As one boarded the Manly Ferry tonight, passengers were offered free Heineken. Ordinarily this would be a cause for celebration. Except it was Heineken 0.0. At least I was able to use Untappd’s new rating system (to the 0.1) to …
Category: Beers
A hazey world’s best commute
A fresh #beermail from our friends at Nomads Brewing can only mean one thing, a road test on the back deck of the world’s best commute. Bushfires have been devastating large parts of NSW and Queensland meaning a smoke haze …
Bucket Brewing, Black Duck and Wicked Elf – when Crescent isn’t working
Recently a number of Back of the Ferry stalwarts went on a coast trip to Crescent Head. Crescent Head is 340km North of Sydney, and has the towns of Port Macquarie to the south and Kempsey to the North East. …
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Induction – Andrew #111
Andrew is a long time Northern Beaches resident, who has been known professionally to your induction ceremony conductors for many years. (That is probably a loose use of the word “professionally”). Anyway in half an hour of conversation of the …
Induction – Kate #109
The second of our three inductions was Kate. She’d made a very nice selection of beer from Mr Liquor and enjoyed the hazy voyage to Manly. Favourite beverage: Green Beacon POG Favourite sport to spectate: Cliff Diving Area of trivial …
Induction – Lachy #108
A crazy afternoon on the Back of the Ferry with inductions and new beers flying everywhere amongst a growing red haze. Illiards will provide an account of a wonderful slew of new beers that received the full Back of the …
Induction – Mimi #107
In what maybe become a Top 10 thing to do in Sydney on TripAdvisor visiting English journalist Mimi asked inductee #91 whether she could be inducted. We felt confident enough in Michael’s abilities to perform such a task and so …
Purchase your Back of the Ferry t-shirt
For those that have placed a backoftheferry t-shirt order, we have your size and colour selection. If you haven’t placed an order, e-mail pat_w_clarke@yahoo.com and advise quantity, colour and size (S, M, L, XL, XXL). Colours available are ferry green …
Induction – Rols #36
Rols was actually inducted way back in December 2014. In an embarrassing slip up by your correspondent the induction details slipped down the back of my virtual couch. It was not until Rols pointed out that he never saw his …
12 Taps – bringing Regional Brewers to Glebe
There’s a terrific new venue in Glebe to enjoy beers you’d normally have to travel a long way to drink. 12 Taps opened in September 2019 and promises to serve regional beers on a regular basis. This will definitely become …
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