Bad Shepherd Brewing Co. is a boutique microbrewery and restaurant located in the Bayside suburb of Cheltenham. The brainchild of husband and wife team, Dereck and Diti Hales, the brewpub focuses on creating a unique and inviting venue for Bayside locals to enjoy fine craft beer and good old fashioned comfort food.
The beer list makes a feature of Bad Shepherd’s own award winning creations, including the much celebrated Hazelnut Brown Ale and an American style Pale Ale – Dereck’s “baby” that he’s been perfecting since his earliest home brewing days. With a focus on supporting Victorian and local small business, patrons can also make the most of guest taps as well as boutique Victorian wines and spirits.
“Local is very important to us”, says Dereck who brings award-winning brewing experience to the brewpub. “We want to support local suppliers and we want to provide Bayside, Melbourne with a reason to stay local when heading out for a good time. There’s nothing like this in Bayside and we’d love to be considered ‘the local’ for beer lovers in the area”.
A good tap list alone doesn’t make a brewpub, however; it needs a food menu to match. In developing the venue, Dereck and Diti wanted to create a space that matched their own style of entertaining at home. That is: great beer on tap and American style comfort food, including smoked meats from their own smoker like pulled pork, brisket, and plenty of slaw. For them, comfort food should be flavourful, hearty, honest and simple. And, of course, perfectly matched with a beer.
Open seven days a week, you’re sure to find a beer style you’ll love. Bad Shepherd beers are also available at over 300 restaurants, bars and bottle shops across Melbourne. Let us lead you into temptation.
