The Dalgety Brewing Company — Restaurant in Dalgety

When you're exploring the Snowy Mountains region, there's a few breweries and a distillery too.

But none of them gave us a genuine experience like Dalgety Brewing Company! It's friendly (the barman whose name we forget is such a legend), relaxed and spacious, with tables that are sprawled across the yard and veranda plus indoors space as well.

It doesn't have that contrived, overly finessed, tourist trap feel. It's very real, and an outing you won't forget!

To get there you only have to drive 6.5km from Dalgety, cross a small causeway, and travel along a dirt road through some paddocks. It's set on a property surrounded by open space as far as the eye can see.

They have animals too! The brewery's four legged ambassador, Sadie, will greet you, then you can take a short walk and you'll find a pen full of pigs (we were a bit obsessed with them 😍)

The beers are delicious and made in super small batches, so they're special! We loved the Here Gose Nothing and the XPA.

The menu is made up of lots of bar favourites, from hot chips to soft tacos, or charcuterie boards if you're feeling fancy. It's well priced and yummy.

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Beautiful spot and top notch beers!

We visited here on a whim as it was close to our accommodation (and we like beer haha) but we’re so glad we made the trip.

The drive in was scenic: past paddocks full of sheep, alpine grass and plenty of boulders.

We didn’t have a booking but the staff managed to fit us in and quickly prepared a table for our group. There was plenty of outside space for the kids to roam around and explore, but most importantly: leave us in relative peace and quiet to enjoy what we came for - the beers.

And these were absolutely delicious - the barman/brewer was super helpful and assisted in choosing a good selection of brews. Would highly recommend sampling as many as you can because every one we tried was nice (the paddles are a great way to try a few and still be able to drive home).

If I was to pick my faves, it would be the mango (pale?) ale, cinnamon bun red ale and the porter.

We’ll definitely be paying another visit when we’re next...

Avoiding the ski fields on a busy bluebird Saturday - travelling from Jindabyne - we had a fun adventure getting through the causeways and dirt roads - while enjoying the stunning scenery along the way - and it was well worth it. Really gorgeous family-friendly country winery/brewery with large well maintained alfresco, undercover and indoor spaces. The Snowy River Lager, Another Dalgety Drop Rose and Reserve Brut were all excellent (we bought take home bottles for family and friends). Hubby had the beef burger and chips (well above average) and I had the crumbed chicken soft tacos which were so good I ate all 3 even though 2 would have been plenty. The charcuterie boards coming out of the kitchen looked substantial and appealing, too. A must visit next time you're in the snowy mountains. We'll be backed! Games for kids and grandkids were keeping the little ones occupied and the venue is on-leash dog...