Took the kids to Bath today for a scout around the shops, we walked along by the river Avon and had a quick look at the Rec. There you go son that’s where you want to play rugby … no …
1st Blog from blighty
The first blog for the 2011 UK tour, will try add a few new places of interest and beers to the back of the ferry menu . Managed to survive the flight which seemed longer than usual and the seats …
Three Troupers Pilsner, #BangerFest and the Prince Alfred Hotel
Co-incidentally before another trip to Melbourne, I was fortunate enough to cop a tip from Jamie – one of the “Some Saint Kilda Guys Pty Ltd“. He reminded me that the second annual Banger Fest is on between 9th September …
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Barnstormer by Bath Ales and (temporary) farewell to pommy_ch
Emotional scenes on the Back of the Ferry this evening. Tonight we farewelled one of our founding members – pommy_ch. pommy_ch is heading back to the Old Dart tomorrow. Fortunately pommy_ch’s absence from the Back of the Ferry will be …
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Black Giraffe, Costco and Wild Thing
A beer that I’ve had in the fridge for some time is intriguingly named “Black Giraffe Black Coffee Lager”. It is the second brew from the “A Bit on the Side Dept” drop from Burleigh Brewing. With a cold snap …
Coedo Beniaka, sweet potatoes and rugby
The Japanese don’t mind adding some weird stuff to their beers occasionally. We’ve previously tried a beer from Hitachino that was coloured and flavoured with red rice. This time Coedo have decided to throw some sweet potatoes into the mix …
State of Origin & Red Oak Organic Pale Ale – incurable malaise?
The Rugby League season is drawing to a close here in NSW and the State of Origin is well and truly lost (2-1 to Queensland for those who care) but it has taken your correspondent this long to put his …
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Little Creatures Bright Ale – two great things
Sibling beers to the Bright Ale are featured in earlier boft posts [ Original Pilsner & Pale Ale ]. Little Creatures Brewing is close to the sodden hearts of us botf contributors. The first great thing is they were one …
Happy father’s day and completing the Stoke Trio
It’s taken a while, but BotF has finally obtained and consumed the third Stoke Beer made by the McCashin family in New Zealand. The McCashins are genuine beverage entrepeneurs, not only making beer, but also cider, water, wine and vodka. …
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Alexandria Hotel – just lovely
Now and then your botf correspondents stumble upon absolute gems. This correspondent had just finished presenting to a demanding set of colleagues and was searching for a quiet venue to consume an orange whip to calm the nerves. I had …
back of the ferry 