After 45 days of leather chasing, the Rugby World Cup concludes tomorrow night. Personally, even with it being played in NZ, I’ve never felt so disconnected to a Rugby World Cup. Without Foxtel, I’ve relied on Channel 9 and with …
Category: Bars
Brief Carlton Pub Crawl and Alhambra Negra
Had an opportunity to meander back to Melbourne Airport. Chose Carlton as the pub crawl location. First stop was the Corkman, an Irish pub that has taken over what used to be the Carlton Inn. This is deep in Uni …
Volly, Shakespeare …. Brissul
Out last night with some of the boys down town in Bristol. A couple more pubs to add to the venue list (a couple of old favourites). First up was the Lloyds No 1 bar at the V-Shed on the waterfront, …
‘na biretta Chiara and Young Alfred
There’s a new venue at Circular Quay. It looks to be an offshoot of Customs House Bar and is called Young Alfred, named because it is on the corner of well, Young and Alfred Streets – Circular Quay. Most bars …
Federal Hotel, Bigga and Sierra Nevada Kellerweis and the Wallabies
This school holidays has seen this correspondent visit some parts of NSW that are off the beaten track. I can safely say that until I saw the town of Bigga on a road sign, I’d never heard of it. Bigga …
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Thorny Goat Black IPA and a Rylstone Pub Crawl
illiards and bladdamasta’s weekend in the wilderness was not completely spent scale rocky outcrops and a journey to Rylstone was called for to collect supplies and refreshments. Rylstone is 240kms North West of Sydney and has preserved the look of …
Stone Circles, Druid Arms and the George at Laycock
After all the travelling, back to some more familiar surroundings and couple of pubs to add to the BOTF list. I took the kids down to Staunton Drew on the River Chew (unsurprisingly for some I have spent many hours fishing …
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Owain Glyndwr(pub) and Cwrw Dewi(beer)
Today decided would have a trip across to Cardiff for a bit of shopping with the kids. We caught the train from Brunel’s Bristol Temple Meads on the Great Western Line. It was a short trip of about 40 minutes …
Collie Wobbles at WaterEdge
I will cover a bit of ground in this blog literally from north west to south west of England. The family went on a trip up to the Lake District this week for a few days. A university veterinary reunion …
Grand Ridge Mirboo Madness and the Waiting Room
This is an epic beer. A very long name. Grand Ridge Mirboo Madness Limited Release American Red Ale. Almost no room on the label for anything else. A 6% treasure full of hops, great colour, great taste and simply a …
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