Your correspondents at backoftheferry wish you a very happy IPA Day. We chose to celebrate at our spiritual home-away-from-home, 4 Pines Brewing. As you’d expect they had a cracking range of IPAs on offer and, as you have come to …
Category: Bars
@KirksWineBar – not just for winos
One of the many wonderful places I discovered in Melbourne was Kirk’s Wine Bar. Not the sort of place that you’d ordinarily find this correspondent, but I copped a tip from Now Tapped that they had a good beer list. …
The Hunter Valley Beer Trail and Ironbark Hill @IBHBrewhouse
Obviously the Hunter Valley is world renowned for its wines and vineyards. Thankfully, for a beer drinker that’s going to spend an increasingly large amount of time up in the Hunter – a beer culture is growing. And it’s …
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Doesn’t look good for Sunkissed Bar & Grill
Two screenshots below from Sunkissed’s Facebook page. I did try and pop in to grab a beer and a view of a Tasta of Manly – but can confirm that there was a private function on. “Permanently Closed” and “Private …
#atthesource? Okinawa Lager
Daniel San has been bulging at the seams ever since it opened. Even with A Taste of Manly on, this afternoon is no different. I popped in because it is much easier to grab a feed here than at the …
Heartbreaker – a wonderful step back in time
I found one of the best bars of all time on Thursday night. Seriously. As I researched Good Beer Week venues – way too late – I discovered that Heartbreaker was doing a Blackman’s tap takeover. I chose Heartbreaker because …
@brotherburger & the Marvellous Brew – handcrafted heaven
I love old school eating and drinking up on a stool at the bar. I think that I may have just found one of the best places in Melbourne to do just that. Kieran, my frequent partner in crime in …
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Hawke’s Lager – scullable
According to a comprehensive write-up by Brews News, you’ll able to get cans of Hawke’s Lager from Camperdown Cellars tomorrow (ANZAC Day) – but today it is on tap. 33 Degrees – the first floor craft beer bar of the …
Enjoying @twobirdsbrewing #atthesource
Two Birds Brewing are one of Back of the Ferry’s favourite brewers. There’s many reasons for this fondness. They are bloody friendly and respond to our @untappd check-ins (even when we are underwhelmed, which I think has only happened once). …
Unique hunters – 1806 has a beer for you
So Back of the Ferry is @untappd uniques obsessed. Our @untappd checkin criteria is quite loose (depends on who is checking in), but my philosophy is: Check in a unique beer Check in a beer at a unique venue Check …
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