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
Thorny Goat Black IPA and a Rylstone Pub Crawl
illiards and bladdamasta’s weekend in the wilderness was not completely spent scale rocky outcrops and a journey to Rylstone was called for to collect supplies and refreshments. Rylstone is 240kms North West of Sydney and has preserved the look of …
RIP Steve Jobs and @4Pinesbeer OktoberFest
Short post. Much of this blog has been developed on the back of Apple Devices. That means Steve Jobs has been an enabler of this blog. The photos, the immediacy, the ease etc, He was (I hate to use that …
Vale/DRK and the Manly Jazz Festival, a meteorological certainty
You’d be a mug to think that you could predict the weather a year out from a particular date. There’s one exception to that rule, and if you are planning a wedding in Sydney or an outdoor function and you …
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Urbock and Namibian Rugby
This is the second Namibian beer to grace the Back of the Ferry pages. Windhoek is reasonably widespread and I’ve seen it on restaurant beer lists. It was a pretty standard German influenced macro. Urbock is also a drop that …
Daylight Savings Eve, @CoopersBrewery Best Extra Stout, BotF Canoodling & @Untappd 400
The BotF calendar is a full one. Winter Solstice, Summer Solstice, Christmas Eve, first Friday of the week etc. A big moment is the commencement of Daylight Savings, which is just around the corner, which means another event – the …
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Beer Grills and Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale
A number of the BotF crew are on or have been on the road. We are looking forward to another fortnight of tales of the travels of pommy_ch in England. Meanwhile, bladdamasta and illiards spent a couple of days in …
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One Fifty Lashes – hardly a flogging
Japanese brewer James Squire has been a contributor to the Australian beer scene since the 1990’s. Originally and maybe still run by Chuck Hahn, it is effectively the craft-brewing division of Lion Nathan in Australia. I am always happy to …
Hawthorn Premium Pale Ale and Hawthorn Football
The Back of the Ferry blog is unashamedly a Sydney blog. It is therefore little surprise that the majority of the BotF contributors are Sydney Swans fans. That is, of course, when the contributor gives a stuff about Australian Rules …
Grand Ridge Mirboo Madness and the Waiting Room
This is an epic beer. A very long name. Grand Ridge Mirboo Madness Limited Release American Red Ale. Almost no room on the label for anything else. A 6% treasure full of hops, great colour, great taste and simply a …
Three Troupers Pilsner, #BangerFest and the Prince Alfred Hotel
Co-incidentally before another trip to Melbourne, I was fortunate enough to cop a tip from Jamie – one of the “Some Saint Kilda Guys Pty Ltd“. He reminded me that the second annual Banger Fest is on between 9th September …
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