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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Induction – Mimi #107
In what maybe become a Top 10 thing to do in Sydney on TripAdvisor visiting English journalist Mimi asked inductee #91 whether she could be inducted. We felt confident enough in Michael’s abilities to perform such a task and so …
12 Taps – bringing Regional Brewers to Glebe
There’s a terrific new venue in Glebe to enjoy beers you’d normally have to travel a long way to drink. 12 Taps opened in September 2019 and promises to serve regional beers on a regular basis. This will definitely become …
10th anniversary of Back of the Ferry coming soon – so let’s merch
On 9 November 2009, the first Back of the Ferry blog post was written. Almost 10 years later, we are still here drinking and talking about beer, beer travel, beer drunk on ferries and all sorts of other blatherings. It …
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A Mr Liquor unique and Toohey’s Country Special
Two completely unrelated beer musings. On Friday Sydney turned on a cracker and inductees #1, #2 and #100 decided to run the Friday afternoon security guard gauntlet. Our nemesis was on the boat, but he must have left his sun …
Wayward Everyday Ale and Grand Final Harbour Bridge Lights
Great to see Mr Liquor stocking a new unique for us. I haven’t frequented Wayward Brewing of late, the boys from Camperdown are going from strength to strength. Along with Akasha (another brewer with superannuation heritage – a longer story …
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A Mr Liquor unique – Bridge Road Nitro Mountain Ale
We get very excited when Mr Liquor at Circular Quay has a unique on his shelves. Normally an odd brand of Euroswill that we suspect has fallen off a ship, today’s unique is a Crafty from Bridge Road. Nitro Mountain …
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Two Rupees Brewing – a friendly find
A trait of the craft brewing community is its friendliness. Maybe if someone is having a bad day, you might cop some ‘tude, but typically visitors to breweries are welcomed like long lost friends. I had read about Two Rupees …
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 …
