In advance of Back of the Ferry’s 7000th @untappd unique check-in, here’s how it has evolved. @untappd was founded on 20 October 2010. @illiards and @bladdamasta opened the Back of the Ferry @untappd account on 27 January 2011. It is technically a geosocial networking service or a form of Facebook for beer drinkers.
It is an integral part of our beer travels and a very useful history log.
“Betcha haven’t had this one”.
1 minute later.
“Yep – checked in on 7 April 2016 at Taps & Apps”
“Bugger”
Over the years, we’ve developed a loose series of check-in rules (which are often broken) and created a vocabulary that we share below.
Check-in rules
1. always check-in on the Back of the Manly Ferry (not the Fast Ferry, unless rule 2 applies, which is very unlikely)
2. always check-in a unique beer
3. always check-in a unique venue, even if it isn’t a unique beer
4. Exceptions are #wollombitavern5dollarschooner check-ins and Neutral Bay Tennis Club check-ins
Glossary
#atthesource – drinking at the brewery that makes what you are drinking
#squintingly™ good – generally applied when an IPA is so bitter that you involuntarily squint upon sipping
Oncer™ – a unique that won’t be drunk again, by the drinker checking in
#Knitsabeervest™– usually applies to a high ABV beer that makes you impervious to cold weather on the Back of the Ferry, but could apply to any cold weather situation
#wedrinkitsoyoudonthaveto™ – a Back of the Ferry community service, that applies to a beer that is so bad – we drunk it, but suggest you don’t. Slightly different to an Oncer™ because the drinker may only have it once, but isn’t necessarily suggesting others don’t
#Worldsbestcommute – not just used when checking in (after all we get the ferry to work), but a reminder of how lucky we are
Triple Bagger – unique beer, from a unique brewery in a unique venue. Often achieved in a foreign land, but occasionally achieved in Australia
#beerglassphemy – we’ve borrowed this term with permission of its creator- Doctor’s Orders Brewing. When a beer is drunk from a glass not related to the brewer
#wollombitavern5dollarschooner – generally marks a celebration of arriving at one of NSW’s great pubs
#fortuitous – generally describes that rare moment of unexpectedly stumbling across a brewery or bar. A term occasionally used in jest
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