Over a number of years, this correspondent has occasionally taken overseas business visitors on a night out in Manly. In the old days, the trip would consist of a trip on the Back of the Ferry – and a long-neck …
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4 Pines Pale Ale and Manly magic
A summer’s day in early autumn has seen 1000’s of people flock to Manly. Every half an hour the Manly ferry unloads hundreds of punters onto Manly Wharf. The Harbour side of Manly has enough attractions to keep people close …
Saint David’s Day, 4 Pine Welsh Summer Ale and Cwrw
1 March is St David’s Day. To be honest, I wasn’t aware of a St.David’s Day – but one of the many good things about the 4 Pines Brewery at Manly is the education it is providing to regular visitors …
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4 Pines Stout, Adnams Broadside and Merry Christmas
BotF managed to breast the yuletide season finishing line tape – just – with a couple of new beers under a Christmas tree. First up was the 3rd of the 4 bottled beers available from one of BotF’s favourite brewers …
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Holgate Mt Macedon Ale & 4 Pines Hefeweizen
Victoria is the clear leader in hand-crafted beers in Australia. There are plenty of options when you visit pubs in Melbourne, but the wide variety is not reflected north of the border. Fortunately the boys at Porters Balgowlah are rectifying …
Induction – Tony from Toowoomba #18
A sublime Sydney evening saw our latest member be inducted. All the way from Toowoomba, via Beijing, Tony has reading about the joys of life on the BotF for some time, and had the opportunity to enjoy it first hand. …
Wallopers back on the Friday Ferry and SFF has a bar
BotF was looking very forward to a quiet trip home with an untried beer (review to come later). The night air was cool without having any edge to it, there were two other blokes out the back and the security …
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Oh Canada – 4 Pines celebrates Canada’s birthday well
According to Wikipedia, Canada Day celebrates the day of the formation of Canada on 1st July, 1867. The Canucks get pretty serious about it, and celebrate with fireworks and the like. The expats mark it as well – and I …
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Friday night frustrations and 4 Pines Porter
We inducted our latest member on Friday night, but the trip to Manly was one of the least pleasant for some time. It was not because of new member Hutto’s company, but rather the inhibiting presence of the security guards. …
Kolsch – one of many reasons to visit the 4 Pines
One of the first bars reviewed by BotF on the BotF Bar Review Map was the 4 Pines Brewing Company. We loved 4 Pines then, and after a visit on the weekend the ardour has not diminished. In fact there …
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