Value-Man, Curmudgeon, Longboarder
Author: illiards
Dad and Dave’s soft opening & the blessings of an industrial estate
Your correspondent has never been Captain Decisive and never more so when Mrs botf pounced on our current abode on Sydney’s lower northern beaches. The main reason was the proximity of a rather large industrial estate at Brookvale. As I …
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Queen Makeda Grand Pub & ancient Rome
One of the benefits of hunting down craft beer venues in various cities is that it often exposes you to parts you never ordinarily visit. And then when you are in a city like Rome you might pass some of …
Il Santo Bevitore & beguiling Venice
When last in Venice your correspondent spent every waking minute either fighting of the cold – it was December – or attempting to make 20 Aussie bananas last a day (including accommodation). Unfathomable now. This place is pricy. If I …
Weib’s Brauhaus & gingerbread mullets
But for a tenuous connection between Mrs botf and this part of Germany we would have never visited. That would been tragic as it is magical. Except for the bogans. I am not a fan of sweeping generalisations but will …
Le Supercoin & Paris remains brilliant
Ahhhh, Paris. How I love you. Especially in winter. There may be frozen dogshit everywhere, rude locals, lots of attractions shut and every cabbie, street sweeper and toilet cleaner on strike but it still enchants me. Every arrondissement is different …
Paname Brewing & travel is wasted on the young
When your correspondent first went to Europe it was part of the Aussie rite of passage. We had no money, there was no internet and if you didn’t have an erasable pen your Eurail ticket expired when it meant to …
Kauai Island Brewery & the Na Pali Coast
This the last of the “up my sleeve” posts from the #botf trip to Hawaii last April. Now and then your #botf correspondents complete epic feats before rewarding themselves with some quality crafties. This missive is one of those. Joining …
Pearl Harbour & Honolulu Beerworks
Another one in the series of better late than never posts. Have had this post up the my sleeve for an age. It is become the modus operandi of your #botf correspondents to combine a cultural/sporting activity with an offspring …
Induction – John #89
John accompanied his Uncle Geoff on fine Sydney afternoon for the crossing. Favourite beverage: Cab Sauv Favourite sport to spectate: AFL Area of trivial expertise: Fremantle Dockers 1995 – 2005 Favourite pub of all time: OBH Cottesloe ( apparently if …
Meantime Brewery & botf on the Thames
Your botf correspondents alway try and get some ‘back of the ferry’ time in the exotic locations we get to visit. With this in mind I caught the ferry on route RB1 down the Thames from London Bridge to Greenwich. …
