I reckon in 1997 I made my first visit to Fremantle as an adult, and I reckon that I drank a Redback at the Sail & Anchor as part of that visit. Little did I know that Carlton & United had already bought out Matilda Bay Brewing and had begun the process of moving Matilda Bay to breweries in Victoria and Tasmania. And the Sail & Anchor stopped brewing beer after it was sold to Woolworths.
Thankfully someone has a sense of history and it is still possible to buy a Redback in the Sail & Anchor that has literally wrapped itself in its heritage. In my humble opinion, if there was a Beer Hall of Fame – Redback would get in on the first ballot. It was like nothing I’d tasted in Australia. And a wedge of lemon in a draft beer! (And the brewer of Redback, then founded Little Creatures, whose Pale Ale would also go into the BHOF on the first ballot.)
back of the ferry 
That and Beez Kneez were the tastiest of tasty drops!
In Sydney circa 2005, a young Irish backpacker reckoned that Redback stuff doesn’t give you a hangover. So we all went to Bungalow 8 and drank the Redback keg dry. A fabulous beer and experience. The hangover must have come from the macro slop that followed…