This blog has reviewed, in an earlier post, Budweiser, the US version. Well here’s the original. Budvar Budějovický. Budějovický means something produced from the town of Budweis (or České Budějovice, in the Czech Republic). Budweiser means the same thing but …
Tag: Beers
Mad Brewers Scribbly Gum Lager – What a venue, what a beer
This absolutely excellent lager was enjoyed at another fine menu establishment, The Local Taproom (review to follow). Mad Brewers Scribbly Gum Lager is a limited release line from the team at The Malt Shovel Brewery. It is fruity and rich …
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A triptych at The Pumphouse – Panel 1. Murrays Nirvana
Your correspondent has talked up The Pumphouse beer selection in an earlier bar review. Well, as part of this tasting, I am going to do it again. If anything it has got better. The range of local, especially, and foreign …
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Fat Yak Pale Ale – the benchmark
Your correspondent had been merrily posting away and rating pubs on inclusion or not of Fat Yak Pale Ale in their list of tap beers. What I had totally missed is that the el primo drop itself had not been …
Pepperjack Ale – tasty but misguided
Pepperjack Ale is part of a relatively recent surge in premium beers being punched out by vineyards of note. The vineyard in this case is Saltram. Now don’t get me wrong. It is a nice drop with rich flavours and …
Stung by the bottom of the esky
I often find that a good source of new beverages to taste is to host a BBQ or the like. If your mates are generous, and I am blessed with many of this persuasion, a root around in your esky …
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 …
Utica Club and Beck’s Green Lemon – poles apart
Fearing the worst in the Qinhuangdao Holiday Inn’s minibar, BotF smuggled a couple of oddments from the expat supermarket in his luggage to enjoy on the balcony of his deluxe Sea View apartment. Utica Club is a throwback pilsener brewed …
Aus Wheat Beer and Beer Chinglish
Outside of the main centres, little general stores abound. You can buy everything from soft drink, beer, noodles, clothes pegs, cleaning equipment, meat, swimmers etc. They are generic in appearance, but have a different eclectic range. BotF pulled in to …
Forgettable beer in an unforgettable location
After Beer Mania, BotF went to the next port of call on his Friday night pub crawl and to meet up with the January 2009 Beijing collective. Tony from Toowoomba, a cotton trader, Eric from Illinois, a lawyer, and BotF, …
back of the ferry 