It has been slim pickings on this China trip for an old school craft beer brewery/taproom experience. I’m not complaining. I’ve grown quite partial to Fulujia’s IPA and fresh wheat of an evening or enjoying long necks of lager in …
Convenience store beer in China.
Most convenience stores in China sell beer. The line-up of beers available is pretty homogeneous. Carlsberg, Tuborg, Budweiser, Tsingtao, Yanjing, Snow and whatever is local – Wusu in Xinjiang, Huanghe in Gansu and Xixia in Ningxia (though Wusu can be …
Craft beer appreciation night at the baseball
I’m travelling from San Francisco to Vancouver to watch the Socceroos first game in Vancouver tomorrow night. I’ve driven up the northern Californian and Oregon coasts, but had noticed that there is a minor league baseball team called the Hops …
Caravelle and Okasional Beer – two Fortuitous™ Barcelona finds
The term Fortuitous™ is often used tongue in cheek by Back of the Ferry members, particularly when out with better halves or offspring. But every now and then a truly Fortuitous™ discovery is made, and so it was on my …
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Garage Beer Co – Barcelona Craft Beer
It’d be fair to say that Barcelona doesn’t have a heaving craft beer scene. In fact there’s probably more Irish pubs that craft beer joints. On my last morning I fortuitously found a couple of venues that I’ll talk about …
La Velo Brewery – craft beer in Palma
A review of La Velo Brewery in Palma de Mallorca
Drinking in Barcelona – Damm and Moritz.
There are two large independent breweries based out of Barcelona. S. A. Damm makes the ubiquitous Estrella Damm (the Toohey’s or VB of Barcelona. They were founded in 1876 by a couple of Alsatian brothers with the surname Damm. Moritz …
Drinking by the Piscina
In 1992, Barcelona held the Summer Olympics. Many of the venues were built in the Montjuic region of Barcelona, which was previously famous for the Montjuic Castle. That’s worth visiting to learn about Barcelona’s bloody history. I did the trek …
Barcelona bargains
Your correspondent is in Barcelona for a few days before going to Mallorca for a wedding. Those that know me, know that I am an extremely strong advocate of Aldi. I was in the Aldi at Brookvale the first day …
The Gopher – Hell’s Kitchen in Manly
In the site of the infamous late night dive bar, the Manly Boatshed, an Irish themed bar has opened. The Gopher, named after an Irish gang that allegedly roamed the streets of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, opened in May …
Induction – David #177
David is another workmate that got sick of hearing about the Back of the Ferry and decided to join it. It was a hastily arranged affair, but when you get three out four founders, it is a big deal. Fortuitously …
