The Manly Bottler on the bend at Pittwater Rd at Queenscliff has always been a dependable place for the odd uniques. Good supporter of Nomad as well. On the counter I noticed a beer I hadn’t seen. “Yep – it’s …
Drinking in Yalong Bay – Ximaidi aka La Floret Brewing
Yalong Bay is a lovely stretch of beach to the east of Sanya. On its shores most of the major hotel chains of the world have built gargantuan resorts with oceans of swimming pools that render the South China Sea …
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Drinking in Sanya, Yahe Brewery
Craft beer is hard to find in Sanya, but with some deep research on the Interweb and a little Untappd help, I knew that there was some sort of brewery in a food court in or near a Mall. Fortunately …
Drinking in Haikou. Cheery Brewery – fortuitous
Our second day in Haikou ended in a most fortuitous way. Your correspondents can be accused of overusing that word, but this time it was most apt. A day of biking, swimming and tombing was planned to be ended by …
Drinking in Haikou – Sharky and Drunk Bear
Back in China. This time revisiting the Province of Hainan – China’s self proclaimed Hawaii. It is on the same latitude and has beaches and Palm Trees, but the similarities stop there. When I last visited 10 years ago, our …
Induction – Lance #106
I don’t get to see my brother-in-law very much, as Lance rarely ventures to Australia and I don’t get to New Zealand that often either. But when we do it is always worthwhile. Lance loves his beer and his sport. …
A new member of the Coopers family – XPA
Your correspondent’s favourite colour is purple. So I was absolutely intrigued to see a new Coopers Tap head that is a beautiful shade of purple. I was just hoping that the beer was good. Your correspondent’s go to beer is …
Dipping a toe in the Sunshine Coast beer scene with Tony from Toowoomba
An all to rare opportunity to catch up with BotF’s former (Tony from Toowoomba BotF #18) North East Asian correspondent had this correspondent making a quick trip to Maroochydore Airport. Cursory research on the burgeoning craft beer scene had revealed …
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6000 uniques …. and no badge
Back in March 2018 the backoftheferry team celebrated 5000 uniques, as recorded by Untappd, the app that has been an integral part of a beer drinking journey that will never end. At 5000 we received the ‘Epic’ badge for our …
Induction – Graeme #105
Aah – April in Sydney. It is the best month. Blissful weather, the water temperature is at its warmest, public holidays coming out your wazoo – what’s not to like. And on a temperate, clear evening like last night there …
back of the ferry 