In all the years I hung around or lived in the Glorious Inner West, for what ever reason I never made it to The Sandringham Hotel. After having rectified that situation on Thursday night, I just can’t work out why …
Category: Bars
Punk Monk and the tautologically wet Manly Food & Wine Festival
The travel brochures advertising Manly and its delights will always show beautifully clear days with rolling surf, smiling happy people and a general vibe of perfection. Fair enough – quite often Manly is just like that. I haven’t seen any …
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The Quiet American, Happy Birthday Hemingway’s and fast centuries
On this day last year, pommy_ch, lamb0 and this correspondent were the 3rd, 4th and 5th person to have a beer on Hemingway’s first public opening night. A year later, this correspondent and BotF most infrequent correspondent – aka l0der …
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Double Espresso Premio Caffe Birra – from Scotland?!
In the early days of BotF, we sourced our boat beverages from Mr Liquor, who is very conveniently located opposite Wharf 3, from where the Manly Ferry departs. We worked our way through Mr Liquor’s rather limited range some time …
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Hong Kong Brew House and Hong Kong tidbits
This correspondent is now back in Orstraya and despite being back for less than a week – the trip to the Orient is fast becoming a distant memory. Thank goodness for the camera. It’s been good to renew the acquaintance …
Renaissance Perfect Pale Ale, LQB, Canes v Crusaders
Another quick fire trip home to Wellington for some official business and a catch-up with the whanau just happened to coincide with a Canes v Crusaders Super Rugby match up at the cake tin – you little beauty! It was also …
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The Green Cap and the final, final good-bye to the Pomegranate
A highlight of my 2009 stint in China was spending time at the Pomegranate, as has oft been recorded on this blog. Its unfortunate closure and demise has also been recorded here, but I couldn’t help but pull by the …
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Slow Boat Brewery and Home Plate Bar B-Que
Since I’ve been in China, I’ve drunk plenty of mediocre beers – until I arrived in Beijing. I’d also been eating plenty of Chinese food – not so mediocre, but it was time for a change. I’d heard about Slow …
Boxing Cat Brewery – Shanghai Microbrew Heaven
Shanghai has been bitten by the microbrew bug. There are at least 6 bars brewing their own and it is possible to pub crawl by microbrews, but a cab is necessary. I took it easy and went to three – …
Drei Kronen 1308 Brauhaus
It’s great to discover a new place in Beijing. It’s disappointing I found it on my last day here. The Drei Kronen 1308 Bruahaus is a full on Bavarian Tavern near the Worker’s Stadium that offers great beer and food. …
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