An in situ post from the MV Narrabeen. Thanks to our friends at the Australian Wine Centre, we’ve been able to get our hands on a bottle of Sierra Nevada’s Southern Hemisphere Harvest Fresh Hop IPA (2015) edition. Nothing …
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Northern Hemisphere Harvest in the Southern Hemisphere
It’s been a long between drinks for a classic BotF post that is simply about a beer drunk on the Back of the Ferry. That’s what tonight’s post is. On the way to Circular Quay I pulled into Vintage Cellars …
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Induction – John #40
Tonight’s induction almost didn’t happen. Sydney turned on a crazy weather day today. At one stage, it was apparently 29 degrees. Remember – this is winter. A wild win hit in the afternoon, which had that tropical, humid feel about …
The New Brighton Hotel and Southern Hemisphere Harvest
For as long as this correspondent has been drinking in Manly, I’ve always given The New Brighton Hotel (aka the NBH) a wide berth. Even in the 80s, when the original Hotel Manly was around – it was anywhere but …
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Bigfoot 2012 and the Rajdhani Indian Restaurant
Your correspondent is spending a long weekend on NSW’s Central Coast. Two doors down from BotF’s hacienda is an Indian Restaurant in a most unlikely location. Between houses is the Rajdhani Indian Restaurant, which, if its sign is to be …
Queenscliff Lagoon and California Common
The ridiculous amount of rain in Sydney has had many consequences across our fair city (though nothing like the havoc being wrought in the bush). On the glorious insular peninsula the rain has caused the Queenscliff Lagoon to breach its …
Guinness Black Lager, Sierra Nevada Porter and Harts Pub Happy Hours
Hart’s Pub has rocketed to the top of BotF’s affections in more ways than one. It is rare that BotF can turn up to a pub within a two KM radius of Circular Quay and find a beer that BotF …
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Los Angeles / Sierra Nevada
First beer review of this botf members US trip with the DSE. While enjoying the largesse of Geoffreys beer fridge I came across this little number. A favourite of Northern Californias organic alternative hemp wearing liberals, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale …
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