1 March is St David’s Day. To be honest, I wasn’t aware of a St.David’s Day – but one of the many good things about the 4 Pines Brewery at Manly is the education it is providing to regular visitors …
Harbord Bowling Club Monthly Fishing Comp (Feb 2011)
This weekend was my second foray at the monthly fishing comp and I planned to fish some where a little different – having seen all the surface fish from the back of the Manly ferry, decided would try west of …
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Hahn White
Hahn White is an example where a marketing department has dominated the brewing department in developing a new beer. It is also hard to get away from the thought that the marketing department was “inspired” by the development of a …
Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Grandma’s Bar
Having spent more time recently in Melbourne bars and pubs than Sydney bars and pubs, BotF is firmly of the view that Melbourne pubs on the whole, crap on Sydney pubs. Sydney, however, is slowly trying to redress the balance. …
Estrella Damm Inedit and QM 2 and QE
At 6.10am, it’s not really the time to be splitting a six pack or tucking into a longneck each. Also, the visit of two of the world’s biggest Ocean Liners to Sydney Harbour at the same time deserves toasting with …
Queen Mary 2 & Queen Elizabeth from the FotF
There’ll be a more detailed description this evening, including the obligatory beer review. Three hardy BotF members braved a stiff southerly on the FotF to witness the Sydney Harbour rendezvous of the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Elizabeth at …
Fullers London Pride, Holgate Hopinator and the Ashes
Two of BotF members have been playing in an irregular game of 35 over a side cricket between some Australians and some English called the Mad Dogs for some years now. Today was the 9th encounter since 2004. Score was …
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Landlocked countries and Edelweiss Beer
February is a great month for Sydney Harbour. On top of and under the water there is masses of activity. pommy_ch gets pretty excited when he sees flocks of seagulls attacking the surface of the water – that’s pretty much …
Endeavour Pale Ale and the last darts night at the Fisho’s
The address on the label of this beer is 1 Chifley Square, Sydney. If there was truly a brewery at this address and it made beer of this quality and it was the days when a corporate card could be …
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Hitachino Nest Red Wine Ale and Mort Subite – Pink Beer
Beer that is coloured other a shade of brown, amber or black just doesn’t look right. Green beer on St.Patrick’s day is a classic example – but that’s just food dye added to shit beer. The two beers described below …
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back of the ferry 