Unfortunately good luck on the weather front did not accompany us on our visit to the Great Wall and our day was “misty” as the locals like to say, which means it was a little like Pea soup and in complete …
Author: TfT
Licher wheat beer and a room with a view of “Chang Cheng”
The National Holidays have provided this BoTF correspondent and his family the opportunity to escape Beijing to a not-so-touristy section of the Great Wall called Mutianyu. Bladdamaster and his family were also regular visitors to this spectacularly picturesque and natural …
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Singha (at location) and a Harmonica playing Elephant
Singha has already graced the pages of BoTF in a prior musing with this entry detailing an on location sampling in Thailand. Singha is a globally reconginsed brand however I am advised that despite the bottle label saying “Since 1933” brewing officially didn’t …
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Small brewers feel threat from Foster’s takeover bid
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/22/3250263.htm
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Eridinger Weissbrau – Weißbier and the “Bavarian Purity Law”
A quick review of the BotF beer list reveals that whilst we have a couple of Erdinger reviews we lack what is this member current favourite International Beer. Erdinger’s claim to fame is that it is the largest wheat beer brewery …
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Taishan Beer (Joint venture with German Craft producer Kritzer) – Shandong
A business visit last year to Shandong involved a stop in Binzhou and a very local lunch in the middle of summer wherein a bottle of Taishan beer was produced. A further visit this week to the same location had a …
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“The Brew” – Kerry Hotel (Shangrila) Pudong Shanghai
At the risk over being accused of being culturally imbalanced BotF re-visited as promised “The BREW” at the Kerry Hotel in Shanghai. I am also informed that another BotF member will be visiting Shanghai shortly so it is imperative to communicate the …
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Bofferding in Shanghai
Another quick visit to Shanghai and an opportunity to sample something new. I have had a quick look through the beer list and I can’t see that BotF has reviewed something from the largest brewer in Luxembourg Barsserie Nationale I was reluctant …
Shanghai Microbreweries and a Chinese Wedding
This BotF correspondent recently attended the Chinese wedding of a great friend and colleague. I was thrilled to be invited, organised my Hongbao and was off Shanghai before heading back to OZ for a quick visit. Arriving late morning prior to …
A nice Flathead and prettier than a mother-in-law
Very happy to see that BoTF members are expanding the beer reviews to the contiguous pursuit of fishing. One of the greatest surf fish you will ever catch is a Flathead I have been trying to catch them for …
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back of the ferry 