Well, there is a new contender for #theworldsbestcommute. I’ve to say that the Staten Island Ferry is simply phenomenal. A photographer’s delight and beer drinker’s paradise. Standing out the Back of the Staten Island Ferry on a mild October afternoon …
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5000 uniques – a journey worth celebrating
On 27 January 2011, illiards or me – not sure who – created the Back of the Ferry Untappd account. Since then it’s been an integral part of a beer drinking journey that will never end. Untappd, however, provided numerous …
Stomping Ground T3 1/2 – best airport bar ever. @SGBrewCo
Airport drinking is mostly pretty banal stuff. Singapore’s Changi airport offers a few interesting 24/7 options. Barney’s Beanery LAX outlet has a few interesting beers in a classic belly to the bar setting. The Crown Bar in Melbourne offers – …
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Nostalgia evoking beer
This week I’ve had two beer experiences that invoked the past. One experience was primarily visual and the other primarily olfactory. Mr Liquor has started selling retro cans of Tooheys New in the old Tooheys Draught cans. It is impossible …
Luxus – a unique from Mr Liquor at Circular Quay
A fabulous late afternoon on the Back of the Ferry was further brightened by a new unique beer from Mr Liquor at Circular Quay. One of these days we’ll work out how many @untappd uniques we’ve purchased from Mr Liquor …
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@KirksWineBar – not just for winos
One of the many wonderful places I discovered in Melbourne was Kirk’s Wine Bar. Not the sort of place that you’d ordinarily find this correspondent, but I copped a tip from Now Tapped that they had a good beer list. …
Endeavour Imperial Pale Ale – seek it out
You don’t need an excuse to visit the Endeavour Tap Room. Right now, they’ve got a stand out beer on tap. The Imperial Pale Ale is a ripper. A stupendous orange hue (exploded by an autumnal sun) is only surpassed …
Induction – Alf #88
This one’s been a long time coming. Alf is a loyal follower of Back of the Ferry and has participated in many a beer adventure with bladdamasta and illiards over the years. Alf was with me at the Library Alehouse …
Dax Original Pilsner – a Mr Liquor unique with an unusual back story
For the second week in a row, Mr Liquor at Circular Quay had something new on his shelves – but the origins of this German Pilsner are a little unusual. Now normally when an odd European lager appears in Mr …
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Naming a beer after the right sloth
In 1979, Life on Earth by David Attenborough was published. Like many others, I love it, but probably not for an expected reason. I was fascinated by two paragraphs of beautifully dry and exact prose that describes the world’s laziest …
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