Moon Dog’s venue in Frankston is a tribute to tropical beach clubs.

Mega beach clubs to micro hangouts:Four new (and very different) Melbourne bars

Size does matter at these new bars. Some are for sipping limoncello slushies in the sun,others are your go-to for elegant cocktails before dinner.

  • Emma Breheny

Draught beer is better than drinking from tinnies or bottles,and the reason is clear

Drinking beer from a can is like drinking coffee from a takeaway coffee cup. I want to ogle my beer before I wear my ‘beer goggles’.

  • Terry Durack
The Gardiner Hotel’s rooftop overlooks heritage buildings along Glenferrie Road.

Four new and snazzy Melbourne pubs to meet your mates at this summer

Happy hours and weekly specials make these restored boozers a no-brainer for silly season fun.

  • Daniela Frangos
A circular bar with carnival lighting is the focus of Doglands’ main space.

First look:Moon Dog’s ‘biggest venue yet’ is a 1200-person tropical beer hall in Docklands

Naturally,it’s called Doglands. And it’s right on the Marvel Stadium concourse,making it your new game-day hangout.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Chef Corey Costelloe (left) and Artemus Group co-owner and director Adam Flaskas.

Brisbane brewery transforms Manly Wharf Bar,reveals dishes from former Rockpool chef

Former Rockpool chef Corey Costelloe’s dishes include a 600g dry-aged rib-eye,Clarence River baby octopus and pizza dough with a surprise ingredient.

  • Scott Bolles
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Curly Lewis Brewing in Bondi backs the Sydney Swans for a huge Grand Final day of beers and fish and chips.

Red,white and brew:Eight great pubs to watch the Swans in the grand final

Couldn’t get a ticket for the AFL grand final? Don’t stress,these places are ready to take on Swans fans across Sydney.

  • Kayla Olaya
Non-alcoholic conscious drink from Oz Harvest x Kakadu Kitchen.

If cutting out alcohol completely is unrealistic,raise a glass to ‘damp’ drinking

Conscious,mindful or damp – whatever you call it,drinking in moderation,or not at all,has never been more appetising.

  • Katie Spain
If you drink and ride,you’re at Moon Dog Wild West.

Fans of fast food,shots and bucking bulls,this problem-plagued Footscray brewpub is for you

To say it’s had its challenges would be an understatement. But this salty slice of Americana delivers on the good times,most of the time.

  • Besha Rodell
Karl van Buuren and Josh Uljans,Moon Dog Brewery,Footscray.

Moon Dog’s Footscray brewpub ready to pour first beers after launch debacle

A fire hydrant has stopped the kegs from running at a brewpub set to open on a site many Melburnians hold dear. But the end is in sight.

  • Emma Breheny
Josh Uljans (left) and Karl van Buuren on the rooftop of their new Footscray venue,Moon Dog Wild West.

How a cobbled-together ‘Franken-brewery’ became a craft-beer juggernaut

This local brewer does venues with childlike imagination,and beers and seltzers that are now quintessentially Melbourne. We find out where it all began and what’s to come.

  • Tomas Telegramma