I’ve been back on the Melbourne shuttle a little lately. A couple of weeks ago, I was walking “hotelwards” along Flinders Lane. Back in the early 2000s, I spent plenty of time in this part of time, so much so, …
Category: Beers
@FogHornBrewPub – a visit to the Erina outpost
“Help me pick up some furniture at Somersby, Dad?”. “Sure, so long as we can have lunch at Foghorn in Erina“. “Done deal”. Don’t be put off by the empty tables in the photos – we were very early first …
C.R.E.A.M. – just like a strong coffee from @sixpoint
Sixpoint Brewery really crams plenty on and in their very attractive cans. Nomad Brewing sell some of Sixpoint’s year round range at their Brookvale site. Sixpoint also do one offs in a range called Cycliquids – and this “coffee blonde” …
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Dax Original Pilsner – a Mr Liquor unique with an unusual back story
For the second week in a row, Mr Liquor at Circular Quay had something new on his shelves – but the origins of this German Pilsner are a little unusual. Now normally when an odd European lager appears in Mr …
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Swans on the Coathanger and Lander Brau Radler
Footy Fever grips Australia at this time of year. I’ve to say the AFL is piquing my interest more than the NRL this year. The all Sydney final should be a cracker and the AFL has put one over the …
IGood times at Mr Liquor with @4pinesbeer
Needs to be the permanent price. Just this outlet – and just for BotF drinkers. Surely we can work this out. In Situ – MV Queenscliff
Snow Beer in the Virgin Lounge
Got a shock to see this in the Melbourne Virgin Lounge today. The blurb feels like a justification as opposed to encouragement. In my opinion it isn’t entirely accurate either. To claim it’s “The World’s Favourite Beer” is a real …
Meantime Brewery & botf on the Thames
Your botf correspondents alway try and get some ‘back of the ferry’ time in the exotic locations we get to visit. With this in mind I caught the ferry on route RB1 down the Thames from London Bridge to Greenwich. …
Our heart goes out to @thebeachclub58 Collaroy
The East coast of Australia got smashed by a “low” on the weekend. For all intents and purposes this was a tropical cyclone, except Sydney’s below the Tropic of Capricorn and the barometric pressure didn’t reach the required minimum. The …
back of the ferry 