Your correspondent had the good fortune to pop over to Las Vegas for a couple of days. It has never appealed as I’m not a casino guy, but any how I ended up there and used the evenings to explore …
Category: Beers
One Mile Brewery – the pick of the Top End breweries
Whilst there is no shortage of venues selling at least on variety of One Mile Brewery‘s offerings, no trip to Darwin should go without a visit to where the magic happens. It is always wonderful to drink #atthesource and the …
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The Purple Mango Brewery – Australia’s most remote brewery?
Before visiting Darwin recently, I consulted the oracle of craft breweries (Craft Beer Reviewer) to see whether there were any breweries in the Top End to visit. Two were in Darwin, but the third – which I’d never have found …
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Nostalgia evoking beer
This week I’ve had two beer experiences that invoked the past. One experience was primarily visual and the other primarily olfactory. Mr Liquor has started selling retro cans of Tooheys New in the old Tooheys Draught cans. It is impossible …
Six Tanks Brew Co – the pick of Mitchell Street
Mitchell Street is the heart of Darwin’s nightlife. There’s plenty of other places for nocturnal fun like the Waterfront and other street in the CBD, but Mitchell Street has the history. A new addition to the Mitchell Street strip is …
Luxus – a unique from Mr Liquor at Circular Quay
A fabulous late afternoon on the Back of the Ferry was further brightened by a new unique beer from Mr Liquor at Circular Quay. One of these days we’ll work out how many @untappd uniques we’ve purchased from Mr Liquor …
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Get thee to The Mill and Brewditos
On a flying visit to Brisbane, I managed to squeeze a very quick visit to a great beer venue and try a couple of beers from a hitherto undiscovered Brewer. My memories of Fortitude Valley are Ross Strudwick and …
Farewell to Koh Samui and an unexpected #fortuitous ending
Thai Beer and Beer Shirt Well Koh Samui’s been great. The wedding that was the reason for the trip was a blast and I’ve been introduced to a part of the world to which I’d like to return. Koh Samui …
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Bar crawling @changiairport
Your correspondent is on a flying visit to Koh Samui for a mate’s wedding. Trying to do it on the cheap and using frequent flyers. In my haste to snaffle a full trip on points (a miracle), I didn’t notice …
Happy IPA Day
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 …
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