Around now, there’s a couple of birthdays for high profile craft brewers. 4 Pines turns 9 and Two Birds turns 6. Both laudable achievements to be sure in an industry that is showing a few signs of growing pains. …
@KirksWineBar – not just for winos
One of the many wonderful places I discovered in Melbourne was Kirk’s Wine Bar. Not the sort of place that you’d ordinarily find this correspondent, but I copped a tip from Now Tapped that they had a good beer list. …
@brotherburger & the Marvellous Brew – handcrafted heaven
I love old school eating and drinking up on a stool at the bar. I think that I may have just found one of the best places in Melbourne to do just that. Kieran, my frequent partner in crime in …
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Well – you don’t see this on every trip home
An in situ post aboard the MV Freshwater
Eating and drinking in a carpark – Soi 38
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a restaurant in a carpark – until now. The laneway scene in Melbourne keeps revealing surprises and today was no different. My work colleague suggested “Carpark Malaysian” for lunch and I thought she meant …
Fail fast & learn – 4 Pines Keller Door
I know from my day job that if a business does not learn to try new things, measure for success and be prepared to change direction upon failure then mediocrity soon follows. It seems that 4 Pines Beer are well …
Hawke’s Lager – scullable
According to a comprehensive write-up by Brews News, you’ll able to get cans of Hawke’s Lager from Camperdown Cellars tomorrow (ANZAC Day) – but today it is on tap. 33 Degrees – the first floor craft beer bar of the …
Good to know – ash scattering on the Manly Ferry
The NRL Daily, aka the Daily Telegraph, published a very interesting story today. In case the article is behind a paywall, the salient points are: – people on a slow ferry got covered with ash when an an “ash scattering …
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Enjoying @twobirdsbrewing #atthesource
Two Birds Brewing are one of Back of the Ferry’s favourite brewers. There’s many reasons for this fondness. They are bloody friendly and respond to our @untappd check-ins (even when we are underwhelmed, which I think has only happened once). …
Unique hunters – 1806 has a beer for you
So Back of the Ferry is @untappd uniques obsessed. Our @untappd checkin criteria is quite loose (depends on who is checking in), but my philosophy is: Check in a unique beer Check in a beer at a unique venue Check …
