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
Queen Mary 2 & Queen Elizabeth from the FotF
There’ll be a more detailed description this evening, including the obligatory beer review. Three hardy BotF members braved a stiff southerly on the FotF to witness the Sydney Harbour rendezvous of the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Elizabeth at …
Fullers London Pride, Holgate Hopinator and the Ashes
Two of BotF members have been playing in an irregular game of 35 over a side cricket between some Australians and some English called the Mad Dogs for some years now. Today was the 9th encounter since 2004. Score was …
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Landlocked countries and Edelweiss Beer
February is a great month for Sydney Harbour. On top of and under the water there is masses of activity. pommy_ch gets pretty excited when he sees flocks of seagulls attacking the surface of the water – that’s pretty much …
Endeavour Pale Ale and the last darts night at the Fisho’s
The address on the label of this beer is 1 Chifley Square, Sydney. If there was truly a brewery at this address and it made beer of this quality and it was the days when a corporate card could be …
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Hitachino Nest Red Wine Ale and Mort Subite – Pink Beer
Beer that is coloured other a shade of brown, amber or black just doesn’t look right. Green beer on St.Patrick’s day is a classic example – but that’s just food dye added to shit beer. The two beers described below …
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Toohey’s Extra Dry Platinum, Dave Faulkner solo and Snaketide
Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club was the venue for Snaketide‘s latest performance. The Freshwater SLSC is a sensational venue with ocean views, a big room for the band and plenty of areas to get away from it if you need …
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Sol
Sol is not a great beer, but it is held in fond regard by this BotF correspondent as it was the 6 pack of choice consumed in the 6-pack-BotF-trip of 2008. Before the BotF blog was created, the challenge was …
Shanghai Beer and the John Curtin Hotel
Another week, another visit to Melbourne. Using the trusty www.melbournepubs.com as my guide I targeted the promising sounding John Curtin Hotel. John Curtin would be in the top 5 of our former Prime Ministers and would have been welcomed into …
Reschs and an unusual question of BotF on the BotF
Reschs used to be a mainstay in NSW. Whether it was on tap or in iconic silver tinnies, Reschs was our state drink. Like KB and apparently DA, Fosters keep making it for nostalgic reasons. Reschs is more widely available …
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Moritz, Hansa and Snaketide rehearsing well
BotF can report first hand that rehearsals for Snaketide’s big gig on Saturday 12th February at Freshwater SLSC are going very well. This correspondent sat in on a couple of songs and the boys are hitting their stride and will …
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