When I was in Broken Hill, I stumbled across a couple of new beverages with a unique twist. Gayle Ale and Gayle Cider are distributed by Australia’s self proclaimed “first and only gay beer and cider company” – Gayle Beverages. …
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Drinking in Mildura – Mildura Brewery Pub
Off to Broken Hill with two daughters to visit another daughter who is working there. Broken Hill is a looong way from Sydney and is not the most practical place to visit on a weekend. Long story, short – we …
Rusty Penny Brewing Co
For the last year I’d been following the Rusty Penny Brewing Facebook page. It has been a long journey, but Rusty Penny is now open and serving beers. I’m treating my son to a “Cruise on Land”, by spending a …
Incredible harbour skies on the #botf and great beers
As the #worldsbestcommute we regularly get rewarded with stunning sights on Sydney Harbour as we commute home. This trip, however, was one for the ages. As a storm cell rolled out of the west the small team on the back …
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Happy 5th birthday @BitterPhew from Ekim Brewing (and us)
Repeated trips to Randwick lately (for reasons we won’t go into) have meant this correspondent has been able to visit Bitter Phew a few times. Up a flight of stairs on Oxford Street near Crown, Bitter Phew is a justifiably …
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Drinking in Sydney – The Squire’s Landing, beer with a view
There can’t be too many brewpubs in the world with a better view that The Squire’s Landing. Level 33 in Singapore comes to mind, but they don’t have the expanse of floor to ceiling views that Squire’s Landing provides views …
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T 3 1/2 is back and white knuckle ferry rides
Flights between Melbourne and Sydney were thrown into chaos yesterday with Sydney being belted by a “once in a century” storm. (Seems to be a more than the occasional “once in a century” weather event lately, but that’s another story). …
Drinking in Manly – The Blind Barrel
As summer rapidly approaches, Manly has been hit by a Tsunami of new bars and restaurants. It is just about impossible to keep up. Above the relatively old Queen Chow, Sake and El Camino Cantina opened on the weekend. The …
Drinking in Manly – Hawkesbury Brewing Co
I’m of the view that you can never have enough choice when it comes to beer, bars or breweries. So the arrival of a new beer in Manly can only be a good thing. I’d never seen or heard of …
Happy 9th anniversary to us – an enduring blog and more
The 9th of November was when Back of the Ferry graced its first social media channel. 9 years later, Back of the Ferry continues to blather about beer and wonderful places to drink beer. Whilst our digital appearances have become …
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