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Cheesed to meat you, brother. Yes, I know that was absolutely cheesy, but unfortunately I can’t quite say the same for FogHorn’s Philly Cheesesteak (A$19).

It was a lot less cheesy than a cheesesteak sanga (sandwich) should be. The ideal cheesesteak is drowned underneath a deluge of liquid cheese, or if you’re a snob, it should be buried underneath an avalanche of cheese. This cheesesteak had neither, and the distinct lack of cheese made Jerry the mouse cry.

But once you get past that disappointment, the spectacularly seasoned strips of fillet steak are stuffed into the toasted hoagie roll in abundance, along with a bounty of mixed bell peppers and sweet caramelized onions. The steak is still plenty juicy despite being shredded into strips, so much so that the toasted roll turned soggy slightly after the halfway point.

Of course, beer makes all foods way better than they really are, so grab one of the fifteen home brewed beers on tap and elevate your pub grub.

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Ah Australia. The land of Shiraz and other assorted wonderful wines going at bargain prices, and in the last decade, the home of many a superb craft brewery. FogHorn Brewhouse is the first craft brewery in Newcastle, and they have put an old abandoned factory to good use. The owners converted the front half into the kitchen and dining area, while the back half is where the boozy magic happens.

That’s right, the golden liquid of happiness flowing into every glass came from a vat barely fifty meters away, and this schooner of Young Americans IPA is no exception. Not only is it a beautiful shade of gold, it bagged the Gold Medal at the 2017 Australian International Beer Awards.

It’s a fairly standard IPA, with a hoppiness that slams you in the face with every swig, and an overarching citrus aroma. The one thing that I quite enjoyed about the Young Americans was the lower than normal carbonation which made me less bloated than I would’ve been normally.

The best part is that the Young Americans was just one of the fifteen house brewed beers on tap, and I was a beery happy man indeed.

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