I’m on my first trip to Indonesia and Bali. Over the years, I’ve heard about places like Seminyak, Legian, the notorious Kuta and Nusa Dua. I’d never heard about Canggu until I started researching breweries. Well, it seemed everyone else …
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From Spooning Goats to Mixtape Brewing and Bar
Hands down, one of my favourite small bars of all time anywhere in the world, was Spooning Goats. I drank there for the first time almost 10 years ago. Jason’s a good fella and I went back many times. His …
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 …
The Emmaville pub crawl and the Black Panther
Deepwater Brewing is on the road to Emmaville. In the early 1900s Emmaville’s population was over 7000 people. Tin and Arsenic mining brought in the punters.Be lucky to be 500 now and I reckon in pre-Covid times they could all …
Deepwater Brewing – an isolated gem
I’ve been to some remote breweries over the years. Death Valley, Purple Mango and Canoelands spring to mind. Deepwater Brewing is as remote as it gets. It is just off the New England Highway on the Emmaville Road south of …
Induction – Kieran #138
It has been good to get to our latest inductee over the last 12 months in a professional capacity. A consummate vendor, Kieran also provides amusing company in social settings like the Office and the Back of the Ferry. It …
Induction – Amy #137
As Sydneysiders eschew working from home for the office, we expect to see more inductions. Amy’s been a work colleague for over a year and this was about the fifth time I’d seen her in person. Amy’s a keen embracer …
4 Pines Hefeweizen – back for a limited time
4 Pines Hefeweizen is a seminal beer for Back of the Ferry. Back in 2008, when I first sipped it, I was blown away. I’d had wheat beers before (like the exceptional Matilda Bay Redback – surely a hall of …
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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Induction – Emma #136
Emma comes from Maine, USA. She’s been living on the insular peninsula, but not for much longer – so she’s travelling as much as she can on the #worldsbestcommute. Emma’s a big fan of the upper back deck in the …
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