Sibling beers to the Bright Ale are featured in earlier boft posts [ Original Pilsner & Pale Ale ]. Little Creatures Brewing is close to the sodden hearts of us botf contributors. The first great thing is they were one …
Category: Beers
Happy father’s day and completing the Stoke Trio
It’s taken a while, but BotF has finally obtained and consumed the third Stoke Beer made by the McCashin family in New Zealand. The McCashins are genuine beverage entrepeneurs, not only making beer, but also cider, water, wine and vodka. …
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Balmain Pale Ale in the Stubbie – nice move
Some time ago, BotF was very effusive in its praise of a beer from the glorious Inner West – Balmain Pale Ale. At the time we lamented the fact that it wasn’t available in a stubbie (by the way – …
Coedo Ruri – 2 down, 3 to go
The night’s are getting shorter in Sydney, the air is getting balmier and the 6pm ferry trip is getting brighter. Before long, we’ll be enjoying our journeys home bathed in sunlight. Full quorum of foundation members on Tuesday night with …
Cheers to Free Beers!
This month’s Foursquare check-in promotion from 1st Choice Liquor is worthy of note:
Coedo – a new experience on the Back of the Ferry
It is getting increasingly more difficult to turn up anything new from the bottlos between King Street and and Circular Quay. Mr Liquor seems to have taken a break from beach-combing, the Wynyard Tunnel bottlo’s most out there beer is …
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Spitfire – the Bottle of Britain – boom tish
A brewer that makes beautifully packaged beers is Shepherd Neame from Kent in the UK. A couple of their offerings have made their way to Australian bottleshops and they’ve all been worth drinking. Fortunately, they are generally full flavoured and …
I Owe You A Beer
Whilst researching ideas to market a beer with origins at St James’ Gate in Dublin I came across the following ideas from the Miami Ad School for Heinekin. Both executions are clever and given today’s technology very achievable. The Invite …
Beer Fridge
How many can the BotF tick off from this selection? via: The Awesome Blog
My Wife’s Bitter – a Bit on the Side
There’s a couple of welcome trends emerging in Australian craft beer – one’s bigger than the other. Firstly, most craft brewers are producing one-offs or seasonals to complement their always available range. Secondly, a couple of brewers have actually created …
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