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 …
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 …
James Boags Premium Lager and Cricket
Two BotF founders played cricket today in an almost one year anniversary of one of the hottest games of cricket ever played. That day the temperature was 42 degrees. Today was a far more benign 28ish, but it is still …
The New Pornographers, Mountbatten Hotel, County Clare and Pure Blonde White
BotF forgot until about two days before that he had tickets to the New Pornographers at Manning Bar. The New Pornographers are an 8 piece band from Vancouver (though one member doesn’t do OS travel at all) and they have …
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St. Peters Brewery Triptych – beers with a twist
Apart from “1001 beers to try before you die”, BotF has in his collection the “Australian Beer Companion”, which has extensive articles on Australian breweries. With so much activity happening in the Australian brewing and beer market – it is …
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