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 …
Category: Beers
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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Brunswick pubs, Hawthorn Pilsner and a Swannies legend spotted
BotF had a couple of unexpected hours between his last meeting and an airport teleconference and took a detour via Brunswick. What a suburb. In the hour spent strolling north along Sydney Road from Weston Street, BotF passed numerous pubs, …
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Snaketide’s big gig, The Trophy Room, the Agincourt and Royal Dutch Post Horn
BotF’s favourite band is Snaketide and they are playing a big gig from 8pm on 12 February 2011 at the Freshwater SLSC. They are supporting the legendary Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus, whom BotF had the good fortune to …
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A nice Flathead and prettier than a mother-in-law
Very happy to see that BoTF members are expanding the beer reviews to the contiguous pursuit of fishing. One of the greatest surf fish you will ever catch is a Flathead I have been trying to catch them for …
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Harbord Bowling Club, Bonito and a King
Harbord Bowling Club is the venue for many family Friday night pizza’s and a few beers. The pizza parlour is good, the beers are cold and plenty of seating inside and outside. On one Friday night a couple of weeks …
Trappiste Trio Complete and the Hottest 100 Craft Beers of 2010
A major catastrophe was averted just before New Years, when a significant fire occurred in the Rochefort Abbey. Fortunately the brewing equipment and the monks were unharmed, but it was touch and go for awhile. The Trappiste Rochefort 10, which …
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