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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Viking – the closest BotF will get to get to Iceland (probably)
The global economy continues to astound and the quirky beers that emerge in the unlikeliest places also amazes. The Hotel Illawarra, Wollongong was the source of this offering from Vifilfell Brewery, which is located in the town of Akureyri, Iceland. …
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Induction – Don #35 and BotF’s one year anniversary
Tonight’s ferry ride home celebrated many things. Don became our 25th member, the 300th blog was posted onto BotF on the weekend and on Thursday BotF will celebrate its first anniversary. Don Don’s been present at some of the bigger …
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Xingu – a Black Brazilian
There seems to be no end to the weird and wonderful beers that can be found in Sydney’s bottle shops. Whilst we’ve had Brazilian beers make BotF, this would have to be one of the most unusual drops to grace …
BotF Bar Review Map relaunch with two Melburnian specials
As previously mentioned, a technical BotF has spent plenty of time coding to make the BotF Bar Review Map update as bar reviews are posted. If you click on a bar hotlinked on the right hand side of the blog, …
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back of the ferry 