Euphoria abounded in Sydney town last night, and Back of the Ferry got a double helping. The first part of the evening was spent in a brewery with the good folk from 4 Pines and a couple of hundred of …
Maldives Missives: Routine
Life on board is all about routine. All are up at dawn as we motor to break. 3 hrs in water for a surf. Long breakfast. Down time on the back deck- maybe a few Tigers. Lunch then a long …
Maldives Missives: Intro
This is the second botf trip to the Maldives. I was remiss last time and did not post. Will attempt to this up to our readers. botf is on a surfboat with 9 mates surfing the central atolls. Not very …
Farewell Oz, the Beachy, & 6 String Brewing
Last year 53,000 Kiwis moved to Australia with the hope of a better a life. This trend is set to continue in the coming years. They reckon more than 600,000 Kiwis now call Australia home – a fair number of …
Manly goings on and Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA
Nothing stays the same in Manly, which is a bloody good thing. The latest change is the incorporation of the Phoenix Chinese restaurant into the Hotel Steyne. It is all part of a Manly shuffle, where the site where the …
Cherry Bar, AC/DC Lane and the stickiest floor in Melbourne
Just off Flinders Lane, in between Russell and Exhibition Streets runs one of many of Melbourne’s laneways. This particular lane is more notable than most for its name and its chief resident. In 2004, Corporation Lane was renamed AC/DC Lane. …
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The World’s First Playable Beer Bottle
via Mike Newman at Cool Material All we really do with empty beer bottles is throw them in a giant recycling bin that informs our neighbors we have a bit of a problem every time we haul it to …
Wake Up Dead Stout and Collins Flat Beach
In yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald, there was an article generally bemoaning the growth of boating in Sydney. Whilst the article was generally negative, it made an observation that resonated with the correspondent. “It’s the best harbour in the world, absolutely …
A beer drinker’s guide to Vivid
There’s three days left to go in the third edition of Vivid Sydney. a light, music and ideas extravaganza held in and around the Sydney CBD. The website and associated app gives you plenty of information – but probably not …
Frankie’s Taps
I wonder whether the re-branding of Murray’s in Manly to the Rubber Duckie Taphouse is going to extend itself to the name of the brewery itself – or perhaps a marketing spin off of the concept, like “”Quack”. This would …
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