Felons Manly has taken over the Manly Wharf Hotel site – and boy o boy – have they shaken things up! In the days of the Manly Wharf Bar the public walkway between the indoor pub and the wharf pub …
Category: Beers
Bar Crawling at Resorts World Genting
On a whim I decided to venture into the highlands behind Kuala Lumpur. I really wasn’t expecting the crazy mishmash of casino, shopping mall, outlets, theme parks and bars that exist 1800m above sea level about 55km from Kuala Lumpur. …
Paperkite Beer – an award winning Malaysian craft brewer
If you think it is tough to get a craft beer on tap in a Sydney pub, try being a craft brewer in Malaysia. Paperkite Beer makes very good craft beer that has won medals at international craft beer awards, …
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Drinking in Kuching and 1602 Life Beer
Kuching is the capital of the Sarawak Province, in the north west of Borneo and the largest of the 13 Malaysian States. After roaming around a fair amount of Sabah, I decided to stay put and enjoy this delightful colonial …
Drinking in Kota Kinabalu
At first glance, Kota Kinabalu isn’t a great city for pub crawling. Like many Asian cities there’s a bar street with cookie cutter Irish pubs and restaurants. In KK’s case that is the waterfront, which admittedly is a good place …
The Shamrock Irish Bar – Kota Kinabalu
I’m having a short trip to Malaysia. Four nights in Kota Kinabalu – capital of Sabah province, two nights in Kuching – capital of Sarawak province and two nights in Kuala Lumpur. I like to go for a wander when …
Tawny Grogmouth 4.0 – Drink Beer, Save Wildlife
A favourite event of my year is to head down to Bucketty’s in Brookvale to support the annual Tawny Grogmouth fundraiser for the Sydney Wildlife Rescue. It is a pretty simple formula, Bucketty’s brew a beer, Brentos designs a can …
Old Shanghai food court, Perth
Two of this correspondents great passions surprisingly came together in one location on a recent flying visit to Perth. I love a Laksa, but rarely does the opportunity arise to have a few crafties at the same time. The Old …
Basement Brewhouse and the Bankstown Sports Club
Inductees #1 and #2 were treated by #88 with a trip to Bankstown to experience a flight simulator. After landing and taking off at the old Hong Kong runway, we made the short trip to the Bankstown Sports Club – …
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BIG little Brewing and the Hoodoo Gurus
A gaggle of BotF inductees headed up the Central Coast last weekend. The principal objective of the trip away was to see the ageless Hoodoo Gurus play the album of our HSC year – StoneAge Romeos – back to back …
back of the ferry 