Australia’s
most awarded boutique beer café opened its doors
in Sydney in mid 2004 and serves a range of boutique premium
beers accompanied by a menu of exquisite cuisine. Redoak Brewery has had outstanding successes
at the 2004 -2008 Australian International Beer Awards and has been Australia's most awarded brewery for the third consecutive year in 2007 and won 'Champion International Small Brewery' at AIBA 2008.
David started brewing beer at the age of 14 when
he created his first ginger beer. He developed a passion
for brewing beer in his teens and always dreamed of
brewing a range of premium beers for the Australian
market.
Over the years he developed his own unique methods
of brewing specialty beers and has used these, along
with some more traditional methods, to create the range
available in the Redoak Boutique Beer Café.
Redoak’s unique beer styles
Redoak’s signature beer is the Framboise Froment,
which is brewed in Belgian style with fresh raspberries
infused resulting in intense flavours and aroma. This
beer took home Gold and Best in Class medals at the 2004
awards and is proving highly popular with both men
and women.
Another favourite is the Redoak Belgium Chocolate
Stout, which is Australia’s first fully Belgian
chocolate beer made by infusing Redoak’s Oatmeal
Stout with the finest dark Belgian chocolate. David
has also created another Australian first in the Redoak
Belgium Choc-Cherry Stout, in which fresh cherries
are used to create a luxurious sweet sensation.
Complementing the exotic premium range is the Redoak
Organic Pale Ale, which was created using some traditional
English brewing methods and only certified organic
grown malt and hops. Redoak is the first brewery in
New South Wales to create organic beers and the first
in Australia to brew organic pale ale.
The Redoak Brewery currently brews over 40 premium beers,
of which 20 are available at
any one time at the Redoak Boutique Beer Café. Redoak was the
first brewery in Australia to brew more than 10 of
its own beers and has subsequently extended it's range of beers considerably.
All beers are created using only the highest quality
ingredients, contain no additives, preservatives or
added sugars. Redoak beers are not pasteurised and
are served fresh.
Redoak matches premium beer with
fine cuisine
In addition to premium quality beers, Janet and David
offer a menu of exquisite gourmet cuisine, developed
together with Head Chef Chris Beard as the perfect
accompaniment to the Redoak beer range.
Diners at the Redoak Boutique Beer Café can
choose from a selection of tempting dishes made with
quality ingredients. Redoak has specially combined food and beer to create
a unique experience for the customer. Janet Hollyoak
said, “Each dish uses carefully selected premium
Australian produce and is complimented with a unique
beer style to provide the diner with a unique tasting
experience.”
Redoak has created a beer appreciation course to
take customers through the brewery history, process
and special qualities and characteristics that define
a premium beer. Customers can then enjoy the fine cuisine
complimented by a Redoak beer, while being taken through
the individual flavour and aroma profiles of different
beer styles.
The Café also offers unique Tasting Boards – the
first of their kind in Australia. The Tasting Boards
each hold four canapé style dishes that are
matched with four different Redoak premium beers. The
boards are designed to enable diners to experience
the unique cuisine and premium beers. The tastes and
flavours of the dishes and beer are enhanced as the
diners palate develops when they move across the board.
Janet and David have created a stylish boutique beer
café which is uniquely different in many ways
to any other drinking or eating establishment in Sydney
or across Australia. Every aspect has been put together
with the upmost detail. For example, the bar tops are
made from 700 year old jarrah timber sourced from West
Australia’s famous Fremantle Wool Store and decorated
with Italian mosaic tiling.
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