Exploiting a small window of opportunity after another flying visit to Melbourne, BotF sprinted through a couple of bars in Exhibition Street, which comes off the Paris end of Collins Street. I’ve got to say, though, that I was stopped …
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Shanghai Beer and the John Curtin Hotel
Another week, another visit to Melbourne. Using the trusty www.melbournepubs.com as my guide I targeted the promising sounding John Curtin Hotel. John Curtin would be in the top 5 of our former Prime Ministers and would have been welcomed into …
Brunswick pubs, Hawthorn Pilsner and a Swannies legend spotted
BotF had a couple of unexpected hours between his last meeting and an airport teleconference and took a detour via Brunswick. What a suburb. In the hour spent strolling north along Sydney Road from Weston Street, BotF passed numerous pubs, …
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The Public Bar – 4th time lucky
BotF was delayed getting out of the office in Melbourne and was bumped to a late flight. Took the opportunity to try another North Melbourne establishment. First attempt – the Experimental Duck aka the Sir Robert Peel – shut down. …
Fitzroy pubs do rule, except for the closed ones
Looked up some pubs on http://www.Melbournepubs.com.au and we selected the one with the best name. The Perserverance in Fitzroy was the target. The one Aussie cabbie in Melbourne knew where it was and dropped us right outside. Like the Hibernian …
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Hibernian – Port Melbourne
BotF is back in Melbourne and have cabbed it to Port Melbourne. My luck was to nominate the first pub to the cabbie that has recently been the subject of a fire. It may be a while before the Hibernian …
BotF Bar Review Map relaunch with two Melburnian specials
As previously mentioned, a technical BotF has spent plenty of time coding to make the BotF Bar Review Map update as bar reviews are posted. If you click on a bar hotlinked on the right hand side of the blog, …
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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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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 …
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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back of the ferry 