“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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Grimbergen – an Abbey beer no longer made in an Abbey
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 …
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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 …
back of the ferry 