Live in NW Fairlight. Highlight of the day is generally the half hour on the back of the Ferry where the big issues are worked through. Have lived in Beijing, NW Fairlight, Brisbane, Cleveland, South Kensington (SW7), PNG and Sydney. Love sport, beer, bars and the insular peninsula.
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Farewell @TwoBirdsBrewing Golden Ale
Back in 2011, Back of the Ferry attended the launch of Two Birds Golden Ale at Hart’s Hotel. Back in 2011 we used to write more regularly as well about our beer experiences – and the launch for the full …
Happy Hour wars in Manly
Drinkers and their hip pockets are the winners in an escalating Happy Hour war between The Bavarian at Manly Wharf and 4 Pines’ original brew pub. The Bavarian’s Happy Hour has been long-standing and originally occurred Monday to Friday and …
Manly has a new beer – 40/20 Pale Ale
The Manly Bottler on the bend at Pittwater Rd at Queenscliff has always been a dependable place for the odd uniques. Good supporter of Nomad as well. On the counter I noticed a beer I hadn’t seen. “Yep – it’s …
Drinking in Yalong Bay – Ximaidi aka La Floret Brewing
Yalong Bay is a lovely stretch of beach to the east of Sanya. On its shores most of the major hotel chains of the world have built gargantuan resorts with oceans of swimming pools that render the South China Sea …
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Drinking in Sanya, Yahe Brewery
Craft beer is hard to find in Sanya, but with some deep research on the Interweb and a little Untappd help, I knew that there was some sort of brewery in a food court in or near a Mall. Fortunately …
Drinking in Haikou. Cheery Brewery – fortuitous
Our second day in Haikou ended in a most fortuitous way. Your correspondents can be accused of overusing that word, but this time it was most apt. A day of biking, swimming and tombing was planned to be ended by …
Drinking in Haikou – Sharky and Drunk Bear
Back in China. This time revisiting the Province of Hainan – China’s self proclaimed Hawaii. It is on the same latitude and has beaches and Palm Trees, but the similarities stop there. When I last visited 10 years ago, our …
Induction – Lance #106
I don’t get to see my brother-in-law very much, as Lance rarely ventures to Australia and I don’t get to New Zealand that often either. But when we do it is always worthwhile. Lance loves his beer and his sport. …
A new member of the Coopers family – XPA
Your correspondent’s favourite colour is purple. So I was absolutely intrigued to see a new Coopers Tap head that is a beautiful shade of purple. I was just hoping that the beer was good. Your correspondent’s go to beer is …
Dipping a toe in the Sunshine Coast beer scene with Tony from Toowoomba
An all to rare opportunity to catch up with BotF’s former (Tony from Toowoomba BotF #18) North East Asian correspondent had this correspondent making a quick trip to Maroochydore Airport. Cursory research on the burgeoning craft beer scene had revealed …
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