Your correspondent had been merrily posting away and rating pubs on inclusion or not of Fat Yak Pale Ale in their list of tap beers. What I had totally missed is that the el primo drop itself had not been …
Court House Hotel, N Melbourne & 3 Ravens 55 (part 2)
You’ve got to love Melbourne Pubs. This North Melbourne gem will be added to the BotF Bar Review Map and will be revisited if only to work through the taps. Restaurant looks fine, though other people’s coin would be preferred. …
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Court House Hotel, N Melbourne & 3 Ravens 55. (part 1)
Two part story due to iPhone limitation of only one photo per mail. What a great draught line-up of tap beer! I’ve been keen to get into a 3 Ravens and here it is on tap. It is pretty rare …
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Owd Rodger, Marston’s and an alternative Australian middle order
The Ashes are looming and it is with a heavy heart BotF realises that it could quite possibly be the first time in a very long time that the Poms might actually retain them on antipodean soil. In anticipation of …
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Thirsty Merc and Three Kings
The Grand in the ‘gong has been reviewed and is on the BotF Bar Review Map. Special treat after a post offside dinner was to stroll into the Grand for a post prandial and find out that Thirsty Merc were …
The Australian Hotel – some things never change
The Australian is at the back of the Rocks and a little off the beaten path. This adds to its charm with the mightily impressive beer list the main reason for its attractiveness. It’s been serving great beer and pizzas …
The Orient Hotel – escaped unharmed
There was a time during the 80s and 90s where if you mentioned you’d been at the Orient the night before, your mate would respond by asking how long you waited in triage. This place was rough and was always …
Induction – Cyril Dickthorpe #23
BotF made a rare late night crossing and inducted regular commentator Cyril Dickthorpe as a fully paid up BotF member. Congratulations Cyril! Favourite Beverage: Fat Yak Pale Ale Favourite Sport to Spectate: Formula 1 (they just go round and round….) …
Sheep wins over Bear
Lazy Saturday afternoon, and the heat has brought on the need for a couple of thirst quenchers. Today’s candidates, a Danish pale lager – Harboe Bear Beer and a Scottish Ale – Sheepshaggers Gold. The winner – hands down – …
The triplets – Monteiths Pilsner
Your correspondent has reviewed several Monteiths products earlier in this blog (Monteiths Golden Lager | Monteiths Celtic Red). In fact, the Golden Lager was the preferred orange whip for yours truly for quite some time (Fat Yak currently holds this …
back of the ferry 