Your correspondent has reviewed several Monteiths products earlier in this blog (Monteiths Golden Lager | Monteiths Celtic Red). In fact, the Golden Lager was the preferred orange whip for yours truly for quite some time (Fat Yak currently holds this …
Category: Beers
James Boags Premium Lager and Cricket
Two BotF founders played cricket today in an almost one year anniversary of one of the hottest games of cricket ever played. That day the temperature was 42 degrees. Today was a far more benign 28ish, but it is still …
The New Pornographers, Mountbatten Hotel, County Clare and Pure Blonde White
BotF forgot until about two days before that he had tickets to the New Pornographers at Manning Bar. The New Pornographers are an 8 piece band from Vancouver (though one member doesn’t do OS travel at all) and they have …
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Viking – the closest BotF will get to get to Iceland (probably)
The global economy continues to astound and the quirky beers that emerge in the unlikeliest places also amazes. The Hotel Illawarra, Wollongong was the source of this offering from Vifilfell Brewery, which is located in the town of Akureyri, Iceland. …
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Xingu – a Black Brazilian
There seems to be no end to the weird and wonderful beers that can be found in Sydney’s bottle shops. Whilst we’ve had Brazilian beers make BotF, this would have to be one of the most unusual drops to grace …
Cricketers Arms Lager – taste doesn’t match the looks + Ferry good news
Lured by a rarely seen price for a 6 pack of full strength beer, BotF latched on to this attractively packaged beer. Cricketers Arms Lager is brewed by Sundance Brewing International and is available on tap at a limited range …
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Hitachino Nest Beer, not in the top 1001 beers to try before you die
One of BotF’s favourite bottlos is the Porters on Sydney Road at Balgowlah. The fellas there always seem to get something weird and wonderful for us to try. I’ve got to say that they came up with one of the …
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Longboard Pale Ale at the Grand Hotel
BotF was in Wollongong last week and tried a new beer in a pub that has been newly added to the BotF Bar Review Map. The Longboard Beer Brewing Company is based in Thirroul. It has three founders and has …
White Shield India Pale Ale – simply great
It is a rare occasion when beer label hyperbole delivers on its promises. One beer that overcomes the expectations set by its and label and website is White Shield India Pale Ale. Beautiful honey colour, long lingering head and a …
The Trout
Surprisingly for some I spent a few hours again on the weekend chasing trout. Off into the borders of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, unfortunately no double figure fish, best fish was 7lb2oz. All fish stalked, even though a bit overcast and …
back of the ferry 