Barring incident, Back of the Ferry will be checking in its 7000th @Untappd unique in about 15 minutes. We have tried to mark the milestones along the way, but as is often the BotF way – that has also been …
The Bronx Brewery and the Yankee Tavern
The theme of my trip to New York City in February was simple. Five boroughs in five days. And when my daughter was pursuing her passion for Broadway musicals, I pursued mine. So I made sure to visit a brewery …
Breaking news – new sports bar in Manly
So I’m popping into 4 Pines for a work meeting and I notice a couple of new neons. “Blue Moon” “Coors – Born in the Rockies” and “Sports Bar”. I had a peer through the window and there’s definitely a …
Luxus 8.5% – a new Mr Liquor unique
At Back of the Ferry we love it when Mr Liquor introduces a beer that is an @Untappd unique. For many years Mr Liquor has specialised in bargain basement Euroswill™. Six packs of Weidmann Pilsner, Dam Burg and Luxus are …
@BurnleyBrewing – going well in 2020
I write this post sitting in T4 of Tullamarine – waiting to flee Melbourne. Now BotF is prone to bouts of hyperbole, but that’s what it feels like. Melbournians are aghast that a New South Welshman would visit and family …
Shandong Mama Mini – Dumplings & Craft Beer
An in situ post I am back on the Melbourne shuttle. After about 9 years of it with a former employer, I’ve started a new gig and so I am again aboard (in pre-COVID19 times) the fourth most popular airline …
A new old club in Manly
For a century or so there has been a garage on the corner of Gilbert and Eustace St in Manly. The unusually named “Auckland” garage which sits behind the park on Belgrave where the Northern Beaches buses congregate has been …
Happy, hoppy 12th birthday @4PinesBrewing
One of the spiritual homes of Back of the Ferry is the original 4 Pines Bar opposite Manly Wharf. Fortuitously, I popped in after my first Monday ferry in 3 months to discover that they are having a low key …
Drinking in The Grawin
I can honestly say that I didn’t hold high hopes for my visit to Walgett. My daughter is an optimistic soul however, and she said “Wait until we do the Grawin”. “The Grawin” is a collection of opal mines, miners …
The Carinda Hotel – unlikely Bowie history
Your correspondent made the trek to Walgett to visit a daughter working in the hospital up there. There’s no pub in Walgett and the Sports Club and RSL haven’t reopened. Luckily the publican of the Bucking Bull Hotel in Coonamble …
New Brighton Lager by @TwoBirdsBrewing
So Manly is emerging from the COVID19 slumber. On the second day of the “50 people rule”, Sydney has turned on a freezing day, but that hasn’t stopped people patronising those venues that have chosen to open. Straight back into …
