Your correspondent recently had the good fortune to be in Texas. My primary reason to be there was to, of course, add shareholder value but there was also plenty of opportunity to get to some craft beer venues. The lucky …
Category: Beers
Wayward Everyday Ale and Grand Final Harbour Bridge Lights
Great to see Mr Liquor stocking a new unique for us. I haven’t frequented Wayward Brewing of late, the boys from Camperdown are going from strength to strength. Along with Akasha (another brewer with superannuation heritage – a longer story …
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A Mr Liquor unique – Bridge Road Nitro Mountain Ale
We get very excited when Mr Liquor at Circular Quay has a unique on his shelves. Normally an odd brand of Euroswill that we suspect has fallen off a ship, today’s unique is a Crafty from Bridge Road. Nitro Mountain …
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Brisbane’s West End – The Catchment Brewing Co
Plonked close to the corner of Boundary and Vulture streets is Catchment Brewing Co. On a Tuesday eve it was relatively quiet compared to its Boundary St cousins. I couldn’t understand why. The beer list and drinking space were excellent. …
Brisbane’s West End – Brisbane Brewing Co
I’ve been in Brisbane’s West End 10 minutes and I love it. Restaurants spilling on to the street, families walking about at night and craft breweries. Pumping. And it’s a Tuesday night. Brisbane Brewing has a sniff of an entrance …
Brisbane’s West End – Archive Beer Boutique
Your correspondent was asked to visit Brisvegas for a dash and grab trip. Fortuitously my hotel was a bee’s dick from a triumvirate of cracking craft beer venues in Brisbane’s West End. First stop was the Archive Beer Boutique. The …
Two Rupees Brewing – a friendly find
A trait of the craft brewing community is its friendliness. Maybe if someone is having a bad day, you might cop some ‘tude, but typically visitors to breweries are welcomed like long lost friends. I had read about Two Rupees …
Farewell @TwoBirdsBrewing Golden Ale
Back in 2011, Back of the Ferry attended the launch of Two Birds Golden Ale at Hart’s Hotel. Back in 2011 we used to write more regularly as well about our beer experiences – and the launch for the full …
Happy Hour wars in Manly
Drinkers and their hip pockets are the winners in an escalating Happy Hour war between The Bavarian at Manly Wharf and 4 Pines’ original brew pub. The Bavarian’s Happy Hour has been long-standing and originally occurred Monday to Friday and …
Manly has a new beer – 40/20 Pale Ale
The Manly Bottler on the bend at Pittwater Rd at Queenscliff has always been a dependable place for the odd uniques. Good supporter of Nomad as well. On the counter I noticed a beer I hadn’t seen. “Yep – it’s …
