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CASCADE’S NEW BAR
THE team behind one of Tasmania’s best loved brands and attractions has used the pandemic downtime to redevelop a space which they hope will do locals proud.
Set within the grounds of South Hobart’s iconic Cascade Brewery, the new Cascade Brewery Bar will serve up freshly brewed beer on tap as well as a menu using the best local produce.
The bar itself is 12m long and has been crafted from raw brass and Tasmanian oak.
Formerly known as the Cascade Brewhouse, the redevelopment was designed by the Cascade team in collaboration with Hobart firm JAWS Architects and built by local contractors, Macquarie Builders.
Cascade hospitality expansion manager Joss Jenner Leuthart said the team wanted to create a place that celebrated the heritage of what is Australia’s oldest brewery.
“Everyone involved in the project had a story of celebrating at Cascade and this inspired us to create a space worthy of Cascade’s unique Tasmanian heritage,” he said.
“Our new bar pays tribute to the history of Cascade and its setting within the original homestead.
“We haven’t got interstate visitors at the moment, but when it’s safe to travel again, we’d love to see the Cascade Brewery Bar on the ‘must do’ list of every traveller to Tasmania.”
Tasmanian tasting plates will be among the highlights of the new menu, with meat and vegetables to be woodsmoked in-house in a nod to the business’ first few years as a sawmill in the 1820s.
The brewery had to temporarily cease keg production when the hospitality industry was shut down due to social distancing measures enforced at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, but restarted production in late June.
The new bar opens to the public on Friday.