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 …
Category: Beers
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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Coopers Clear – two unwanted trends
Coopers is one of the doyens of brewers in the world. Their resistance of Lion Nathan’s bid in 2005 and subsequent removal of the ability for external takeover is legendary and admirable. Their range of beers, their lack of fear …
Bourgogne de Flandres – a meaty Belgian
Wow. THe Belgians certainly know how to produce a complex drop. Yet another unusual stubbie from the Porters’ bottlo on Sydney Road, Balgowlah – the Bourgogne de Flandres was one of the most enjoyable drops I’ve had for some time. …
Harbin Beer – China’s oldest beer
On Saturday night, a visitor to the Cantina surprised with a six pack of Harbin Beer. Now this BotF correspondent spent 7 months in China and was pretty partial to the odd stubbie of Harbin – in particular Harbin Black. …
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