You know all the ducks have lined up in your life when one of your favourite craft brewers opens a brewery just three blocks from your house. Even better if said brewer is kind enough to ask you along to …
Category: Beers
A late night BotF and a Cuban beer
On a late trip home after the obligatory post offsite dinner. Went to the Chophouse. Great restaurant if you like a side of meat with your meat. Strip sirloin on the bone – bewdiful. Not a bad beer list with …
Kingdom Pilsener on the Back of a Wollongong Ferry and Slasher McKay .P.A
A few weeks ago, Mrs BotF and I took a couple of 5 year old rug rats to Wollongong. Not an excursion that I’d ordinarily write up on Back of the Ferry, but I snuck in a visit to the …
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The Island Bar and Magners
I think I have another must do for any tourist to Sydney. The Island Bar can be found on Cockatoo Island, which is west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between Birchgrove and Woolwich. Not only is the bar in a …
Arvo 51 – the outcome of Hobson’s Choice or Morton’s Fork
Recently bus shelters around Sydney have been adorned with pictures of two stubbies of beer – Arvo 51 and Arvo 34. The brewer has been exhorting the public to buy and try both and vote for their favourite. I can’t …
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Hands, Shirt and Sweat
Just saw this on the cricket… Great new campaign from VB – “Hands, Shirt, Sweat” http://vimeo.com/53301001 [CD: Vimeo restricts it from being embedded. Apologies.]
Sale St and 1010 Brewing
My visit to Auckland coincided with a bloody brilliant food and grog festival called Taste of Auckland. This is apparently an international thing. The deal is that providores, restaurants, winemakers etc all gather in one venue to give you a …
The Britomart Brewery
When I travel, I always try to cop a tip from a local as to what’s worthwhile – and whilst my fellow correspondent, Kiwisinoz, is not an Aucklander – he’s still better qualified than I to know where to go …
The Fox, Fox’s Ale and the amazing Manu Samoa
Auckland’s viaduct area is a very easy place to go. There is no shortage of bars and restaurants lining the boardwalks that wrap around the harbour. Moored to just about every piece of board walk is an expensive boat. Even …
Out the Back of the Devonport Ferry
Since Monday, this correspondent has been in Auckland. There is plenty to like about this water bound city and upon my return to Sydney I’ll share some of the highlights where I can access a real computer and properly post. …
