A busy day ……. a drive up to the border of Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire again on a foray after trout, this time to the world renown … Lechlade trout fishery. Arrived at 10.30am with mum in tow … spied my 1st trout …
The Sir John Young Hotel
One of the last vestiges of Sydney’s one thriving Spanish Quarter is in fact a classic Sydney pub. The Sir John Young Hotel, corner of George and Liverpool St, is trapped in two worlds. Out the front is the standard …
Daylight saving debut, Old Admiral and submarine
The long winter is over – the night-time or twilight trips are no more for 6 months and how good is that. Two BotF foundation members were joined in the celebration of the first Daylight BotF for the year by …
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Pigs Can Fly
Pigs Fly Pilsner was sampled from the eyrie of the Hutton rental at Seal Rocks. A great little beer from the Bowral Brewing Company. This pilsner (note spelling – easy to drop an extra ‘e’ in there) has a clean …
Pheasant Plucker
“I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s son, I’m only plucking pheasants ’till the pheasant plucker comes” Try that out after a few pheasant pluckers ….. This cider is one of my favourites, a very smooth, a little …
Gage Premium, Daylight Saving and GF Wrap
The October long weekend is as good as long weekends get, but is extra special because it signals the commencement of Daylight Savings. There is rarely a poor time to have a beer on BotF, but the spring and summer …
1st blog from Bristol
Here we go, 1st review for the Back of the Ferry from the scepter’d isle. A delayed and slow flight from Oz to Heathrow, then a slow but scenic coach ride to Bristol – the M4 was closed in both directions …
William’s Pale Ale and Collingwood’s dynasty
BotF settled into North Manly to watch the replay of the AFL GF. Disappointingly the game was all over by the end of the first quarter, with the turning point occurring not long after today’s beer was photographed. When the …
Helmet ferry, BotF GF predictions and Chisel at Shelley’s
In what has become a tradition (ie it has happened more than once), the helmet boys – Chezza and Will joined the BotF topped with bike helmets. We lamented the cool breeze out the back, but were grateful to be …
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Bon Voyage Lambo and Charlie and more of the Maori Chief
Two of BotF’s founders will be overseas for the next three weeks. Charlie in particular has undertaken to provide us with some updates from his travels. He will be focussing on the bars and beers of the Bristol and Bath …
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back of the ferry 