Another BotF correspondent has been bemoaning the ever increasing trend of 330ml and 345ml bottles in the Australian Market. Maybe he should move to the Czech Republic. This Czech brew is one of 6 varieties, that Zubr produces and the …
Category: Beers
Woolies + Microbrewery doesn’t add up
BotF spotted Dry Dock Premium Lager just before Christmas, but has only just been able to lay its hands on a sample today. Simply put, the wait was not worth it. I remember the Sail & Anchor being one of …
This is more like it – Barons Pale Ale
The brave boys at Barons, the same lads who import “Lucky Beer”, are at their best when producing a local drop. Their Pale Ale is a great whip with a nice little malty ‘bite’. Their website rabbits on about guava …
Murray’s Craft Brewery – worth a visit.
As promised in a recent post I took the opportunity to visit Murray’s brewery and I even got the opportunity to meet Murray. MBC has moved its brewing equipment lock, stock and barrel to a more convenient location around 20kms …
Mac’s Hop Rocker Pilsener
Beer tasting, let alone beer judging, reviewing, and reporting is an onerous task indeed. In this obiter dicta I would like to thrash out not only a personal account of my 5 minutes spent with the charming young lass under review, but …
Lime, salt and beer. Australia is just scratching the surface.
Carlton Dry Fusion has been around for over 12 months now in Oz. There are two varieties – lemon and lime. Fusion is a roadsmash of beer fads – dry, low carb and chelada. With all that uncertainty going on …
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Buddha’s 5th Precept – Lucky Beer
The boys from Baron’s Brewing seem to have flown in the face of Buddhism’s 5th Precept which states “I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from intoxicating drinks and drugs causing heedlessness”. The Buddha-shaped bottle and the website exclamation …
Not as good as Dad’s – Konigs Pilsener
The old German Beer Purity Law of 1516 tends to ensure that any orange whip imported from the fatherland is worth a try. However, your correspondent was spoilt as a child and used to ‘tax’ his father’s monthly delivery of …
Oranjeboom – yet another cheap Dutch import
There seems no end to the flood of imported beer into Oz. An impression of long brewing history is conveyed by a label proudly stating a 1671 inception. A little research indicates that the beer is nothing more than a …
The stout Portuguese – Coral Tonica
A Portuguese Stout. Yep, I was suprised also but apparently it is a style of beer that they are famous for. This one is a cracker. Black and roasty with that thick, vegemite taste that drinkers of Tooths Sheaf Stout …
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