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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Vale Bill Cooper @coopersbrewery
Condolences to the Cooper family from all at Back of the Ferry
Arrow Factory Brewing and NLGX’s demise
A big disappointment of this trip to Beijing has been the demise of Nanluogu Xiang or NLGX (from a bar perspective). This wonderful alley was jammed with all sorts of crazy little bars. I reckon there were at least …
Jackie’s Beer Nest and Yongkang Lu
There’s plenty to like about Shanghai. Deservedly the view from the Bund across to the Blade Runner cityscape dominates dispatches, but there’s plenty of reward if you are prepared to go walking. Buried amongst built up suburbia is a …
Beijing bar observations
So there’s been plenty of changes to the Beijing bar scene since my last visit. Plenty of bars have gone and the craft beer culture has started. There’s a couple of perennials, but for mine (and maybe it’s looking backwards …
Slow Boat Taproom – stunning
As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, there are some fabulous craft beer venues in Beijing. They balance of the challenge of finding them (Beijing is a challenging city) with a great pay-off if you persist. Slow Boat Brewery’s tap …
Panda Brew – only if you’ve got nothing else to do
In researching this trip, it’s clear that there is a first and second division amongst craft brewers in Beijing. Great Leap, Slow Boat (to be the subject of later posts) and Jing-A rule the roost as far as awards and …
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Jing-A brewing – just find it
I’m back in Beijing. In many respects, Back of the Ferry owes its origins to Beijing. I lived here for 7 months in 2009. I’d send a regular email entitled “Sino Photo of the Day”, which blathered on about the …
Crown Golden Ale – beerp0rned
In situ – MV Queenscliff Crown Lager was a board room staple in the 90s. If you wanted to convey success and confidence, then Crown was the drop. Whether the beer was any good or not, the bottle was unique, …
The 2015/16 daylight savings season begins with heat
We like our milestones and astronomical markers on the Back of the Ferry. Yesterday marked the first day of Daylight Saving travel on the BotF for 2015. No special beers for the trip, but I am partial to a can …
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Drinking in Singapore with old mates and Dragonfruit beer
A flying visit to Singapore was not expected to throw up much in the way of anything really. I was in the Lion City for 28 hours and any down time was going to be spent watching footy finals in …
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