When you have children under the age of five, the festive season takes on a new perspective. Rather than taking on the season through your own eyes you tend to take it on through those of your youngsters. Expectation pre …
Category: Beers
Sampling @stoneandwood at the source
Any coast trip North is not complete without a visit to Byron Bay – even at the most packed and crazy time of the year, Christmas to New Year. Wategos and the Pass were producing the bluest waves and the …
Macksville Pubs
This BotF correspondent is doing the long drive up the Pacific Highway from Sydney, where he will ultimately finish at Rainbow Beach, near Fraser Island. An emotional reunion with TfT awaits. If possible a drive like this is best done …
Quayle Summer Ale – Praise the Lord
The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel is an old timer on the Australian Craft Beer scene. According to their website, they started brewing on-site in 1985 and they’ve been going strong ever since. The Lord Nelson Hotel is a must-visit for …
A ferry tradition begins, whilst another one ends
From what I can gather, the Manly Ferry has, in one form or another, been going since 1855 or for 156 years. This correspondent’s been availing himself of its delights for about 10 years and Back of the Ferry has …
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Mud Crab and Knappstein Lager
Bladdamaster reviewed Knappstein Lager in a post back in mid 2010 but the beer porn opportunity was just too good to miss and this was the only sample in the Fridge. Notwithstanding Knappstein Lager is a sensational compliment to Mud …
Rosita, 1906 and a nice rack at Braza Churrascaria
This BotF correspondent avoids Darling Harbour as much as he can. Primarily because it is in the opposite direction to the ferry from my work, but also the restaurants and bars in this area tend to be of the over-priced, …
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Brass Belgium Pilsener & the Williams River, Crown Gold & the Allyn River
To the North and the North East of Dungog is the Barrington Tops National Park. There’s no shortage of rivers that flow out of the Barrington Tops, and with recent rains they are flowing healthily (for Australian rivers anyway). This …
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Phoenix – The ‘Famous’ beer of Mauritius?
Really? This reviewer had never heard of it…but then again outside of those lagers available in oversized tins back in the lazy cicada humming summers of the 70’s in far flung locales such as Eastwood, Top Ryde (why top?) and …
back of the ferry 