I’m not sure if the Lyneham Meat Centre at Lynheam Shops ticks all the boxes for you, but IME their stuff tastes good.

Any reason for a whole side? You’ll get a lot of stuff you don’t really need.
If it’s just steaks you’re after you’re better off asking your butcher to hang a whole t-bone or rump for you and buying sausages and mince.
I’m sure Jordo will be along soon!

imarty said :

Any reason for a whole side? You’ll get a lot of stuff you don’t really need.

You’re obviously not a fan of nose to tail eating and the simply unctuous meals that can be made from some of the cheaper and lesser known cuts.

Check out Jordo:

http://www.jordoschopshop.com/beef-whole-body.html?SID=kf2ea6pi8aend9mc15j00cek01

Moppity Meats http://www.moppitymeats.com.au/
Meat from farm near Young – I can attest to the sides of lamb, but imagine that the beef would similarly excellent.

Jordo, while a fine butcher doesn’t hang his meat.

If I were going to look for aged beef I would go to either Griffith Butchery or the butchers in the Canberra Centre.

If however I was looking for the best beef around I would and do go to the Farmers markets and buy some of the highland cattle beef sold by a farm whose name I forget.

If you have enough fridge space age it yourself, you just need to keep the humidity around the 80% mark

the butcher just opened in dickson shops seems the biscuit – i’d be going in and asking him, he seems to have his meat well sourced and his snags aren’t at all bad. he doesn’t make black puddings or brawn, but these days that’s just sad but not at all surprising. otherwise, check out ecomeats at belconnen markets..?

Cameron at Kambah meatways hangs his meats and has won the NSW/ACT Sausage competition for several years running.
His meat is always delicious and if you want really specific meat he will order it and prepare it as requested.
He has the best lamb chops ever!!!

Whoa peeps are into their meat this month! Hi imarty.

Rosso Rosso Rosso you need some schoolin son.

Check out http://www.jordoschopshop.com/carcases.html

Peace

Griffith Butchery is the place to go. The guy’s name is Richard, he’s my local butcher. Top quality meats, ages his beef, has lots of organic produce, knows his stuff and seems to have really good relationships with small quality providers. Probably the best in Canberra.

neanderthalsis said :

imarty said :

Any reason for a whole side? You’ll get a lot of stuff you don’t really need.

You’re obviously not a fan of nose to tail eating and the simply unctuous meals that can be made from some of the cheaper and lesser known cuts.

I am actually and agree there’s some great cuts included in a side if you know what you’re doing but there’s also a lot that’s only good for casserole or roasting. You also get a lot of trimmings meaning lots of mince and sausages. Also from the total weight of the side about 1/2 is fat and bone.
You’d only end up with about 15% if that as good eating quality steaks.
+1 for Cameron @ Meatways and Jordo @ Wanniassa

I would highly recommend Andys in Spence. (Actually called Spence Butchery and Delicatessen)

He has put meat aside for us to hang longer if we want more aged beef and hangs his meat for a decent amount of time to start with.

If you are after a specific cut he will do that for you aswell, and you can always put something on order to pick up.

If you live northside its definately worth the while to go and see him. I am fussy about my meat and all my food and can happily say that you will not be dissapointed.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?cid=18072870936508414039&q=Butcher+Spence++ACT&hl=en&gl=au

Lindbecks in Quangers. They have always done whatever I am after. They have been there forever and a day and they are a local legend.

There’s a new butchers that’s opened up in Dickson near Commonwealth bank. Not sure about the name but I highly recommend

Thanks for all the response, didn’t think that I would see so many so quickly.

A friend at work mentioned Lachlan Valley Meats in Griffiths, but he has only bought steaks. Has anyone used them and are they the same as the Griffith Butchery? I’ll try and get over to Jordo as many seem to sing his praises.

Cheers

Jordos chop shop is way over priced

To answer your question, Lachlan Valley is not the same as Griffith Butchery. You couldn’y actually get much more different.
Different in every way, if you want quality meat head to Griffith, if you want roughly butchered supermarket meat meat go to Lachlan Valley, if you want well aged and tasty/ tender go to Griffith. I recommend his snags too, no horrible plastic skins- so try them when you’re there.

Thanks guys for all you inputs

Jordo said :

Whoa peeps are into their meat this month! Hi imarty.

Rosso Rosso Rosso you need some schoolin son.

Check out http://www.jordoschopshop.com/carcases.html

Peace

Sorry mate my mistake, can I get a US style brisket for the weekend?

miz said :

Moppity Meats http://www.moppitymeats.com.au/
Meat from farm near Young – I can attest to the sides of lamb, but imagine that the beef would similarly excellent.

+ 1 for Moppity Meats. Also can only attest to the quality of their sides of lamb, but would hope their beef was similarly tasty… if only I had a deep freeze I would order in a flash. They deliver to Canberra once a month, so you need to get in contact with them first to find out their next delivery date and do a bit of advance planning.

astrojax said :

the butcher just opened in dickson shops seems the biscuit – i’d be going in and asking him, he seems to have his meat well sourced and his snags aren’t at all bad. he doesn’t make black puddings or brawn, but these days that’s just sad but not at all surprising. otherwise, check out ecomeats at belconnen markets..?

My neighbour went into The Butcher at Dickson and was nearly sick with the smell of chemicals. I know preservatives are banned as they are highly carcinogenic – I dont know what it was but I would walk out again if you smell chemicals in a meat shop.

You mean if they’ve just used bleach to give it a scrubdown? Seems reasonable to me.

ljcm1968 said :

A friend at work mentioned Lachlan Valley Meats in Griffiths, but he has only bought steaks. Has anyone used them and are they the same as the Griffith Butchery?Cheers

Ummmm… I used to buy whole scotch fillets from a bulk butcher in Dickson but they closed down, so when I passed by Lachlan Meats last year and saw a blackboard special for whole scotch fillets I bought one, just a shade under $50 I recall.

I won’t elaborate about the horrendous quality of the butchering, with sub-hide fat still encompassing and permeating the meat and impossible to remove with my non-professional knives, the toughness and the awful taste, but after attempting to prepare and cook several steaks over the best part of a week, I wrapped up what was left and dumped it in the bin. I trust the microbes of Mugga are finding it more palatable than I did.

Dragging up an old thread.

Any one know where to buy a steak sourced from the farms in ACT on the Uriara road. Looks like some nice cattle on those farms the black ones maybe Angus not sure.