A new and relatively cheap Abbey beer has made its way onto a couple of bottleshop shelves. I’ve never seen it in a Belgian Beer Cafe in Australia and not even at Beer Mania in Beijing which had the best …
Tui, Maori Chief Hotel and post AFL GF hysteria
BotF is in Melbourne again at the last minute. Dinner was enjoyed at the Maori Chief Hotel in Moray St, South Melbourne. This a great traditional workers pub. It has the most eclectic collection of seemingly unrelated and related memorabilia …
The Baja goes full circle
In 1986, Mick Finn paid $50 for his first surfboard – the Baja. He attempted to ride it a few times and it went on the occasional coast trip where it probably looked better out of the water than in. …
Induction – Ramesh #22
Whilst Ramesh may be the latest addition to the BotF membership role, he is a long time practitioner of the BotF arts. It is simply a story of missed opportunities that has prevented him from making the membership pages the …
Induction – Tara #21
Sydney Harbour was a magic place to be yesterday, and BotF had the good fortune to be on it at 3.30pm. We also had the pleasure of inducting two new members, who had the advantage of having their induction photo …
Stiegl – the hills are alive with the sound of burping
It’s been a big week on BotF. 3 trips home this week – it doesn’t get much better than that (unless it gets warmer). Last night two of the founders wrapped their laughing gear around one of Austria’s finest – …
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Smokebeer – no, not two vices in one – just a unique beer
There’s a couple of bottlos where you are just about guaranteed to find a beer you haven’t tried. Dan Murphys at Manly Vale, the Porters on the corner of Sydney and Woodland Streets and one up at Newport. In Melbourne, …
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Bell’s Hotel and Brewery, Billy Stout and gremlins
Before venturing onto Clarendon Street, which is the main drag of South Melbourne, BotF was wandering through the back streets in search of the best named pub we’ve heard of for a while – the Maori Chief Hotel. We found …
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Kosciuoszko Pale Ale in the Golden Gate, South Melbourne
Sunday arvo in Clarendon Street, South Melbourne and there are shortage of great little pubs to sample. The Golden Gate Hotel is a tidy little bar on the corner of Clarendon and Coventry. Great furniture and an undiscovered tap beer. …
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Stone & Wood Draught Ale – Handcrafted happiness
BotF has previously written about Stone & Wood and their Pale Ale. We’ve now been able to lay our hands on a 6 pack of their Draught Ale and it’s another fine drop from Byron Bay. Slightly cloudy in appearance, …
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back of the ferry 