On a recent work trip to Perth managed to visit the port of Fremantle. Fremantle is roughly 45 minutes by cab from the Perth CBD. The first port of call was the Little Creatures brewery which is situated on Fremantle …
Induction – Paul #50
Inductions will be flying thick and fast this week. It was hard to believe that there’d be any inductions today when Manly got absolutely nailed by a very localised thunderstorm. 62mm or almost 2 and half inches in the old …
Drinking with the Doc and big boats return
Sydney Craft Beer Week is over for another year, and BotF’s attendance was quite frankly pathetic as cricket matches and work et al conspired against any real boots’n’all attendance. This correspondent’s only real experience of what looked like a wonderful …
Champion Beer something to shout about during Sydney Craft Beer Week 2013
Imagine my delight on entering the Red Oak this afternoon to find that I’ll just still be in Sydney for the Sydney Craft Beer Week 2013, starting this week 19 October (going on till 26 Oct… err, that’s actually 8 …
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Purple dusk and a little vexillogy
New South Wales’ unbelievably warm late winter and early spring weather has had some very destructive consequences. On Wednesday, fires rages to the North, West and South of Sydney and at around 4pm an apocalyptic cloud cover darkened the city. …
16 Great American Beer Festival Winners You Can Buy Now
Tickets to this year’s Great American Beer Festival sold out in 20 minutes. This isn’t shocking when you consider that over 600 of the best breweries in the U.S. were in attendance and that beer is delicious. The highlight of …
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1500 @untappd uniques!
The app of choice for the backoftheferry is @untappd. The botf correspondents celebrate with relish the various badges the app rewards us for enjoying our favourite beverage but none more than the Uniques*. Botf reached the 1000 milestone (“Extraordinary”) almost …
Quarter Mile Double IPA and Washaway Beach
As previously mentioned, our newly inducted American member, Ryan, brought a trio of Massachusetts’ finest craft beers with him for the Back of the Ferry to sample. When beers have travelled such a long distance they deserve respectful amounts of …
Aquae Sulis, Tribute Pale Ale, Blagdon Lake and the Hunter’s Rest
Son has a school history project to complete when we get back to Oz. He decided the topic would be the Roman Baths. A trip round the Baths with audio guide was required and we learnt all about Aquae Sulis …
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Abboccata, the Sultan Iskandar Muda and IFR2013
The Back of the Manly Ferry will be a place to be in Sydney this week, as Sydney Harbour hosts the International Fleet Review. In 1913, the Royal Australian Navy sailed into Sydney for the first time. There were 7 …
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