MANLY IN A BOTTLE: BLACKFIN COFFEE LIQUEUR

Manly Spirits Co. has teamed up with fellow peninsula producer Seven Miles to create an artisan coffee liqueur that literally captures the essence of the northern beaches. As the espresso martini continues to be one of Australia’s most popular cocktails,

ROSE BAY REVIVAL

The landmark Rose Bay Hotel has reopened today after an extensive and much-needed overhaul involving vintage trains and a new approach. Located on the bustling corner of New South Head and Dover Roads, the pub is a handsome three-storey Victorian

MOUNT KEMBLA BEAUTY ON OFFER

The elegant, historic and potentially haunted Mount Kembla Village Hotel has come to market, offering a beautifully restored local with more than a smattering of local folklore. Established 1898, the Mount Kembla pub is a picturesque weatherboard two-storey structure overlooking

NEW HANDS ON MOLLY MALONES

Townsville icon Molly Malones has been bought by north Queensland group Zeller Investments. Built 1901 as the Tattersalls Hotel, the heritage-listed two-storey brick corner pub was reinvented as the Irish-themed Molly Malones back in 1999. It offers a craft beer

GOOD BEER TAKES DOG TO MARKET

The Good Beer Company has put to market its thumping Duke of Gloucester – The DOG, in Randwick – to focus on its city projects undergoing redevelopment. John Azar’s Good Beer Company (GBC) developed a reputation for classy establishments built

CONNELLS TAKE ON PUB WITH NO BEER

By Emma Castle Lisa and Glenn Connell from Western Australia have crossed the Nullarbor to buy the iconic Pub with No Beer in Ingham, Queensland. The heritage-listed Lees Hotel was made famous by Slim Dusty’s country music homage, The Pub

QUARTER ACRE HOTEL BRINGS AUSSIE DREAM TO APPLECROSS

Quarter Acre Hotel has opened in Applecross, bringing an all-inclusive ‘backyard-style’ space to the southern Perth suburb. The Hotel is the brainchild of industry stalwarts Miles Hull and Clint Nolan, who last teamed up in 2004 when Nolan, a former

HISTORIC WHITMORE HOTEL SEES NEW SPARKKE AND BREWERY

New brewpub Sparkke at the Whitmore has opened in the historic Adelaide hotel, offering a new approach and nod to its past by a female-founded operation. The repositioned hotel is the first venue for social enterprise Sparkke Change Beverage Co

OLD FITZROY IN NEW HANDS

Jaime Wirth and associates have taken on a third operation – picking up the lease on the Old Fitzroy in the active waterside precinct of Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy is a century-old corner local in the narrow backstreets of Woolloomooloo.

BROOME BRINGS BEST OF WEST TO DY

Western Sydney pub stalwart Michael Broome is bringing some of the best of the west to the northern beaches, taking on Dee Why’s beachside Deck Bar. Broome’s Western Pub Holdings (WPH) operates several venues in Sydney’s greater west, including the