The most important thing, in the first instance, about Red Hill Brewery was that it was open. The Mornington Peninsula is a deceptively big place. A drive from Sorrento to Red Hill is not a hop, skip and a jump …
On the back of the Queenscliff-Sorrento Ferry and Bellarine Brewing
The Great Ocean Road ends (or starts depending on your perspective) at the town of Queenscliff. Queenscliff is also one end of the Queenscliff to Sorrento car ferry route. It was my pleasure to experience this great ferry ride and …
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The Otways – a region of missed opportunities
Despite oppressive heat, I am loving Victoria. It is an easy State to drive around and for a first-timer other than Melbourne, there is so much to see. For the last couple of days we’ve been doing the Great Ocean …
Hanging Rock, Holgate Brewery and Empress
Mrs BotF was keen to inject some funds into the Daylesford economy, just not into the parts in which I’m interested. A quick look at the map indicates that Daylesford is close enough to Woodend which is the home of …
The Tooborac Hotel & Brewery
After a great couple of days in Thredbo, a long roadtrip to Hepburn Springs in Victoria beckoned. Nothing fun was planned, but luck was running my way. As we cross-countried from the Hume Highway towards the Calder one of the …
Kosciuszko Brewing Co and Mountain Wheat
At most of the Thredbo bars I’ve visited in the last couple of days, Kosciuszko Pale Ale has been available either on tap or in the stubbie. We’ve already reviewed the Pale Ale on these pages when I saw it …
FIGJAM, I just climbed Mount Kosciuszko
Australia might be a big country, but it is relatively flat, which means it is pretty (relatively) easy to climb its highest “mountain”. Mount Kosciuszko, which is the bump above the bottle top of the FIGJAM IPA, stands 2,228m. To …
Blacket’s and Australian Brewery’s Motherlode – craft in a can
One of the most enjoyable aspects of 2012 has been the plethora of great bars I’ve discovered this year. Being fortunate enough to travel to Melbourne regularly means I get to experience the yardstick city when it comes to drinking …
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Merry Christmas from Back of the Ferry and Hopper Whitman Pale Ale
A quick post. Merry Christmas to all BotF readers. I’m in charge of beer this year at our family Christmas, but the majority of the in-laws are either virtual tee-totallers or teenagers. A quick visit to Aldi would do the …
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Vale Ale IPA
Craft beers are difficult to locate in the thriving metropolis of Gympie but nonetheless a growing franchise called the Thirsty Camel received one carton of the Vale Ale IPA this week. This beer is delightfully crisp, fruity and wonderfully dark.
back of the ferry 