Back of the Ferry loves a brewery opening. Back of the Ferry also loves AFL. To be able to watch one of the most enjoyable AFL Grand Finals of all time on the first day of a brewery that is …
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Induction – Ryan #178
#26 is a wonderful ambassador for Back of the Ferry and induction ceremonies. Any Melbourne visitor to Sydney that accompanies #26 is encouraged to enjoy the #worldsbestcommute and a visit to some of Manly’s finer watering holes. Ryan is our …
Ferrying to and drinking in Port Townsend
I spent a night in Burlington, Washington and a barman suggested that I visit Port Townsend by ferry. He had no idea how much that appealed to me, and so next morning I jumped in my car and continued my …
Empty Keg Brewhouse – Merrit‘s finest
So the blogging timeline has gotten a little random. My travels have taken from the Californian Coast, the Oregon Coast, Hillsboro, Vancouver (and the soccer) and now the Okonagan District of British Columbia near the US border. Yesterday was a …
Travelling through and drinking the Redwood Curtain
My first full day of my trip to the US was driving up through the Far North Coast of California. Colloquially, accessing places like the Mendocino Coast and the Redwood Coast is referred to as going behind the Redwood Curtain. …
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Craft beer appreciation night at the baseball
I’m travelling from San Francisco to Vancouver to watch the Socceroos first game in Vancouver tomorrow night. I’ve driven up the northern Californian and Oregon coasts, but had noticed that there is a minor league baseball team called the Hops …
Caravelle and Okasional Beer – two Fortuitous™ Barcelona finds
The term Fortuitous™ is often used tongue in cheek by Back of the Ferry members, particularly when out with better halves or offspring. But every now and then a truly Fortuitous™ discovery is made, and so it was on my …
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Garage Beer Co – Barcelona Craft Beer
It’d be fair to say that Barcelona doesn’t have a heaving craft beer scene. In fact there’s probably more Irish pubs that craft beer joints. On my last morning I fortuitously found a couple of venues that I’ll talk about …
La Velo Brewery – craft beer in Palma
A review of La Velo Brewery in Palma de Mallorca
Drinking in Barcelona – Damm and Moritz.
There are two large independent breweries based out of Barcelona. S. A. Damm makes the ubiquitous Estrella Damm (the Toohey’s or VB of Barcelona. They were founded in 1876 by a couple of Alsatian brothers with the surname Damm. Moritz …
