Sol is not a great beer, but it is held in fond regard by this BotF correspondent as it was the 6 pack of choice consumed in the 6-pack-BotF-trip of 2008. Before the BotF blog was created, the challenge was …
Category: Beers
Shanghai Beer and the John Curtin Hotel
Another week, another visit to Melbourne. Using the trusty www.melbournepubs.com as my guide I targeted the promising sounding John Curtin Hotel. John Curtin would be in the top 5 of our former Prime Ministers and would have been welcomed into …
Reschs and an unusual question of BotF on the BotF
Reschs used to be a mainstay in NSW. Whether it was on tap or in iconic silver tinnies, Reschs was our state drink. Like KB and apparently DA, Fosters keep making it for nostalgic reasons. Reschs is more widely available …
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Moritz, Hansa and Snaketide rehearsing well
BotF can report first hand that rehearsals for Snaketide’s big gig on Saturday 12th February at Freshwater SLSC are going very well. This correspondent sat in on a couple of songs and the boys are hitting their stride and will …
A triptych at The Pumphouse – Panel 3. Archipelago Explorer
The Pumphouse has also managed to double my beer knowledge of Singapore. That is, not only does the island country produce Tiger Beer, but also beers by the Archipelago Brewery. I realize this represents a sweeping generalisation akin to thinking …
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Henninger, Gambrinus Svetly and Sydney’s hottest night ever
A number of BotF members congregated at bladdamasta’s house for a Sat’dee arvo barbie. Surely it would cool down – alas it never did. At midnight it was 33.2 degrees and the lowest it got was 27.2 degrees making it …
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A triptych at The Pumphouse – Panel 2. Dead Guy Ale
Another beauty from The Pumphouse, Dead Guy Ale is the second panel of the beer triptych. Dead Guy is produced by Rogue Ales out of Portland, Oregon. Portland is better know as Beervana due to immense number of microbreweries there. …
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Gold Medal Taiwan Beer and a belated Xin Nian Hao
The worst number one of the Triple J Hottest 100 was Denis Leary’s “Asshole”. One line sticks though – “I walk around in the summer time, sayin’ “How about this heat?””. It is difficult to think about anything else at …
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A triptych at The Pumphouse – Panel 1. Murrays Nirvana
Your correspondent has talked up The Pumphouse beer selection in an earlier bar review. Well, as part of this tasting, I am going to do it again. If anything it has got better. The range of local, especially, and foreign …
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VB (unreviewed until now?!) and Thorpey’s comeback
Given the misery experienced in our northern and southern neighbour states lately, it seems churlish to whinge about the weather in Sydney, but seriously – it was hotter than a one armed Beirut bricklayer’s armpit. 3 of the saltiest seadog …
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back of the ferry 