On the way to Angourie yesterday afternoon, checked out many different beaches for a surf in a South Easterly wind. We checked out half a dozen beaches, the Hoey Moey hotel beckoned in Coffs, but Lambo was determined to get …
Bavaria 8.6 and Daylight death throes
Tonight is possibly the last Back of the Ferry beer review during daylight saving. The summer months give BotF the best conditions to take great Beer Porn. When this blog started we only had an iPhone 3, which had a …
Surf Road Trip – Point Plomer
Towards the end of the first day, having checked out Crescent Head, which was too busy with long boarders for Rich and Lambo. We headed off down dirt track roads into the wilderness, past Delicate Knobby to Point Plomer, At …
Estrella Daura – Gluten Free Beer
BotF had no intention of specifically purchasing a gluten free beer, just like there was no intention of purchasing a light beer recently. In a hurry in a Melbourne bottlo, I’d seen a version of Estrella that I hadn’t seen …
Surf Road Trip (Wallaby Point, Saltwater Reserve)
1st report from the Surf Road Trip – at Wallaby Point, not far from Old Bar/Taree. A Point Break, with peeling 3ft waves and only a couple of other punters. Lambo surfed the point, Rich and myself took on the …
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Chili Beer, an acquired taste maybe
Porters at Balgowlah can always be trusted to offer some new beers to try. This particular offering would appear to be a gimmick but has actually been around for some time. The http://www.chilibeer.com/ tells an amusing story of a bloke …
Sun Light and Bar Hum Bug
An unflexible flight and an early finish to a workshop means an opportunity to hit an untried bar and try a new beer. Couldn’t read the label, but knew I hadn’t this offering from Mildura Brewing. “Bloody hell, I’ve ordered …
Spaten on a balmy Sydney evening
Sydney thus far has avoided the floods that have afflicted our Northern and Southern neighbours. Whilst the weekends events don’t allow New South Welshmen to empathise on the basis of similar plights – we have been bloody drenched and the …
Salitos, Mexican style beer of Panamanian heritage brewed in Germany
Stopped off at what looked like an independent bottlo on Queen Street, Melbourne, in the hope of finding an untried beer. The Wigs Cellar did not disppointed with an unusual unbranded white six pack of what was described by the …
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Hawkwind percolates Manning Bar
Hawkwind got their name from founder Nik Turner’s unappealing habit of clearing his throat and farting at the same time. Dave Brock is the only founding member still in the band that was formed over 40 years and at 69 …
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