Moon Dog Brewery are giving away 200 six-packs of pale ale this Friday

This Friday is May 8, aka maaate day. To celebrate, Melbourne’s Moon Dog Brewery are giving away 200 six packs of their flagship pale ale, Old Mate.

Beer lovers of Melbourne rejoice – this Friday the beers are on Moon Dog. The Melbourne-based brewery claims that May 8 is the unofficial birthday of their peachy/citrusy/hoppy pale ale, Old Mate. And, in the brewer’s own words, they “want you to share an Old Mate with an old mate while you isolate!”

So how can you get your hands on one of these gratis six packs? Head over to the Moon Dog Brewing website, enter yours and a good mate’s details, and come Friday you could well be basking in the land of free beer and community solidarity. The only catch is you’ve got to be Melbourne-based.

Moon Dog have built a reputation as an inclusive brewery since launching in 2010. Their original HQ is in Abbotsford, but in late 2019 they opened Moon Dog World in the Preston neighbourhood. Situated in a revamped industrial space in Melbourne’s inner north, it’s part brewery, part bar, part ludicrously kitsch theme park.

Check out: Moon Dog World in Preston

Along with umpteen taps pouring the good stuff (including plenty of bar-exclusive brews), Moon Dog World boasts a waterfall, lagoon, tiki bar, multiple elevated sun decks and a massive beer garden. The place can comfortably house more than 700 people in ordinary circumstances. During lockdown, however, they’re just open for take away food and beers.

You can still roll on down and pick up what you need from the contactless drive through, or take advantage of free home delivery if your order is over $40. It’s worth a trip just to get a sniff of the wondrously over-the-top theme park bar. In the meantime, however, jump on their website and sort yourself and a mate out for this Friday.

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