The phrase “bar essentials” gets thrown around a lot in the office on the BotF. Most of the time, it’s talking about the classic combination of gin, triple sec, bourbon, rum, scotch, tequila, vermouth (dry and sweet if you want …
The Ashes, Dad and Dave’s #1 and Cephalopod
Gees, this blog’s been going for awhile now. That becomes apparent when I look through the old articles to hotlink (here, here, here and here) and realise that this is the 5th Ashes game to report on. The Ashes game …
Bulletin Place, another great little bar near the ferry
Any Sydneysider that has been to the Basement will know where Bulletin Place is. It is a little laneway that runs from Pitt Street up to Macquarie Place. There’s always been a few restaurants along the laneway and a couple …
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Beer Labels
This correspondent has taken some friendly fire in recent weeks for playing a little fast and loose with statements such as; “20 Most Influential Beers of All Time” where conjecture ran amok in the comments section of the post. Time for …
Kiss Destroyer – “The hottest beer in the World”
Every now and then you see something in a bottleshop that genuinely makes you go – huh?!?. That was my reaction when in my local BWS, I saw a can of “Kiss Destroyer” self styled as “The hottest beer in …
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Malty Cultural Beer and the National Multicultural Festival
When I went to Canberra on the weekend, the focus was showing the kids a few sights and spending some time with my brother, who normally lives in Boston. He mentioned that there would be a multicultural festival on, but …
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Brewery Uses Beer to Power Plant
Alaskan Brewing Company have recently created an in-house recycling process that will allow them to pride themselves on sustainability. The innovative idea enables the company to power their facilities using a free resource, the old grain left over from the …
Zierholz@UC – uni students haven’t had it so good
I was in Canberra on the weekend and revisited some old haunts. Wig and Pen never fails to amaze and it is wonderful to see that Zierholz is digging in. My offspring are very excited about Groovin the Moo. One …
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Bye, bye Barzine, Pistonhead Full Throttle and Frankie’s Tap List
What is the use-by date for a blog or maybe that should be a beer or bar blog? No sooner had I recovered from the news of Tipples pulling up stumps, than I read that Bar Zine (unbiased views of …
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20 Most Influential Beers of All Time
via: firstwefeast.com These days, we’re so spoiled with great beer that we barely bat an eyelash when we walk into a bar with 20 taps devoted to craft brews, or run to the corner deli to pick up a bottle …
back of the ferry 