I’ve been going to the Swans at the SCG on and off since about 1993. For the last decade I’ve made about three games a season often sitting with Inductees #2, #5, #10 and #69 when a spare season ticket …
Pumpkin Beer with a cinnamon ring
There is a first time for everything in this life. I am back in the great city of New York. Fortuitously, my hotel is close to Beer Authority – an average sports bar opposite the Port Authority bus station. It …
Pickled Pig Brewery – NSW Northern most brewery
Back on the Goldie. Came up for the Socceroos. Lamentable. Did the trip on frequent fliers so not a lot of departure options, so I had an afternoon to kill. After an enjoyable lunch at the Harajuku Gyoza Beer Stadium …
Embargo – Siem Reap’s home of craft beer
One of my most enjoyable craft beer experiences this year was had in Siem Reap. As noted in previous posts, part of the motivation for visiting Siem Reap was to visit Inductee #24, Pat, who has moved to Siem Reap …
An abrupt adieu from Atomic
After my visit to Brewdog, Saturday week ago, I paid a quick visit to Atomic Beer Project. I’ve been a few times over the years, and it is a particular favourite of daughter number #3 (also known as inductee #103). …
Induction – Norrie #158
I’ve met Norrie a few times over the last couple years, always at a brewery and always in the company of #49. Norrie used to get the Manly Ferry back in the early ‘90s, but moved to Mosman many moons …
Brewdog – South Eveleigh. The empire keeps growing
The first time Back of the Ferry wrote about Brewdog was in 2010. Brewdog had just started to sell its beer in Australia and one of those beers was Hardcore IPA, which was notorious for its 150 IBU measurement. The …
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Fifty-five – a stayer of the Melbourne CBD bar scene
When I come to Melbourne for work, I often stay in a hotel on Flinders St, close to the corner of Elizabeth St. It can be a sad part of town with plenty of homeless and/or disturbed people around. A …
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Vale Burnley Brewing and unnecessary @Untappd erasure
In one of many WhatsApp groups that I’m in, we talk a lot about beers and breweries and unfortunately one of us will post a weekly post about another closed brewery. As always, Crafty Pint has the story, which you …
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Celebrating checking in 10,000 unique beers
Back of the Ferry started off as a beer blog in November of 2009. Drinking on the back of the Manly Ferry has been a week day past time for commuters since the 80s and illiards and I joined pommy_ch …
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