Last night was a well attended session on the ferry, but due to rough seas we were unable to assume the normal position on the BotF. Occasionally, when the swell is significant the gates are locked and we are relegated …
Stoke Dark – a brewer becomes a micro again @McCashins
A trip to Dan Murphy’s for the missus’s bargain verdelho uncovered this hitherto undiscovered gem from New Zealand. Stoke Dark (@McCashins), which is part of a trio of beers (Gold, Amber and Dark) is brought to us by the McCashin …
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Bar Biero – Sydney v Melbourne
Firstly just let me begin by saying I was born and live in Sydney. I need to get this out of the way early. Now to my theme today – this whole Melbourne versus Sydney thing really turns my stool …
Cold nights need big beers, Sheaf Stout and Three Sheets
As we charge headlong towards the winter solstice, there is almost more sign of the sun in the air when the 6pm from Circular Quay sets sail. It’s pretty cool on the back deck and big beers are the order …
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Hemingway’s Manly – the latest addition to Manly’s burgeoning bar scene
The street along the waterfront at Manly is known as the Steyne. Addresses to the south of the Corso are ## South Steyne and addresses to the North of the Corso are ## North Steyne. I’ve had a look on …
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The Schmiddy – the taint of the glassware world
Two things in the world of beer give this correspondent, and botf in general, the hershey squirts. One is the prevalence of the 330ml beer bottle. No need to say more. It has been mentioned ad nauseum in these pages. …
Badlands Brewery Dark London Porter & Maredsous Brune
Sydney’s cold snap is really conducive to drinking dark beers. It’s a tad oxymoronic or paradoxical, that you’d seek warmth by drinking a cold beer, but when a fine dark beer goes to work on your insides an inner fire …
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BotF is there at the historic opening of Murray’s at Manly
It is very rare to be at the opening of an icon. Imagine being at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Sydney Opera House, the first passenger on the Manly Ferry, the first customer at Rockpool or …
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Eridinger Weissbrau – Weißbier and the “Bavarian Purity Law”
A quick review of the BotF beer list reveals that whilst we have a couple of Erdinger reviews we lack what is this member current favourite International Beer. Erdinger’s claim to fame is that it is the largest wheat beer brewery …
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Taishan Beer (Joint venture with German Craft producer Kritzer) – Shandong
A business visit last year to Shandong involved a stop in Binzhou and a very local lunch in the middle of summer wherein a bottle of Taishan beer was produced. A further visit this week to the same location had a …
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back of the ferry 