Live on Delwood Beach, Manly. Highlight of the day is generally the half hour on the back of the Ferry where the big issues are worked through. Have lived in Beijing, NW Fairlight, Brisbane, Cleveland, South Kensington (SW7), PNG and Sydney. Love sport, beer, bars and the insular peninsula.
Author: bladdamasta
Oh Canada – 4 Pines celebrates Canada’s birthday well
According to Wikipedia, Canada Day celebrates the day of the formation of Canada on 1st July, 1867. The Canucks get pretty serious about it, and celebrate with fireworks and the like. The expats mark it as well – and I …
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Hardy bikie
Recently BotF photographed a rather rotund gentleman bravely negotiating McPherson Street on a powerful motor bike whilst wearing shorts and texting. We spotted him again this morning and it was like he hasn’t changed his clothes since we last saw …
Trappiste Rochefort 8 – a Cistercian Classic
. Only 7 breweries in the world are allowed to genuinely call their beer – Trappist. The most prominent of these is undoubtedly Chimay, but Trappiste Rochefort is probably the second most prominent. The formal name of Trappists that brew …
Windhoek Lager – better than Namibia’s rugby team
Windhoek Lager comes from the second most sparsely populated country in the world. Most Australians would have heard of Namibia for 2 reasons 1) Frankie Fredericks won 4 Olympic silver medals for sprinting 2) Namibia played in three rugby world …
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Phoenix – “Famous” Beer of Mauritius
BotF gets to cross another country off in the list of countries of whose beer it has drunk. I am glad the beer of Mauritius is famous, because for the life of me I can’t think of a famous Mauritian …
Induction – Jeroen
Favourite beverage: Grolsch Favourite sport to spectate: Soccer Area of trivial expertise: Dutch poetry
Banana Bread Beer – I kid you not
Banana Bread is something that my 90 year old grandma still bakes to great effect. To find a beer called Banana Bread Beer is a shock. The Poms have a undeserved reputation for making warm beer, but there are many …
BeerLao, t-shirt special
Beer Lao is a label that I have seen on many a backpacker’s or Aussie home from a football tour to SE Asia’s shirt. I picked up a stubbie of Beer Lao at a great bottlo in Melbourne near Southern …
Boags Draught at U Bar, Melbourne
U bar. Great little hole in the wall bar just down from southern cross train station. 3 sizes of draughts beer. Pot, schooner and jug of Boags Draught, Heinekin, Blonde and XXXX Gold. Fridge full of stubbies and a blackboard …
James Squire Pilsener at Insignia, Melbourne
BotF is in Melbourne and therefore bar paradise. Whilst I am staying at the Casino, a short walk across the Yarra reveals a plethora of cool bars that markedly and favourably to the Sydney CBD’s offerings. For example, Insignia on …
back of the ferry 