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Black Sand Brewery – Canggu Bali

bladdamasta 14/04/2022

I’m on my first trip to Indonesia and Bali. Over the years, I’ve heard about places like Seminyak, Legian, the notorious Kuta and Nusa Dua. I’d never heard about Canggu until I started researching breweries. Well, it seemed everyone else …

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From Spooning Goats to Mixtape Brewing and Bar

bladdamasta 13/04/2022

Hands down, one of my favourite small bars of all time anywhere in the world, was Spooning Goats. I drank there for the first time almost 10 years ago. Jason’s a good fella and I went back many times. His …

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Goodbye Keller Door, hello Block’s Bar

bladdamasta 03/03/2022

Quite fortuitously, Back of Ferry had the first beer at 4 Pines’ newest venue – Block’s Bar. Pommy_ch and this correspondent were enjoying a rare trip on the Side of a real Ferry, when an email came through announcing the …

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The Emmaville pub crawl and the Black Panther

bladdamasta 15/12/2021

Deepwater Brewing is on the road to Emmaville. In the early 1900s Emmaville’s population was over 7000 people. Tin and Arsenic mining brought in the punters.Be lucky to be 500 now and I reckon in pre-Covid times they could all …

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Deepwater Brewing – an isolated gem

bladdamasta 05/12/2021

I’ve been to some remote breweries over the years. Death Valley, Purple Mango and Canoelands spring to mind. Deepwater Brewing is as remote as it gets. It is just off the New England Highway on the Emmaville Road south of …

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Induction – Kieran #138

bladdamasta 01/12/2021

It has been good to get to our latest inductee over the last 12 months in a professional capacity. A consummate vendor, Kieran also provides amusing company in social settings like the Office and the Back of the Ferry. It …

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Induction – Amy #137

bladdamasta 10/11/2021

As Sydneysiders eschew working from home for the office, we expect to see more inductions. Amy’s been a work colleague for over a year and this was about the fifth time I’d seen her in person. Amy’s a keen embracer …

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4 Pines Hefeweizen – back for a limited time

bladdamasta 30/10/2021

4 Pines Hefeweizen is a seminal beer for Back of the Ferry. Back in 2008, when I first sipped it, I was blown away. I’d had wheat beers before (like the exceptional Matilda Bay Redback – surely a hall of …

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Quakers Hat Brewing – Manly Vale’s first brewery

bladdamasta 17/10/2021

It is so good to be able to write about visiting a brewery again. Our first Friday night out in 110 days and we are able to coincide that with a visit to a new taproom. Dave and his sons …

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Induction – Emma #136

bladdamasta 16/10/2021

Emma comes from Maine, USA. She’s been living on the insular peninsula, but not for much longer – so she’s travelling as much as she can on the #worldsbestcommute. Emma’s a big fan of the upper back deck in the …

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Highlight of the budget

bladdamasta 29/03/2022

Some more detail. Apparently 10,000 litres per brewery, which is about 5291 growlers.

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Induction – Ryan #139

bladdamasta 03/03/2022

Our first induction for 2022 was particularly cool. Ryan is the son of one of the founding 4, Charlie (or Pommy_ch) Member #3. Great to be having a beer with Ryan, rather than receiving one from him (which is also …

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Made in Mordi and Mordi Strong Braeside Brewing and Wolf of the Willows

bladdamasta 28/11/2021

I don’t get many opportunities to spend such unfettered time with #78 and #105 and so after giving Deeds Brewing a good shake, we decided to head south. #105 happens to live in a part of Melbourne that has seen …

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Deeds Brewing – a magnificent taproom

bladdamasta 28/11/2021

I’ve been following the progress of the Deeds Brewing taproom on Instagram and it went to the top of the list of breweries to visit when Melbourne finally reopened. As luck would have it two of my favourite wingmen (Members …

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Lynn Shanghai has served its last Horn of Plenty

bladdamasta 01/10/2021

It is with a heavy heart that I write these words. My favourite restaurant of all time has shut its doors for good. For over 10 years I enjoyed many memorable meals at Lynn Shanghai, but the experience was so …

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KB Lager – nostalgic drinking

bladdamasta 14/07/2021

Every now and then, KB Lager turns up in a bottlo. People of my generation and older get all misty eyed and remember shaking hands with a cold gold KB. Given all the ownership changes to Australian mainstream beer over …

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Drive through Growler fills at Bucketty Brewing

bladdamasta 27/06/2021

It is such a shame that we have to be writing about breweries pivoting and innovating to cope with lock-downs and stay at home orders. But here we are again in NSW looking two weeks of lock downs. Most breweries …

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Happy 13th birthday – 4 Pines

bladdamasta 24/06/2021

In situ post. The on land spiritual home of Back of the Ferry. A constant presence in our 11+ year history. Happy birthday to all involved. Just one request – please, please please put Hefe back on tap.

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Happoshu – #wedrinkitsoyoudonthaveto™

bladdamasta 11/05/2021

From the earliest days of the Back of the Ferry beer blog it was noted that we don’t write exclusively about Australian Craft Beer. As followers of our Untappd account will know, we’ll drink anything that is a beer. In …

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Induction – Michael #135

bladdamasta 05/05/2021

Back in the mid-noughties, I worked with Michael on a fondly remembered project along with Inductees #3 and #4. Well the band is back together again and Michael took the opportunity to witness where many thorny project issues were solved …

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