A major catastrophe was averted just before New Years, when a significant fire occurred in the Rochefort Abbey. Fortunately the brewing equipment and the monks were unharmed, but it was touch and go for awhile. The Trappiste Rochefort 10, which …
Bintang Pilsener – for Indonesian males who value friendship
BotF has not had the good fortune to get to Bali (or any part of Indonesia), but was given a very popular souvenir – the Bintang T-Shirt – by the first female BotF member, Carly. Since then, I’ve been meaning …
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Balmain Pale Ale, Grolsch Swing Top, Pipsqueak and a yacht carrier
Before the BotF, BotF popped into a perennial favourite – the Occidental. The Occi has been serving a beer for a while now that is only available on tap – Balmain Pale Ale. If they could replicate this in a …
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The BotF Cider List
The growth of Cider cannot be ignored. Unlike the cooler craze of the late ’80s, there are significant indicators that Cider will be a more long lasting trend in Australia’s alcoholic beverage landscape. For example, did you ever hear of …
Snowies Blonde Cider
Funnily enough I received an assortment of different ciders as Christmas presents, one of which was Snowies Blonde Cider. This cider is very sweet tasting, probably due to the fact that eating apples have been used to brew. The bottle label …
Foster’s & James Boag’s Pure on Orstraya Day eve ferry trip home
Cracking weather in Sydney – in fact it is almost too hot. Even with the cooling breezes provided out the Back of the Ferry, it is important to keep one’s fluids up and the BotF boys took the opportunity to …
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Cantina Cerveza – same as Arriba Importada
I am sure that Cantina Cerveza the same beer as Arriba Importada – simply in a bottle with a different logo on it. THe bottle shape is the same, the urine-sample colour is the same and the brewer is the …
Dos Equis Ambar and bye-bye LHI
The final night on Lord Howe Island was spent picnicing on the Lagoon watching the sunset – aaaah. If you are on the water at Lord Howe, it is impossible to find a dud view. The lagoon typifies that. You …
Arriba Importada, Boats on a boat and a beer pornographer at work
The only reason to drink this beer is to add to the number of countries on the BotF Beer List. Arriba Importada comes from El Salvador’s capital city, San Salvador. El Salvador becomes the 39th country represented on the BotF …
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Alpha Pale Ale and Lord Howe Island kingfish
Being an island 600kms off Port Macquarie, Lord Howe can be a fisherman’s paradise. All the restaurants, the bowling club and the golf club advertise regular fish fry ups and the fish that is generally fried up is kingfish. Our …
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