March at Buck's
We’ve got a big month…
Sunday 10th March - 3-6pm - St Patrick’s Day warm up session - live ballad singing and $8 pints of Guinness. A perfect combo.
Tuesday 12th March - 7-9pm - Sophie’s choir, with fiddle player, singing a selection of Irish classic songs. All welcome.
Wednesday 13th March - from 7.30pm - our Tenx9 Melbourne friends are back telling more great stories. This month’s theme is: Wish You Were Here, and you’ll wish you were.
Friday 15th March - 4-7pm - St Patrick's weekend Happy Hour(s) - with $8.00 Guinness, Whiskey bottles and St Pat’s day hamper to be won.
Sunday 17th March - THE BIG DAY!!!
Open from midday.
Live music starts 2pm, with a traditional session followed by our ballad singer from 6pm.
Roaming black pudding faeries, all afternoon.
Pop up whiskey bar in the courtyard.
Thursday 28th March - 6.30-8.30pm - The first Masterclass of the year is something special, a Bourbon Masterclass with Small Batch Sessions. Tickets are selling fast.
Sunday 31st March - 3-6pm - Sunday Session, with live Irish music, and $8 pints of Guinness and $15 Irish Whiskey tasting flights.
Small Batch Bourbon Masterclass
Our first masterclass for the year is something special - a blind Bourbon tasting led by Australia’s first official Bourbon Steward, our good friend, Joe Rotella.
Thursday 28th March
6:30pm - 8:30pm
We’re excited about this one!
From fields of corn and rye, forged in the flames of Prohibition, the story of Bourbon is one of legend and legacy.
Joe will guide the tasting of five bourbons that showcase the diversity of this liquid Americana. Alongside tasty nibbles.
This is the official launch event for Small Batch Sessions - which provides small groups with an opportunity to discover (or maybe rediscover) Bourbon in intimate and independent masterclass sessions. Follow Joe on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @smallbatchmelb
One lucky person attending will win a signed copy of Fred Minnick's Bourbon Curious.
Discover the history of Bourbon, together with the styles, techniques, and traditions that make it a classic spirit.
Tickets: $45
Places strictly limited
Drop in or call 9077 7915 to book
Coming up in the New Year
Happy New Year to all.
Stay cool - we've got the courtyard and cocktails to help with that.
Here's what is happening soon...
Thank Guinness it's Friday - Every Friday from 4-7pm, with $8.00 pints of Guinness.
Wednesday 13th February- from 7.30pm - our Tenx9 Melbourne friends are back for the first time this year, with more wonderful stories. Stay tuned for their theme.
Sunday 24th February - 3-6pm - Sunday Session is back again, with live Irish music, and $8 pints of Guinness and $15 Irish Whiskey Tasting Flights.
Wednesday 27th February - from 7.30pm - The best of N-Scribe are coming to Bucks to share their stories. All welcome. Sorry - This one had to be cancelled.
Stay tuned for ...
Our first masterclass of the year, on Thursday 28th March, promises to be something special, with the launch of Joe Rotella's Small Batch Sessions. This one samples five different bourbons, alongside tasty canapés.
Coming up in December...
Sunday 9th December - 2-5pm - Rathdowne Records is coming to Bucks for an afternoon of Vinyl and Jazz.
Wednesday 12th December - from 7.30pm - our Tenx9 Melbourne friends are back for the last time this year, with more wonderful stories, about Gifts.
Thursday 13th December - 6-9pm - Let it Glow Party - all your Christmas Glomesh present needs, in the main bar.
Thursday 20th December - 6-9pm - Hyde Whiskey Pudding Fest is back - free whiskey and Christmas pudding tastings. YAY!!
We’re closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Sunday 30th December - 3-6pm - Sunday Session with live Irish music, and $8 pints of Guinness and $15 Irish Whiskey Tasting Flights.
Coming up in November...
Wednesday 14th November - from 7.30pm - our Tenx9 Melbourne friends are helping us Escape with more great stories this month.
Thursday 15th November - 6.30-8.30pm - Teeling Whiskey Masterclass - with 5 award-winning whiskey and tasty canapés. $40. Places are limited, so call now to book.
Wednesday 21st November - 7-9pm - Bad Diary Salon are back with some fabulous Clueless stories from local authors.
Sunday 25th November - 3-6pm - Sunday Session with live Irish music, and $8 pints of Guinness and $15 Irish Whiskey Tasting Flights.
Thursday 29th November - from 6.30pm - Spirit of Punk finishes the month of with a bang!
Bad Diary Salon is back
The wonderful storytellers of the Bad Diary Salon are back on Wednesday 21st November, 7-9pm.
Teeling Whiskey Masterclass
Thursday 15th November
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Join Teeling Brand Ambassador, Martin Lynch, for a guided tasting of five great whiskies, including the limited release Teeling Revival IV 15yo Muscat Cask– Irish Whiskey of the Year 2017.
The Teeling Whiskey Distillery is the first new distillery in Dublin in over 125 years. Teeling’s new distillery is only a stone's throw away from where Walter Teeling established a distillery in the Liberties in 1782. While honouring the past, Teeling are forging a new future for Irish whiskey, through daring to do things differently.
Discover the history of Irish whiskey, including the styles, techniques, and traditions that make Teeling so special.
Includes tasty canapés
Tickets: $40
Places strictly limited
Drop in or call 9077 7915 to book
Coming up in October...
Saturday 13th October - 6.30-7.30pm - Complimentary Irishman whiskey sampling.
Wednesday 17th October - from 7.30pm - our Tenx9 Melbourne friends are telling Dear Diary stories this month. - SORRY _ CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Thursday 18th October - 6.30-8.30pm - Teeling Whiskey and Cigar Tasting event. Enjoy an old fashioned cocktail on arrival, followed by four Teeling whiskeys and cigars. Places are very limited, so call now to book
Sunday 28th October - 3-6pm - Sunday Session with live Irish music, and $8 pints of Guinness and $15 Irish Whiskey Tasting Flights. Part of Darebin Music Feast.
Bakery Hill Whisky Masterclass
Thursday 13th September
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Join Australian Whisky legends, David and Andrew Baker, for a guided tasting of five Bakery Hill award-winning whiskies, alongside tasty canapés.
Bakery Hill Distillery was established 1999 to prove a point - that great single malt whiskies could be made outside of Scotland, specifically in Australia.
Now world famous, Bakery Hill are proud to be the oldest, most established Single Malt Distillery on mainland Australia, one of only a few in the Melbourne region.
Unique in the whisky world, Bakery Hill handcraft each of their whiskies from single casks, producing malt of outstanding character, consistency and detail.
David is a master distiller and been running classes, for over ten years, on whisky production and tasting techniques; and dispelling the marketing myths that pervade the industry.
Learn from the masters!
Tickets: $40
Places strictly limited.
Drop in or call 9077 7915 to book.