Back in March 2018 the backoftheferry team celebrated 5000 uniques, as recorded by Untappd, the app that has been an integral part of a beer drinking journey that will never end. At 5000 we received the ‘Epic’ badge for our …
Induction – Peter #104
Our latest inductee caught the Manly Ferry for the express purpose of providing samples of Irish Craft Beer for illiards and me to try. After 10 minutes of chat, we worked out a number of mutual friends, experiences and favoured …
Harajuku Gyoza Beer Stadiumo
There’s a whole part of Sydney that is completely foreign to me. The Darling Harbour/Tumbalong Park/International Convention Centre precinct has undergone a massive change since the old convention centre and Sydney Entertainment was knocked down. It was quite a shock …
Burgers & Beers, a new Manly venue
Burgers and beers. What could go wrong? In the combined hands of Chefs Kitchen and Dad & Dave’s Brewing – pretty much nothing. It’s a modest frontage and very simple fit-out, but what comes out of the kitchen and pours …
Jetlag Fingerlime IPA – Nomad’s 2019 Jetlag reboot
Nomad love using local and native ingredients in their beer. They are particularly fond of the Finger Lime or citrus australasica. They’ve used it before in their Supersonic Fingerlime DIPA, and it is becoming a popular ingredient in gose and …
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Gayle – gay ale (and cider)
When I was in Broken Hill, I stumbled across a couple of new beverages with a unique twist. Gayle Ale and Gayle Cider are distributed by Australia’s self proclaimed “first and only gay beer and cider company” – Gayle Beverages. …
Drinking in Mildura – Mildura Brewery Pub
Off to Broken Hill with two daughters to visit another daughter who is working there. Broken Hill is a looong way from Sydney and is not the most practical place to visit on a weekend. Long story, short – we …
Incredible harbour skies on the #botf and great beers
As the #worldsbestcommute we regularly get rewarded with stunning sights on Sydney Harbour as we commute home. This trip, however, was one for the ages. As a storm cell rolled out of the west the small team on the back …
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Happy 5th birthday @BitterPhew from Ekim Brewing (and us)
Repeated trips to Randwick lately (for reasons we won’t go into) have meant this correspondent has been able to visit Bitter Phew a few times. Up a flight of stairs on Oxford Street near Crown, Bitter Phew is a justifiably …
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Drinking in the Hunter – The Bulga Tavern
I’m always looking for different ways to get my Hunter Valley weekender, particularly if there is something fortuitous to visit on the way. The Putty Road has always intrigued me and now that there is new pub at Bulga – …
Induction – Rob #102
This correspondent goes way back with our latest inductee. 20 years gone past now. A long time fan of Back of the Ferry, first time fellow voyager. One of the worst scullers I’ve seen, but can always be counted on …
