Clyde Mooney

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O’KEEFES HOTEL: LEGEND IN A LOCAL

Posted on July 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Classic Launceston local O’Keefes Hotel has come to market, offering a classic country pub operation with an eponymous local reputation. Stalwart of the Launceston pub game Mike O’Keefe enjoyed many a year and many a beer with locals and tourists

MERIVALE BRINGS THE QUEEN TO THE BEACHES

Posted on July 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has opened the reinvention of its former Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, unveiling Cantonese concept Queen Chow. The venue is headed up by the duo behind Queen Chow Enmore, Patrick Friesen and Eric Koh, offering a classic neighbourhood Cantonese

HOTEL ORANGE TO MARKET ON THE REBOUND

Posted on July 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The defrocked and maligned Hotel Orange is in search of a knight, on the rebound from troubled times and more pub than its owners can manage. The large-format two-storey Victorian-style Hotel was established in 1890, built on a generous 614sqm

PICTORIAL HISTORY OF TOOTHS PUBS COMES ONLINE

Posted on July 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Australian National University has released a massive online resource of images and information on pubs of Tooth & Co during the 20th century. One of Australia’s great brewery success stories, Tooth & Co. Ltd began in 1835 and remained

ABBOTT BECOMES KALGOORLIE SKIMPY

Posted on July 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Hannons Hotel in the mining mecca of Kalgoorlie is moving with the times, employing its first ‘skimpy’ bar staff to strut his stuff pulling beers. Founded in 1989 as an amalgamation with adjacent Boulder, Kalgoorlie is 600 kilometres west of

LION SNAP UP UK CRAFT STAR

Posted on July 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Lion has expanded on successes in Australia with the outright purchase of leading London craft brewer Fourpure. The craft beer market in the UK is one of the largest and fastest-growing in the world, currently representing around five per cent

REDCAPE BUY INTO BREWING WITH COLOSIMO’S ROUSE HILL FLAGSHIP

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Redcape has announced its acquisition of the Colosimos’ Australian Hotel and Brewery for around $50 million, heralding the group’s plans to invest in the “craft and localised beer market”. Marcello Colosimo and family opened the large-format Australian Hotel and Brewery

SAND HILL RD UNVEIL PLANS FOR THE ESPY

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Sand Hill Road has announced its pending revival of the iconic Hotel Esplanade – The Espy – eyeing a “new cultural destination” for Melbourne and magnificent sunsets over Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne-based pub group Sand Hill Road (SHR) ‘secured’ the

CAXTON ID SCANNER WIN FOR ORIGIN III

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Brisbane’s famous Caxton Hotel has won a victory in common sense over the use of ID scanners on the night of State of Origin III. The Caxton is merely a short block from Suncorp Stadium, where the Maroons will fight

KINSELAS BREAK-IN LEAVES BANDIT SORE AND SORRY

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney’s Kinselas was victim to a criminal mastermind, orchestrating a cunning entry into the Darlinghurst pub and making off with a bag of convenient booty. NSW Police report CCTV footage (below) caught a man around 4am yesterday (10 July) using