via: firstwefeast.com These days, we’re so spoiled with great beer that we barely bat an eyelash when we walk into a bar with 20 taps devoted to craft brews, or run to the corner deli to pick up a bottle …
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2013 Beer/Food Calendar
News from the colonies! Are you often at a loss for the perfect match of ale to the food you’re consuming at your favourite dining establishment? Macro Pierre White – take note… I give you the Beer/Food Calendar. Somewhat inverted …
Beer Soap from ManHands
Not the sort of post we would expect to see on BotF, but this is one that has to be made. America is known for its (sometimes rather wayward) attempts to commercialize (sic) pretty much everything. In the opinion of …
Sail & Anchor – once craft, Steamrail – never craft
Much of an Australian’s everyday life is dominated by an ‘opoly of some sort. Monopolies, duopolies, quadopolies (thinking banks here). The duopoly of Coles and Woolworths is particularly pervasive. Not only do they dominate the supermarket scene, they’ve extended their …
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Back of the Ferry’s favourite beer blogs
When we started Back of the Ferry in 2009, WordPress (our blogging host provider) did this thing where they’d say in a dorky, gee whiz kind of way “hey, great post – these guys have written about something similar. You …
The Rook and Kooinda Golden Ale
West Wynyard continues its unstoppable crusade to become the pocket of Sydney that has the largest number of cool, small bars. The latest one I’ve visited is The Rook – “rooftop at 56-58 york”. Like many West Wynyard bars it …
One Day Cricket – of snakes and men
I witnessed history last Sunday evening. It has been many years since I have been to a One Day Cricket match (am I the canary in the mine in regards to the formats demise?). Yet I have witnessed many of …
Frank’s Pizza and Moylander Double IPA
Generally, when I post I try to be positive. There’s enough good places and good beer and too little time to talk about bad experiences that there’s not much that I bag out. If that was the case, and this …
Invercargill Pitch Black, House on Hood, & The Tron
With a full two weeks in Aotearoa over the festive period, this correspondent took the opportunity to go on a short North Island road trip with the Mrs – “a holiday within a holiday” to use the popular cliché. From …
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St Johns Heineken Bar – NYE in Wellington
Quick game of word association…….how would you associate an ambulance and a bar? I bet you were thinking: drunken youths drinking way too much to the point of requiring medical attention in the form of an ambulance. However, this is …
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