The blokes at the Balgowlah Porters on Sydney Road can be guaranteed to pretty much always have something weird on the shelves. They’ve outdone themselves with this little effort. At the outset, I’d have to say that this drop is …
4 Pines Single Hop Series – a growing trend and Holger Osieck
Just before Christmas 4 Pines announced their intention to develop 4 beers that enables imbibers to experience and compare different hop varities. On the 9th of January, all 4 beers were launched. The beers had the same base ingredients with …
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The Byron Bay Brewery, Buddha Bar and Billy Goat Dark Lager
On the way back from Rainbow Beach, I visited some old mates from Sydney that have made a wonderful move to Bangalow. I was delighted when they suggested we have dinner at “The Buddha Bar and Brewery” . Now I …
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Tsingtao Stout, Draco and Happy Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year to you all. As I type this post, there will be fireworks galore going off in China and Taiwan as the Chinese New Year celebrations get underway. Tonight is Chinese New Year Eve, which kicks off …
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Epic Armageddon IPA – a beer that lasts and lasts
It was a warm afternoon in Melbourne, and I was in a suburban hotel in South Melbourne with tables and chairs on the pavement. It had been a long day of gasbagging at work and I was flagging. What was …
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Moa, Duke of Marlborough, Cape Reinga and Bay of Islands
By pure chance kiwisinoz is visiting all of the capital cities that NZ has had since 1840. Russell, a small town located in the Bay of Islands was NZ’s capital in 1840. The European population comprised of deserting seamen, runaway …
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3 Monts and the great Aussie gouge
gouge [noun] – an act of extortion; swindle; [verb] – to extort from, swindle, or overcharge. Something that really irks me about the fine country I live in is the gouge mentality of its commerce. I know it’s most likely …
Wellington, Epic, Scotts Brewing Co, and The Malthouse
“Throw ‘em into the deep end with the big boys and see if he has what it takes” I now appreciate the pressure that James Pattinson, Doug Bracewell, Ed Cowan and Sonny Bill Williams have felt recently – making their …
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Double Island Point, Dolphins and Otway Stout
This BotF correspondent was lucky enough to be the recipient of a Prickly Moses Mixed Gift Pack in the recent inaugural Back of the Ferry Kris Kringle. That’ll mean a spike in Prickly Moses beer reviews, which isn’t a bad …
Mountain Goat Surefoot Stout and utter bollocks
There’s nothing quite like the thrill of seeing the appearance of another Rare Breed from the Mountain Goat team appear all of a sudden in the fridge at my local bottl-o, tucked away in a corner. This time it was …
