It’s been a stellar season for cruise ships in Sydney Harbour this year. I can’t profess to be across the statistics of the cruise ship industry, but my sense is that it is booming. The slew of new boats with …
Category: Manly & the Ferry
Meltdown Double IPA – The first Alaskan on the Back of the Ferry
Over the years, Back of the Ferry’s great friend and member – Rachel – has bought back some remarkable beers from the United States. Her most glorious moment was when she bought back a Pliny the Elder, which was given …
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Stouts galore at 4 Pines – but you’d better be quick
4 Pines Brewing are certainly making maximum use of their new brewing facilities at Brookvale. Since the start of the year, I reckon they’ve released 7 beers in their Keller Door series. In fact they’ve released so many beers since …
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Northern Hemisphere Harvest in the Southern Hemisphere
It’s been a long between drinks for a classic BotF post that is simply about a beer drunk on the Back of the Ferry. That’s what tonight’s post is. On the way to Circular Quay I pulled into Vintage Cellars …
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Tracking a cruise ship leaving Sydney and Pomegranate Beer
After a what seemed like a Napoleanic period of exile, we made it back out to traditional home of the Back of the Ferry. It was worth the wait as the twilight delivered a picturesque evening and we tracked a …
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Andre, Daniel and Ralph – a Swiss induction and Dad and Dave’s Pale Ale
Back of the Ferry’s North-East Asian correspondent, Tony from Toowoomba, is on an all too infrequent visit to Australia. Even when TfT does make it back to Australia it is not often that he gets to Sydney, but he makes …
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Bye, bye Barzine, Pistonhead Full Throttle and Frankie’s Tap List
What is the use-by date for a blog or maybe that should be a beer or bar blog? No sooner had I recovered from the news of Tipples pulling up stumps, than I read that Bar Zine (unbiased views of …
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Some stay the same
In 1987, it was an analog world and there was no internet or mobile phones (except for the odd geek). A Tablet was something you took for your hangover and our Prime Minister held the world record for skolling 2.5 …
Induction – Dan #43
Great arvo on the BotF with some real beer people joining illiards and bladdamasta out the back. Always great when Sydney turns on an afternoon that makes sunscreen suppliers happy. Our inductee this evening has been leading the good fight …
On the back of the Queenscliff-Sorrento Ferry and Bellarine Brewing
The Great Ocean Road ends (or starts depending on your perspective) at the town of Queenscliff. Queenscliff is also one end of the Queenscliff to Sorrento car ferry route. It was my pleasure to experience this great ferry ride and …
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