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The Barrel Shephard

  • Located 16a Bellambi Ln, Bellambi NSW 2518 inside the Barrel ShephardImg caption. Walking into the seated area of the Barrel Shephard.

25.2.23​

As we were walking home from the Wolf & Woman Distillery we saw a sign to indicate that there was a brewery around the corner. We followed the sign and ended up at The Barrel Shephard brewery or "blendary". Their specialty are sour beers and their beers are aged in oak! It was a cool mixture of beer and wine.

The most amazing thing about this place is that they try to use the left-over fruit and vegetables, even grape skins to maranade their drinks, helping the planet by preventing food waste. Our first experience at the Barrel Shephard

Their extensive wine and beers lists left us unsure of what to get in our paddle. We started with the basics: (1) Otto Kolsh (2) Table Beer (8) A short walk and (9) Father mauve. The first two were pretty amazing beer.

  • Otto & Table beer tasted quite light like a lager but didn't have the strange aftertaste of one. It resembled very well beer from France or Belgium. Oh how I love Belgian beer!
  • A Short Walk had a strange taste to it. Definitely could taste the tropical scent, but the smell was not nice and the after-taste was almost sickening. We didn't finish this beer. I will not get this one again.
  • Father Mauve was really nice! While it was aged in oak, it was infused with Shiraz. This made the beer so tasty! It literally was a mix of both and it was really enjoyable. I would get this one again. After our tasting paddle, we ate a burrito each from the Amigos foodtruck that was at the brewery and had one Table Beer each before the brewery closed, at 7 pm.

The only thing that is not great for this brewery is that it is only open on Fridays 4-7 pm and Saturday's 12-7 pm. I guess it may be from a limited liquor license. Anyway, it is a close walk for us, so it can be an afternoon treat 😊

28.4.23: Friday treat​

After work, Nick and I walked with Chip down to the Barrel Sheppard. Tonight, they were serving woodfired pizza from Cirosza pizza. When we arrived, we sat at a table and stools and then I approached the bar and ordered two beers: The Table beer and the Brett Saison. Both had similar tastes, just the Brett Saison was more like a sour, while the table beer was more like a standard lager/belgian beer.

Next, we ordered pizza: A potato/rosemary pizza initially and wow this pizza was amazing. The sauce that was ontop was 10/10. We ate this with our beers. It matched really well.

Side note: Talking to the owner of this pop-up-shop, he said that they were currently setting up a shop in Thirroul. I will definitely go here when it opens.

After the pizza, we were still hungry so I ordered another: this time the three-cheese. This one was also nice but not as good as the first one. With this pizza, we had a second round of beers. This time, we went with sours: for me, the Afterlife PE and for Nick, I ordered him the Sasura Plum. Both were delicious, but Nick's had more of a kick to it.

By the time we had finished our beers and pizza, we were ready to leave. I went to the bar and bought a bottle of the Father Mauve that I tasted last time (as they had no more on tap) and then we walked home. By 7.15 pm, we were on the lounge with tea and watching Killing Eve.

Fun Friday Img caption. Our orders for tonight: 1. Pizza with beer #2 and #3 on the menu, and 2. Beer #7 and the new release plum sour.

25.8.23​

Since my last post, Nick and I have been to the Barrel Shephard many times; only, I have forgotten to write about it - well not forgotten, I've been meaning to update my blog more often, but my thesis has taken priority.

Around 5.30pm, Nick, chip and I walked to the Barrel Shephard. We found seats at a barrel table and ordered two pizzas. Ciscos wood fired pizza was the "food-truck" that was serving for the weekend. Turns out, it is there last stall as they are opening a shop in Thirroul. We ordered a potato and a mushroom pizza. While we waited, we drank a couple beers. Nick went with a german ale, while I got the darker beer - the Wolf.

This beer was really amazing, and one of my favourite dark beers that I've had to date. They have two types of "The wolf" - a standard and an aged one. The standard "the Wolf" tasted like a classic stout; while, the aged one literally tasted of a Bourbon and coke. A few weeks ago, I tried both of these beers. I wanted to buy a bottle and gift it to one of my brothers (or both) but unfortunately, they don't do this beer in bottles. THe worker told me that it was because The Wolf was ready later than expected and bottling would mean that it would not be ready for the winter sales (because dark beers are typical winter drinks). He did say that it would be ready for next winter though.

Tonight, I enjoyed The Wolf and then a glass of Shiraz. The wine was not the best; and had similar flavours to some of the beers they sell.

As we ate our pizza and drank our beers, we admired how great the place is. We are so lucky that it is right down the road and we can walk there. Nick said "it's our new Friday hang out".