Live on Delwood Beach, Manly. 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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One of Tassie’s finest in Richmond – Fox Friday
In 2022, I spent a couple of days in Hobart and really enjoyed the craft beer scene. Didn’t encounter a bad venue, but the clear standout for their skull-cracking IPAs and a memorable bowl of Chilli was Fox Friday. Was …
Say it ain’t so – Brews News has written its last word
And just like that, one of the behemoths of the Craft Beer journalism world has hung up the keyboard. When I drive to my weekender in the Hunter there’s three podcasts that I rotate through. Locked on Cavs, Super70sSports and …
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The Good Bar – serving good beer in Brookvale (and BrookieFest)
When I lived in the insular peninsula in the late 80s I owned a few 70s cars which necessitated a number of visits to the numerous wreckers in the back streets of Brookvale. Fast forward 35 years and now breweries …
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Broken Bay Brewing Co – Welcome to Brookvale
How exciting! The Brookvale Brewery Crawl has a new Eastern extremity with the opening of Broken Bay Brewing Co at 218 Harbord Rd, Brookvale. By my reckoning Broken Bay Brewing Co becomes the seventh brewery in Brookvale to brew on …
Adelaide breweries inside the Terraces
Adelaide is very famously known for its grid where the CBD is contained by four terraces which in turn are surrounded by parkland. Inside the four terraces are at least four breweries and countless classic pubs. So plenty of options …
Induction – Kirsty #152
Another inductee from another land, though Kirsty has spent plenty of time in Oz lately – she might be feeling part Orstrayan. Kirsty was a big contributor to Back of the Ferry’s recent story on Drinking at Wembley. Fittingly Inductee …
Grumpy Mo Kuchihige – nothing unhappy about this beer
In a time when beer news feeds are full of stories of breweries going into voluntary administration or closing altogether, it is always good to see new brewer having a crack. Grumpy Mo Brewery hit the socials and launched their …
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New bar and happy hour in Manly
In what seems a lifetime ago, my Fairlight home was notorious amongst my friends for extending its boundary by the judicious planting and maintenance of shrubs, ferns and garden beds. The ever-expanding Boathouse Group (with venues at Palmy, Balmoral, Shelley …
South+East Brewing and Stark Craft Beer – from the sublime to the ridiculous
The Balinese craft beer scene isn’t going too bad. As I type this post at the airport three craft breweries are represented at various airport restaurants. You’d struggle to see that in Sydney. Kura Kura, Island Brewing and Islands of …
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Shopping centre drinking in Bali – Breman Brewery
Shopping centre drinking is a very niche category. I discovered a brewery in the second largest shopping mall in the US and enjoyed some craft beer in an Outlet Mall in Adelaide. I wasn’t expecting to find a boat serving …
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