BoTF is back in Shanghai and once again sampling the wonderful offing at “The Brew”. First cab off the rank is Pils and it doesn’t disappoint. Described as being brewed with precision with a golden straw colour and grassy noble …
Sydney’s sea fog and Sam Adams Noble Pils
This weekend in Sydney has seen a relatively rare meteorological phenomenon – thick sea fog. The Northern Beaches have been blanketed each morning with what looked like dense steam. There had been some backburning up at West Head, which had …
Darts GF next wednesday
The former Fishos, now Dee Why Master Builders 3 darts team managed to win the elimination final against Dee Why Master Builders 4 team to meet Time & Tide in the Grand Final at Manly Leagues club next Wednesday, 23 …
Hef – Movember’s beer
Has Movember jumped the shark? It’s a 15 minute walk from my office to the ferry, and that means I walk past plenty of people and see plenty of dials. For the last 5(?) years, November’s ambles have the added …
Sunshine Coast Chili Beer and vale the Pomegranate
We’ve had two chili beers on this blog – a Chili Beer from Arizona and a chili flavoured stout from Canberra. The first was close to undrinkable, whilst the second was a really fine drink. Today, I was able to …
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Hite and devices to check beer temperature
This correspondent spent the last few days in Brisbane and there’ll be more on that later. Ambling home one evening, I passed a small Korean cafe/restaurant intriguingly called Petit Paradis Cafe. It beckoned me in with its Hite advertising light. …
Craft beer led Greek recovery?
Lately we’ve been graced again with the presence of member Will or, as known when he submits posts to Back of the Ferry – oompalumpa. Oompalumpa has submitted some of the more quirky posts on BotF and interpreting his weekly …
NZ Pure, Monteiths Sparkling Ale and Radler
Two beers from NZ today. Boundary Road Brewery in Auckland has recently been bought out by Asahi and makes a weird combination of macros, beers under licence for giants like Kingfisher and Tuborg and some interesting looking craft beers. Unfortunately, …
Williams’s Premium Lager
Today’s short blog literally comes from the back of the ferry. This correspondent is off to Melbourne and on the weekend it’s quicker and cheaper to get a ferry and train than a cab. More predictable and relaxing too. The …
Two Birds Brewing – Golden Ale launch
About a week ago, two BotF correspondents wedged in a quick beer at Harts Pub before the 6pm ferry. We had a pint of Two Birds Brewing Golden Ale. We checked in the beer through @untappd and we promptly asked …
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