We just got back from a few days at Metung (East Gippsland, Vic) and visited the nearby Bullant Brewery at Bruthen for lunch on Friday.
I often go to these little breweries with low expectations, knowing that I usually won't be disappointed with their ordinary beer and crap food.
But Bullant was fantastic. Great venue with friendly staff, awesome food and tremendous beer. We had a tasting paddles of their seven tap beers -- pilsner, wheat, stout, dark, kolsch, IPA and pale -- and the cider. All were really good, well-brewed beers. And the food was very reasonably priced and very tasty.
If you're ever in the region make sure you drop in for a visit.
It's just a shame I was driving, but we picked up a six-pack of longnecks. I'm currently drinking a pilsner, which is awesome.
It might sound like I'm going over the top in my assessment, but it really was a great experience.
As an aside, the brewery's full name is Bullant Brewery Bruthen. I seem to recall there used to be a brewery in WA called Bullant, so I wonder whether they added "Bruthen" to the end of the name to settle a dispute with the WA mob. Anyone know?
Cheers,
Oliver