It was with some sadness that I read a message in my Facebook Feed that announced the closure of Merchant Brewing Co. Whilst the craft brewing scene is one of bonhomie and positivity, it must be bloody hard. The trajectory …
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Say it’s not so?! – Farewell to Hopdog Beerworks
It is with a heavy heart that your backoftheferry correspondents pass on the news that Nowra’s Hopdog BeerWorks is closing its doors for the last time today, Saturday July 7 2018. We managed a couple of visits to the source …
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A Winter Beer Festival – Trains and Beer
It is the last weekend of what has felt like a pretty cold winter in Sydney. Fortunately for the organisers of the first annual Winter Beer Festival, Sydney brought on a little piece of spring early and a cloudless day …
Latitude Highland Pilsner, Belgian Lawn Mower and a cruise
When we get the ferry across Sydney Harbour, we only cover a small portion of this vast body of water. There’s many bays, islands, beaches, headlands and tributaries that make up what is loosely termed Sydney Harbour or Port jackson. …
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Australian Beer Festival Part 1 and Australian Pumpkin beers
The weekend of 29-30 October 2011 saw the holding of the 7th Australian Beer Festival at the Australian Hotel in the Rocks of Sydney. This correspondent was able to attend for the first time, and it was a wonderful event. …
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