The Great International Imperial Stout & Oyster Festival

Overview

It sounds like something out of a science experiment: combine roasted malt, hops, water and yeast, add a serving of salt-water molluscs, and wait for the magic to happen. If only your school lessons were as fun as this, and as delicious.

Yes, stout and oysters are taking over Brewski from midday on May 27,  in what promises to be a pearler of an afternoon. Clamour for fresh, succulent seafood shucked to order, then sip on six different types of dark ales. Founders' Imperial Stout and KBS, Evil Twin's Imperial Doughnut Break, Imperial Biscotti Break and Even More Jesus, and AleSmith's Speedway Stout will be on the menu, and you did read that correctly — one of them tastes like doughnuts. Homer Simpson would approve.

Watch out, residents of Paddington: you'll be able to hear the sounds of slurping echoing down Caxton Street. It's better than the roar of a football crowd, and tastier.