One of the insular peninsula’s best bottleshops is Porter’s at Balgowlah – as we’ve commented often. Their Facebook page is often updated with their new arrivals and recently they announced a new permanent addition to the bottleshop. Their “Growler Machine” …
Birranova Linfa and the Australian Wine Centre
After almost four years of the Back of the Ferry blog’s existence, it is little wonder that we’ve pretty much drained any bottle shop of any uniques within a kilometre of Circular Quay Wharf 3 . That’s unique for either …
Kingpin Double Red Ale and the Barber Shop
It is still technically winter in Sydney, but you wouldn’t know it. BotF’s glorious hometown has been basking in sunny days in the mid 20’s and the ferry rides home barely require a jacket. The weather brought all the old …
Top shelf drinking in Shanghai – the Shanghai Brewery
Tony from Toowoomba and I spent our last night in Shanghai enjoying the delights of the French Concession. This part of Shanghai is a real joy to visit. The French Concession was a cool part of Shangahi to live in …
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The Pocket Beer Book 2014
via Mike Newman at Cool Material Going into any really good beer store or tap-heavy bar can be intimidating. To sort through the overwhelming amount of options at your disposal, consider tossing the Pocket Beer Book 2014 in your pocket …
Renaissance Great Pumpkin, Hashigo Zake, Earthquakes!
Glorious sunshine, major earthquakes, 200km/hour wind gusts, and of course magnificent craft beer have been the highlights of this correspondent’s first 2 and a bit months living back in Wellington, New Zealand. DROP! COVER! HOLD!…..three simple words on the tip …
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The Brew still punching out great craft beers
The sojourn to Shanghai to team up Bladdamaster for a fabulous couple days of beer-exploration would have been remiss without a visit to our old friend Leon at the Brew. Not much has changed the offing is still fantastic but …
Overpriced drinking on the Bund
The Bund is an iconic part of Shanghai. The buildings on the Eastern Side of the Huangpu River were built in the late 19th and early 20th century. They were originally the property of banks and in a couple of …
The Best-Looking Beer Cans Ever
via Mike Newman at Cool Material As more and more craft breweries turn to canning, we figured it was as good a time as any to dig up some of the best-looking beer cans ever. A few are recent but …
High speed Beer
Much has been written about China Railway High or CRH speed trains both good and bad but I have to admit I am a huge fan. Traveling by train has very much become my first choice for domestic transport as …
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