Here at backoftheferry we love our untappd [ @untappd ]. This app/website celebrates ones consumption of orange whips and lets you simultaneously tweet the world about a new found beverage and annoy your wife/DSE/life partner over dinner. The lads at …
Tag: Beers
The Big Dipper and NSW political inertia
Little Creatures do the odd single batch release and this one is a monster. A hopmonster. But first my curmudgeonly rant. This correspondent is a long suffering northern beaches (Sydney) commuter. The bus services from these here parts to the …
Redoak Honey Ale & an obituary for the Brookie Bottlo.
I have been a bit hard on Redoak (their Organic Pale Ale anyway) and I sincerely wish I did not have to be. I love what they are trying to do and I love the beer cafe on Clarence St …
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State of Origin & Red Oak Organic Pale Ale – incurable malaise?
The Rugby League season is drawing to a close here in NSW and the State of Origin is well and truly lost (2-1 to Queensland for those who care) but it has taken your correspondent this long to put his …
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Little Creatures Bright Ale – two great things
Sibling beers to the Bright Ale are featured in earlier boft posts [ Original Pilsner & Pale Ale ]. Little Creatures Brewing is close to the sodden hearts of us botf contributors. The first great thing is they were one …
James Squire IPA and a shared journey
The botf team are a privileged bunch. We live in a fine city and are able to meander home at the end of each working day on the rear deck of a worthy vessel that traverses the one of the …
Doctors Orders Synapse – are all cab drivers clueless?
Back in the 1980’s I remember hearing over the radio that some Sydney cabbie had just been named “the world’s best taxi driver” at some gala event in the US. I can’t find any mention on Wikipedia of this highly …
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The Schmiddy – the taint of the glassware world
Two things in the world of beer give this correspondent, and botf in general, the hershey squirts. One is the prevalence of the 330ml beer bottle. No need to say more. It has been mentioned ad nauseum in these pages. …
Little Creatures – The forgotten brewery
For a mob that pride ourselves on the depth and range of beers we drink and write about, it is a glaring oversight that an orange whip from Little Creatures is yet to appear on these pages. I thought about …
The third coming – Pikes Oakbank Pilsener
Your correspondent was sans tin lids for a few minutes and as a small reward I went to my local purveyor of brewed and spirituous liquids and spent some time perusing the stock. Now the owner of the Brookvale Cellars …
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