The takeover of Manly Wharf by the Artemus Group owned Felons Brewing has continued with Felons Seafood opening in the last couple of weeks in the old Bavarian Beer Cafe site. The makeover has been comprehensive with a totally new …
Tag: Drinking in Manly
New bar and happy hour in Manly
In what seems a lifetime ago, my Fairlight home was notorious amongst my friends for extending its boundary by the judicious planting and maintenance of shrubs, ferns and garden beds. The ever-expanding Boathouse Group (with venues at Palmy, Balmoral, Shelley …
Yes Chicken and Cass Beer
Shop 1 46/48 East Esplanade is another Manly venue that has had its fair share of turnover in the last few years. Most recently it was the home of Manly’s smallest sports bar (and a Back of the Ferry favourite …
Wahlburgers Manly
36-38 South Steyne, Manly has been the address of a few high profile restaurants over the years. The strip between Starbucks on the Corso corner and Ben & Jerry’s on the Wentworth St corner is an eclectic and changing mix …
Goodbye 33 Degrees – Hello Taproom
In 2014, the New Brighton Hotel renamed its first floor bar 33 Degrees and went hard on craft beer for some time. Back in the day US, Norwegian and Danish craft beer could be found on their taps. And you …
Goodbye Keller Door, hello Block’s Bar
Quite fortuitously, Back of Ferry had the first beer at 4 Pines’ newest venue – Block’s Bar. Pommy_ch and this correspondent were enjoying a rare trip on the Side of a real Ferry, when an email came through announcing the …
Quakers Hat Brewing – Manly Vale’s first brewery
It is so good to be able to write about visiting a brewery again. Our first Friday night out in 110 days and we are able to coincide that with a visit to a new taproom. Dave and his sons …
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Bucketty’s Brewing Co – open in Brookvale via Bucketty
Craft brewers are often persistent buggers. You have to be when you deal with councils. Bucketty’s Brewing Co are more persistent than most and if you read their back story on their website you’ll understand why. A four year journey …
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Manly Hops – a new beer in Manly town
This correspondent has been very lax in not writing up Sketch Manly before now. Manly’s first and only Coffee, Craft Beer and Curry bar was a god-send during lockdown. Sketch’s fridges bulge with some of the best craft beer and …
The Chubb’s Sports Bar empire
On Friday I was able to have a beer at Manly’s newest venue (and solving the mystery in this post). No mean feat because COVID19 capacity at Chubb’s Sports Bar is 20 punters. And the punters were keen. Like moths …
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