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
Chili Beer, an acquired taste maybe
Porters at Balgowlah can always be trusted to offer some new beers to try. This particular offering would appear to be a gimmick but has actually been around for some time. The http://www.chilibeer.com/ tells an amusing story of a bloke …
Sun Light and Bar Hum Bug
An unflexible flight and an early finish to a workshop means an opportunity to hit an untried bar and try a new beer. Couldn’t read the label, but knew I hadn’t this offering from Mildura Brewing. “Bloody hell, I’ve ordered …
Spaten on a balmy Sydney evening
Sydney thus far has avoided the floods that have afflicted our Northern and Southern neighbours. Whilst the weekends events don’t allow New South Welshmen to empathise on the basis of similar plights – we have been bloody drenched and the …
Salitos, Mexican style beer of Panamanian heritage brewed in Germany
Stopped off at what looked like an independent bottlo on Queen Street, Melbourne, in the hope of finding an untried beer. The Wigs Cellar did not disppointed with an unusual unbranded white six pack of what was described by the …
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Off to an Irish Yoga class
Happy St. Patrick’s day.
Peroni (real and fake), daylight savings threat and St.George to lose
All the founders were out the BotF on a cloudy but temperate Sydney autumn evening. Not too sure what determines when daylight savings ends, but wonderfully for this year, daylight savings doesn’t end until 2011. Enjoy it whilst you can, …
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4 Pines Pale Ale and Manly magic
A summer’s day in early autumn has seen 1000’s of people flock to Manly. Every half an hour the Manly ferry unloads hundreds of punters onto Manly Wharf. The Harbour side of Manly has enough attractions to keep people close …
Beez Neez and Stitch Bar
Another new Sydney small bar to get along to is Stitch Bar. Stitch Bar is so cool the Fonz wouldn’t get in. Unless you were looking for it, you wouldn’t know it existed. The entrance is disguised with a fake …
Leffe Blond, Exhibition Street Pubs and Fat Yak comp
Exploiting a small window of opportunity after another flying visit to Melbourne, BotF sprinted through a couple of bars in Exhibition Street, which comes off the Paris end of Collins Street. I’ve got to say, though, that I was stopped …
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Schiehallion Pilsner and Old Engine Oil Porter
The Scots aren’t having a great run in sport at the moment. Their Rugby team regularly competes with Italy for the wooden spoon in the 6 Nations and their once proud football team hasn’t qualified for a major tournemant for …
back of the ferry 