Bars visited or discussed, whether on the BotF Bar Review Map or not
Category: Bars
Kingdom Pilsener on the Back of a Wollongong Ferry and Slasher McKay .P.A
A few weeks ago, Mrs BotF and I took a couple of 5 year old rug rats to Wollongong. Not an excursion that I’d ordinarily write up on Back of the Ferry, but I snuck in a visit to the …
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The Island Bar and Magners
I think I have another must do for any tourist to Sydney. The Island Bar can be found on Cockatoo Island, which is west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between Birchgrove and Woolwich. Not only is the bar in a …
Sale St and 1010 Brewing
My visit to Auckland coincided with a bloody brilliant food and grog festival called Taste of Auckland. This is apparently an international thing. The deal is that providores, restaurants, winemakers etc all gather in one venue to give you a …
The Britomart Brewery
When I travel, I always try to cop a tip from a local as to what’s worthwhile – and whilst my fellow correspondent, Kiwisinoz, is not an Aucklander – he’s still better qualified than I to know where to go …
The Fox, Fox’s Ale and the amazing Manu Samoa
Auckland’s viaduct area is a very easy place to go. There is no shortage of bars and restaurants lining the boardwalks that wrap around the harbour. Moored to just about every piece of board walk is an expensive boat. Even …
Back of the Ferry turns three and racks up an Untappd 1000
On 9th November 2009, the Back of the Ferry blog came into being. To celebrate still going after 3 years a number of members spent the evening doing a few of our favourite things. A fore runner to Back of …
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Jeff Lang, Moonshine Cider and Rum Bar and Stone Beer 2012
A couple of weeks ago this correspondent had the great fortune to see one of Australia’s finest musicians up close. Jeff Lang has been making music since the 1980’s and has released a slew of albums since his debut solo …
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Australian Cider Festival – this isn’t a fad
Just a tad over two years ago, Back of the Ferry added cider as a tab to this blog. At the time, we noted how ciders had really started to explode as a beverage category in the bottlos and the …
Searching for Sugar Man, Beach Burrito Co and Hop Thief
At high school in the early ’80s, one of my friend’s had a 10 year older brother who owned some pretty cool records. One of those was Cold Fact by Rodriguez. A bunch of us all owned a cassette of …
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Manningford Trout and the Cori Tap
Weather last Tuesday was a little bit better, it was not raining and the sun was doing its best to show. Decided myself and son would fish Manningford Trout Fishery Manningford trout fishery is situated near the village of Pewsey …
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