewery in a location that has plenty of significance to us as founders.” stated Oli dos Remedios, Co-founder and Head of Model.
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“We’ve been coasting round Bondi most of our lives. We grew up browsing right here as youngsters and have at all times had a particular reference to this place (Bondi),” Continues Adam Richards, Co-founder and Head of Operations & Finance.
Situated within the coronary heart of Bondi on Campbell Parade, Curly Lewis, a working brewery, bar and diner, would be the first of its type discovered on the japanese suburbs’ seashores and the primary brewery bar in Bondi’s historical past.
“Our household line goes again 4 generations in Bondi – you’ll discover a number of pictures by the bar of our grandparents from the early ’40s as a part of the Bondi Surf Lifesaving Membership. Our grandparents have performed a particular function in our lives, so we felt it was solely pure to have a spot for them within the brewery”, Mentioned siblings and Co-founders Adam Richards & Loren Morton.
The brewery will produce two core beers, the Curly Lewis Clear Reduce Lager, a crisp, easy straight-up lager, and Bondi Hazy Ale, hazy and hoppy with tropical notes. Whereas these two are the Curly Lewis launch beers and can be present in neighbouring bars and liquor shops round Bondi, the venue can even have a extra in depth vary of different varietals of beer, titled ‘wildcards’ and seltzer on supply, with a complete of 20 faucets. Punters can anticipate to see a rotating menu of beers due to an on-site brewing system that permits for small batch beer manufacturing, facilitating an atmosphere for innovation and experimentation.
We’re assured that our vary of beer will enchantment to the typical Aussie traditional beer drinker by means of to an avid craft beer lover,” says Scotty Morgan, Head Brewer who joins the group with over 20 years of brewing expertise.
The venue’s stainless-steel faucets can be pouring the ‘at all times right here’ core vary of Curly Lewis Clear Reduce Lager and Bondi Hazy Ale beers, and the remaining faucets will function rotating seasonal beers titled ‘wildcards’. A few of these ‘wildcards’ are the Salty Mermaid Gose, a lightweight, recent, bitter and salty Gose made with a number of buckets of ocean water from throughout the street, by means of to richer type beers such because the Lay Day Purple IPA or the Espresso Stout, all of that are produced from the on-site brewery.
“The temporary for the beer was easy. We’re brewing a stone’s throw from the seaside – our core beers wanted a clear and simple consuming approachability, made for these baking sizzling seaside days. We’re assured that our vary of beer will enchantment to the typical Aussie traditional beer drinker by means of to an avid craft beer lover,” says Scotty Morgan, Head Brewer who joins the group with over 20 years of brewing expertise. There may be additionally a pleasant assortment of spirits, a handful of traditional cocktails and an approachable wine checklist that includes different Australian-made and independently owned manufacturers, together with a number of skin-contact wines.
Designed by famend inside architects ACME (the group behind celebrated venues like Fred’s, Margaret and Archie Rose Distillery & Bar), the area is an immersive expertise capturing the Bondi Seaside coastal vibe. It’s overlaid with a pure palette of supplies reflecting its atmosphere and the brewing course of. The beer tanks are a function, with the workings of the brewery on full show and the aroma of hops within the air. With 120 seats, patrons can expertise the venue on the lengthy timber bar as bartenders pour chilly beer from the faucets, within the diner the place they’ll watch the brewing course of, or stress-free open air, watching the surf roll in and having fun with the ocean breeze.
Curly Lewis Clear-Reduce Lager and Bondi Hazy Ale are already proving extraordinarily well-liked with drinkers in the area people in and round Bondi. They’ve already swept up a number of awards for each the core vary beers from their first award submission on the Royal Queensland Beer Awards.
