GABS SUCCESS EVIDENCE OF STILL-GROWING BEER ENTHUSIASM
The Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular wrapped up 2016 with the Sydney instalment over the weekend consolidating another record-breaking year for the event. GABS has become of the go-to events for craft beverages in recent years, voted one of the world’s
BUMBLING BANDITS JAILED FOR ROBBING PUB WHERE THEY WORKED
Four former employees of the Vegas Hotel have been sentenced for a brazen robbery on the Kings Cross pub in mid-2013. CCTV caught the dramatic break-in and heist – all staged to draw attention from the four employees’ identities. Their
HOTEL BOOM SEEN IN LATEST LIST OF RICH AUSSIES
The annual BRW List of Australia’s richest people was released on Friday, and despite the hotel industry’s wave of success and the demise of mining, results were mixed and hotelier rankings down. The soft-spoken octogenarian Len Ainsworth continued his legacy
COUNCIL ACROBATICS BUT LONDON HOTEL MAY STILL FALL
An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce
MASTERCHEF BRINGING HELLENIC HEAVEN TO MELBOURNE HOTEL
Renowned chef and TV personality George Calombaris will soon open Hellenic Hotel, extending his portfolio bringing authentic-but-modern Greek food to the southern capital. The Masterchef host and culinary celebrity first opened his ‘Hellenic Republic’ eatery experience in 2008 with business
MASSIVE VIOLENCE REDUCTION BODES WELL FOR NSW VENUES
The latest list of ‘violent venues’ shows incidents plummeting – again – with just one pub in Tier 1 restrictions, but still no sign of The Star. Liquor & Gaming NSW’s updated list released today shows seven licensed venues falling
CRAFT BEER HELPING CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Camperdown’s crafty gypsy brewers have raised over $10,000 for Cystic Fibrosis NSW, largely through a Rose Kölsch brewed the Wayward way. Wayward Brewing recently launched its ‘Craft for a Cause’ program, aiming to “spread the word on giving back to
COWBOYS HELP YOUNG AUSSIES INTO PUB EMPLOYMENT
The North Queensland Cowboys’ Dream Believe Achieve hospitality program wrapped up today, with graduates trained and assisted into jobs in bars and pubs. On 5 April the Cowboys’ initiative kicked off, aiming to help 20 unemployed indigenous Australians to achieve
‘BREW & A’ BRINGS MORE THIRST-QUENCHING ANSWERS FOR CONSUMERS
Lion has released the next instalment of its ‘Beer the Beautiful Truth’ education campaign, with an expert panel answering questions in ‘Brew & A’. Beer the Beautiful Truth (BTBT) has sought to educate consumers around common misconceptions, such as the
CALLIGEROS GRABS REILLY’S TRINITY BAR
It’s all smiles at Surry Hills, as Peter Calligeros signs on the line for Ray Reilly’s Trinity Bar for $8.5 million. After a busy first half of the year that saw the Irishman both selling and buying, Reilly told PubTIC