Recently, BotF visited the city version of the Bavarian Bier Cafe to empty another schooner on the BotF Bar Review Map. It is always a good albeit expensive experience, but BotF couldn’t help itself and ordered something it had never …
Category: Beers
A sort of Beer story
I have to thank my cousin for this post. I have a bunch of 20 something cousins, and after my grandad’s funeral, we all became Facebook buddies. The knack for spotting quirky items would seem to run in the family …
Sunday arvo footy and KB
A step back in time today, as BotF reacquainted itself with a can of cold gold KB, whilst watching Canterbury-Bankstown touch up Eastern Suburbs. KB, which stands for Kent Brewery, is one of the last remnants of the Tooth & …
Beer with Benny Hill humour
Blonde, low carb beer is now a dime a dozen. Either variety will never win an award in a beer snob’s competition – but both serve a purpose. So how does one blonde or one low carb differentiate itself? When …
Quilmes – Argentina’s favourite beer
Or is it? The kind of claim Foster’s would try and get away with in the 80s when advertising in the USA. I bet if you ordered one at a bar in Buenos Aires the staff would snigger at the …
Carlsberg – Probably the Best Beer in the World*
Grand claims are made at the Carlsberg website. Though an initial glance suggests you may have visited a games website or home of LFC. That being said, the beer is definitely very drinkable and does come with a rich, malty …
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Paddy’s Guinness, trivia controversy and medical emergency
A glorious afternoon on the back of the ferry had plenty of incident. Firstly, the boys commemorated St. Patrick’s Day with a couple of cans of Guinness. We’d bought the cans with the widget in them, which was kind of …
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Old Empire – Beer of the English Cricket Team
India Pale Ales are definetely not for the faint hearted. The story goes that in order to ensure that beer shipped to India would be potable if not palatable you needed a high alcohol content and plenty of hops. The …
Singha happiness
Tried a new bottlo on the way to the ferry the other night. The Grand Hotel has a well priced selection of importantly very cold beer. For no particular reason a six pack of Singha was chosen. Despite some taunts …
$17 for two beers? You are having a lend – surely.
BotF was delighted to see a new drinking holr emerge near Wharf 3. Variety is the spice of life. Two of the founding members gave the newest addition a red hot go, but the only word that comes to mind …
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