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.
Author: bladdamasta
Bulletin Place, another great little bar near the ferry
Any Sydneysider that has been to the Basement will know where Bulletin Place is. It is a little laneway that runs from Pitt Street up to Macquarie Place. There’s always been a few restaurants along the laneway and a couple …
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Kiss Destroyer – “The hottest beer in the World”
Every now and then you see something in a bottleshop that genuinely makes you go – huh?!?. That was my reaction when in my local BWS, I saw a can of “Kiss Destroyer” self styled as “The hottest beer in …
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Malty Cultural Beer and the National Multicultural Festival
When I went to Canberra on the weekend, the focus was showing the kids a few sights and spending some time with my brother, who normally lives in Boston. He mentioned that there would be a multicultural festival on, but …
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Zierholz@UC – uni students haven’t had it so good
I was in Canberra on the weekend and revisited some old haunts. Wig and Pen never fails to amaze and it is wonderful to see that Zierholz is digging in. My offspring are very excited about Groovin the Moo. One …
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Bye, bye Barzine, Pistonhead Full Throttle and Frankie’s Tap List
What is the use-by date for a blog or maybe that should be a beer or bar blog? No sooner had I recovered from the news of Tipples pulling up stumps, than I read that Bar Zine (unbiased views of …
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Induction – Jarrod #44
Jarrod chose a magnificent day to be inducted. The Back of the Ferry was jammed and the tourists on the upstairs veranda bar were agog at the beer photography activity going on. Plenty of leave passes had been distributed and …
Induction – Dan #43
Great arvo on the BotF with some real beer people joining illiards and bladdamasta out the back. Always great when Sydney turns on an afternoon that makes sunscreen suppliers happy. Our inductee this evening has been leading the good fight …
Sail & Anchor – once craft, Steamrail – never craft
Much of an Australian’s everyday life is dominated by an ‘opoly of some sort. Monopolies, duopolies, quadopolies (thinking banks here). The duopoly of Coles and Woolworths is particularly pervasive. Not only do they dominate the supermarket scene, they’ve extended their …
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Back of the Ferry’s favourite beer blogs
When we started Back of the Ferry in 2009, WordPress (our blogging host provider) did this thing where they’d say in a dorky, gee whiz kind of way “hey, great post – these guys have written about something similar. You …
The Rook and Kooinda Golden Ale
West Wynyard continues its unstoppable crusade to become the pocket of Sydney that has the largest number of cool, small bars. The latest one I’ve visited is The Rook – “rooftop at 56-58 york”. Like many West Wynyard bars it …
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