Melbourne’s craft brewing scene has been getting hotter by the day, between the big-name venue launches and all these planned beer projects set to drop within the coming months. And now, South Australia is bringing some warmth to the sport, with the information Adelaide-based brewery Pirate Life is gearing as much as launch its first Victorian outpost subsequent 12 months.
The famend label has revealed it is organising store in a former mechanics storage in South Melbourne, with founders Michael Cameron, Jack Cameron and Jared Proudfoot hoping to open the doorways by mid-2023.

Pirate Life founders: Michael, Jared and Jack
We do not know a lot in regards to the area simply but, however that it will be rocking a fitout courtesy of a fellow South Australian crew and long-time collaborator — award-winning architecture and design firm Studio Gram. Phrase is, it’s going to boast a wholesome dose of grunge, with loads of murals, foliage and daring accents nodding to the positioning’s industrial previous.
Based in 2014 and now with 4 breweries below its belt, Pirate Life unsurprisingly has some very grand, very beery plans for its new Melbourne web site. That’ll contain the complete core vary of brews showcased on faucet alongside a tidy rotation of particular releases, from fruity sours to nitro-charged goodies. Recent kegs are set to be shipped in instantly from Pirate Life’s Port Adelaide brewery.

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The venue’s proximity to South Melbourne Market will assist information the meals providing and, whereas there isn’t any menu as but, Jack explains: “we love cooking over fireplace, so anticipate charred goodness.”
In between the common programming, Pirate Life Melbourne will even play host to a calendar of dwell music and artwork, exhibitions and visitor chef dinners.
“As a model, we have been long-time admirers of Melbourne’s hospitality scene and Pirate Life’s new venue in South Melbourne lastly offers us an opportunity to be a part of it,” says Jack. “We won’t wait to get amongst it and present locals what Pirate Life is all about.”

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Pirate Life is about to open at an unknown South Melbourne location in mid-2023. Keep tuned and we’ll share extra particulars as they drop.