Bars visited or discussed, whether on the BotF Bar Review Map or not
Category: Bars
Swannies, Crookwell Hotel, Bomber KPA and Cockburn British Bitter
For this correspondent, New South Wales’ long weekend means two things – football grand finals and a trip to the country for the Osborne Open. The Osborne Open started 10 or so years ago at a friend’s family’s property and …
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Vale Robert G. Barret, Rivet Lager and Tun Bitter
On Thursday, this correspondent’s favourite Australia novelist, Robert G. Barrett, died after long battle with cancer. I’m not a big reader of books, so I make this observation from a narrow perspective, but if there is a better exponent of …
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Paddy’s Brewery, General Sherman’s Pale Ale and Chocolate Porter
The Markets Hotel, Flemington NSW is the unlikely location of one of Sydney’s more longstanding craft brewers. Paddy’s Brewery has been operating out of the Market’s Hotel since 2001, which in craft brewing terms in NSW puts into veteran status. …
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A return to the Maori Chief and Innis & Gunn Irish
Many moons ago, this correspondent talked about the Maori Chief on these pages and promised a few photos from inside the joint. A promise is a promise and whilst it is almost two years after said promise was made, here …
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East Village Balmain, Stone & Wood Amasia Rumweizen
The first postcode I resided in when I obtained the “inoz” suffix was NSW 2041. That was some 13 years ago when the Wallabies held the Bledisloe and the RWC, and my only exposure to Aussie beer was VB and …
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Uncle Ming, Yebisu Dark and Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale
Another week and another new bar in West Wynyard – and what a bar. Uncle Ming’s Bar has very recently opened under and next to a suit store in York Street. It is tricky to find (and I walked straight …
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A “Classic” Michelada and Baja Blond
This correspondent has been away from the family for a few nights. In addition, on a recent visit to the hippest new place in Manly, I only took one daughter. Another was not amused. So to make amends – a …
Temple Brewing and Oatmeal Stout
There is so much action happening on such a frequent occurrence in the Australian craft beer scene, that august journals like The Crafty Pint and Australian Brews News (can a journal be digital?) can barely squeeze all the news in. …
Copping a tip, Penny Blue and Leader of the Pack IPA
Tipples Beer is Back of the Ferry’s favourite beer blog, and recently he posted about a relatively new beer bar in Melbourne. Given that Tipples’ home town is Melbourne, and his knowledge of a good beer is prodigious, it is …
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A sixpack of @Untappd uniques ending up on a Defibrillator
As mentioned in a recent blog, this correspondent went on mini pub crawl – ending up at the Hart’s Pub trivia night. As mentioned in another recent blog, a couple of blokes are looking at doing a different beer a …
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