{"id":501,"date":"2008-10-05T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T11:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=501"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:10:30","slug":"swords-at-the-south-melbourne-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/swords-at-the-south-melbourne-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords at the South Melbourne Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/swords-at-the-south-melbourne-markets\/swords-south-melbourne-markets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swords, South Melbourne Markets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Swords, South Melbourne Markets&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-502 \" title=\"Swords beer stall (South Melbourne Markets, 5 October 2008)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Swords\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-South-Melbourne-Markets.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swords, South Melbourne Markets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sunday mornings at the markets are an awesome thing in Melbourne. They&#8217;re actually sufficiently awesome to get my nocturnal self out of bed for the occasion, occasionally. When I lived in the Melb, I was nearer the Victoria Markets, so I&#8217;m not sure if this stall existed while I lived in town, but I was glad I visited them when I was over for my friends&#8217; wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Named &#8216;Swords&#8217; for no immediately-apparent reason, they specialised in Australian microbreweries and some moderately-obscure European stuff. Toby was off shopping for food &#8212; about which I know <em>basically nothing<\/em> &#8212; so I busied myself here. I picked out a few promising-looking beers, plonked them on the counter and then (assuming that they established my <em>bona fides<\/em> as a Beer Nerd) asked the very-helpful guy behind the counter to pick me out two more to add to my stash; things I hadn&#8217;t picked, but should&#8217;ve.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-503\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[501]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"503\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/swords-at-the-south-melbourne-markets\/swords-swag\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swag from Swords (Toby&amp;#8217;s house, 5 October 2008)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My swag from Swords&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-503\" title=\"Swag from Swords (Toby's house, 5 October 2008)\" src=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Swag from Swords\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Swords-swag.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My swag from Swords<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wound up with, from left to right:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #57: Knappstein Reserve Lager\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/knappstein-reserve-lager\/\" target=\"_blank\">Knappstein Reserve Lager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #56: Pepperjack Ale\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/pepperjack-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pepperjack Ale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #60: Malt Shovel Abbey Ale\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/malt-shovel-new-norcia-abbey-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Malt Shovel Abbey Ale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #59: Jamieson 'Beast' IPA\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/jamieson-beast-ipa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jamieson &#8216;Beast&#8217; IPA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #54: Little Creatures Rogers\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/little-creatures-rogers-beer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Little Creatures Rogers Beer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sweetwater Golden Bitter<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #58: Red Hill Scotch Ale\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/red-hill-scotch-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Scotch Ale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #55: Emerson's 'JP' 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/emersons-jp-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emerson&#8217;s &#8216;JP&#8217; 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Diary entry #61: 3 Ravens 55\" href=\"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/3-ravens-55\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Ravens \u201955 APA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see from the lack of a link, the Sweetwater doesn&#8217;t later show up in the <em>Diary<\/em>. I have literally no idea why not. Maybe I never drank it; maybe I just never noted it down; maybe Toby had it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday mornings at the markets are an awesome thing in Melbourne. They&#8217;re actually sufficiently awesome to get my nocturnal self out of bed for the occasion, occasionally. When I lived in the Melb, I was nearer the Victoria Markets, so I&#8217;m not sure if this stall existed while I lived in town, but I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/swords-at-the-south-melbourne-markets\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Swords at the South Melbourne Markets<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-locations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":498,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/jamieson-beast-ipa\/","url_meta":{"origin":501,"position":0},"title":"Jamieson &#8216;Beast&#8217; IPA","author":"Phil","date":"October 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"These guys are a popular \"little\" Victorian brewery, but I was distinctly underwhelmed when I tried their stuff during my years in Melbourne. This bottle in particular, though, was recommended by the guy in the South Melbourne Markets. Actually, he didn't so much recommend as insist. And took care to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Actual Diary entries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Actual Diary entries","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/diary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jamieson 'Beast' IPA","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jamieson-Beast-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":468,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/pepperjack-ale\/","url_meta":{"origin":501,"position":1},"title":"Pepperjack Ale","author":"Phil","date":"October 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"There's the beginnings of a trend towards a wee fusion between beermakers and winemakers, and here's a good example. Pepperjack is, ordinarily, a Shiraz. Of which I'm quite fond, despite being a Malt Nerd. I haven't yet found out just how it's incorporated into their Ale, but it allegedly is.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Actual Diary entries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Actual Diary entries","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/diary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pepperjack Ale","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pepperjack-Ale-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":490,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/07\/little-creatures-dining-hall\/","url_meta":{"origin":501,"position":2},"title":"Little Creatures Dining Hall","author":"Phil","date":"October 7, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I do love the Little Creatures, and heard, not long after I moved out of Melbourne and back to Wellington, that they'd opened their own bar in Fitzroy. Which elicted some complex emotions: joy, that they were expanding and obviously still doing well; sadness, that they hadn't managed it while\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Location notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Location notes","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/locations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Good advice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Truck-outside-Little-Creatures-Dining-Hall-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":462,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/emersons-jp-2008\/","url_meta":{"origin":501,"position":3},"title":"Emerson&#8217;s &#8216;JP&#8217; 2008","author":"Phil","date":"October 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"'JP' is a regular in Emerson's healthily-populated series of seasonal releases. It's named in honour of JP Dufour, a Belgian who is reputedly largely responsible for introducing the fledgling local brewing scene to the joys of beers from his homeland. He was a professor at Otago University, I believe with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Actual Diary entries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Actual Diary entries","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/diary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Emerson's 'JP' 2008","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emersons-JP-2008-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":457,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/05\/little-creatures-rogers-beer\/","url_meta":{"origin":501,"position":4},"title":"Little Creatures &#8216;Rogers Beer&#8217;","author":"Phil","date":"October 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"'Rogers' is another fantastic session beer, down at 3.8% booze. (Even if it does, like the Cooper's beers, have apparent apostrophe issues.) It's a charming ruby brown, with light hoppy- and malty-ness. Sits comfortably beside an Emerson's Bookbinder, but isn't so 'English' (somehow), as fits the climate of the place\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Actual Diary entries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Actual Diary entries","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/diary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Little Creatures 'Rogers Beer'","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Little-Creatures-Rogers-Beer-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":415,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/02\/grand-ridge-natural-blonde\/","url_meta":{"origin":501,"position":5},"title":"Grand Ridge &#8216;Natural Blonde&#8217;","author":"Phil","date":"October 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I visited the Grand Ridge brewery (in a poky little Victorian town called Mirboo North) when I was in Australia for my birthday a few years ago (2006?) and had a fantastic time there, so I was pleased to see their stuff in the local corner shop upon my return\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Actual Diary entries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Actual Diary entries","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/diary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Grand Ridge 'Natural Blonde'","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grand-Ridge-Natural-Blonde-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1600,"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/1600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}