When you tell a Chinese you are visiting Lijiang, they uniformly coo “Lijiang, very beautiful”. And they are right. It overwhelms all senses and even though I try to travel to new places – I will return to Lijiang one …
Drinking in Lijiang – Part 1 Hey Hoo Brewery
Plenty more to come about drinking in this fine city, but let’s start with Lijiang’s newest brewpub – Hey Hoo Brewery. I only discovered it because of an advertisement at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. In a flash new square behind …
A Chinese beer mystery
One of the quirks of China is the number of weird and obscure European labels one finds in the fridges of the local convenience stores. Today I’ve found a beauty. SuneWBeer (sic) allegedly is produced by the British Caesar Newcastle …
Drinking in Zhuzhou – Shennong Tower and Xun Bar
Zhuzhou is a major city of the Hunan Province. I’m here for some Red tourism – to see the birthplace of Chairman Mao and to eat food with chilli. I chose Zhuzhou as a base because of its Hilton and …
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Drinking in Jingdezhen – Southern Sloth
Quite simply, last night was one of the great beer experiences of my life. Perhaps influenced by the journey to get here, perhaps the brewery’s name, perhaps the company, perhaps the beer – or all of the above. My night …
Drinking in Hefei – Calvin Brewing Co
Hefei is the capital of Anhui province. It is difficult to find anything on the internet to excite you about Hefei. For me, visit Hefei and tick off Anhui province. To be honest Hefei lived up to the lack of …
Drinking in Xiamen – Fat Fat Beer Horse
Update: Sadly FatFat Beerhorse is no longer. Don’t let that stop you visiting Xiamen, though. Yep, I’m on another trip to China. As someone that likes to collects things (stamps, bottle tops, @Untappd uniques), I get a little obsessed. Ever …
Happy 10th birthday @4Pinesbeer literally from the Back of the Ferry
An in situ post. The Back of the Ferry blog turns 9 years old in November. An integral part of the Back the Ferry history includes 4 Pines. From time to time we drink 4 Pines on the Back of …
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Nomad – continuing to delight and challenge the Northern Beaches
Your correspondent has recently taken to joining @illiards and and other aged surfers for a regular surf on the weekends. I don’t surf, but prefer to body wamp in the shallows. If the conditions are right I can join …
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Drinking in Port Macquarie – Part 1, Black Duck
Four and a half years ago, this little Black Duck paid a flying visit to the Black Duck Brewery in Port Macquarie. En route to a quick Crescent Head surf holiday with illiards amongst others, your correspondent was able to …
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