Bars visited or discussed, whether on the BotF Bar Review Map or not
Category: Bars
Broken Bay Brewing Co – Welcome to Brookvale
How exciting! The Brookvale Brewery Crawl has a new Eastern extremity with the opening of Broken Bay Brewing Co at 218 Harbord Rd, Brookvale. By my reckoning Broken Bay Brewing Co becomes the seventh brewery in Brookvale to brew on …
New bar and happy hour in Manly
In what seems a lifetime ago, my Fairlight home was notorious amongst my friends for extending its boundary by the judicious planting and maintenance of shrubs, ferns and garden beds. The ever-expanding Boathouse Group (with venues at Palmy, Balmoral, Shelley …
Drinking in Doha – it can be done
The last leg of my trip away saw me endure a 13 hour layover in Doha. What you’ll do for a trip on points, hey. On the way over I had three hours in the airport and bought probably the …
Drinking in Munich – OktoberFest and The Keg
My time in Munich was brief and I wasn’t able to visit too many places on this trip. But I was able to tick an item off the bucket list and attend OktoberFest. The appetite has been sufficiently whetted and …
Wahlburgers Manly
36-38 South Steyne, Manly has been the address of a few high profile restaurants over the years. The strip between Starbucks on the Corso corner and Ben & Jerry’s on the Wentworth St corner is an eclectic and changing mix …
The Yard Kings Brewing Co – making Morrisset a go-to
Morriset is one of those names I’ve seen as I’ve driven up and down the Pacific Hoghway over the years and not given any thought to. Why would you go to Morriset? Well, that has all changed and suddenly Morriset …
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Lion to close James Boags visitor centre – hopefully not the bar – UPDATE
After posting this, the Tasmanian Government has stepped in to assist Lion in keeping the Boags visitor centre open. Thanks to Beer and Brewer for the good news. Last year, I got to visit Launceston for the first time. Went …
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The Emmaville pub crawl and the Black Panther
Deepwater Brewing is on the road to Emmaville. In the early 1900s Emmaville’s population was over 7000 people. Tin and Arsenic mining brought in the punters.Be lucky to be 500 now and I reckon in pre-Covid times they could all …
Jervis Bay – craft beer central
The craft beer revolution shows no signs of abating. Craft Beer Reviewer has published 25 Brewery Lists and I don’t think the total number has ever gone backwards. 740 breweries at last count and apparently there’s 170 new breweries in …
Laggan Brewing Co – a brewery in a village
I’m spending Easter with my family in Boorowa. My brother’s opened a wine bar there. Boorowa is 110km NNW of Canberra and 330km WSW of Sydney. I was prepared to add a few k’s to the trip if there was …
back of the ferry 