Autumnal ferry trips can be magnificent, particularly when the weather is like it was tonight. Almost balmy, with a firey sunset illuminating the Harbour Bridge and the city skyline. It’s relatively early in the week, so the boys had the …
Category: Beers
One beer brewery
This striking beer is actually made by a winery – De Bortoli. Red Angus has been around for a while now and is well worth trying. What is puzzling is that De Bortolis has gone to the trouble of setting …
Black Mac in a magic location
One of the best beer reviews in the short history of BotF was one penned by Oompaloompa that paid tribute to a member of the Mac’s Brewery beer family. Today I was fortunate enough to try another one of Mac’s …
Kolsch – one of many reasons to visit the 4 Pines
One of the first bars reviewed by BotF on the BotF Bar Review Map was the 4 Pines Brewing Company. We loved 4 Pines then, and after a visit on the weekend the ardour has not diminished. In fact there …
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Sydney Fast Ferry – tough start to a business
[/caption]BotF took the Sydney Fast Ferry (“SFF”) home last night only so that we could empty another schooner on the BotF Bar Review Map. It did give us an opportunity to experience the new service and see both sides of …
Twilight ferries and Coopers classic
Daylight savings has ended and and that means a whole different experience on the Back of the Ferry. The 6pm journey is now a magical journey as you watch the cityscape light up as the sun sets. It would almost …
BotF Bar of the Month – March
Slim pickings this month, as again BotF correspondents have been working far harder than is tolerable. There was a flurry of bar visits early in the month, but then nada until last night. The 5 bars whose schooners were emptied …
No Greek tragedy
Lunched at the Athenium restaurant in Barrack Street, last week. When in a Greek restaurant, I had to order the Greek Beer. There was only one on offer – Mythos – a Hellenic Lager Beer. Now the Greeks have made …
Self inflicted punishment
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 …
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 …
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