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 …
Westside Ale Works – a winning slice of Americana
There are times when you miss things that are right under your nose. For number of years I’ve made frequent trips to Melbourne for work, spending a large amount of time in Docklands. Evenings are often spent exploring the ‘burbs …
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Some cracking botf evenings lately & Nomad Brewing
We’ve been treated to some absolutely cracking evenings on the back of the ferry as we approached the end of daylight saving in NSW. We have to make the most of these as we’ll start posting in the dark as …
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Crown Summer Reserve – a Macro Mystery
Has anyone else seen this? “Crown Summer Reserve”. Purchased it half way through autumn in a Korean convenience store on Flinders St in Melbourne. Iconic Crown bottle, iconic Crown script. “Summer Reserve” with only 37 check-ins on @untappd after 3 …
back of the ferry 