DISNEY PUB CRAWL ATTRACTS WARNING FROM AUTHORITIES

A Disney-themed dress-up pub crawl set to take place next month in Dublin has been criticised by the venerable Alcohol Action Ireland as … “strange”. The themed pub crawl – which is in no way endorsed by the Disney corporation

HOTEL LIQUOR STABLE AS DAN’S DOMINANCE GROWS

Take-away liquor in Australia is increasingly dominated by the big-box discounters at the expense of hotels, which now represent only one in eight sales. The latest purchasing data from Roy Morgan puts the value of the Australian off-premise alcohol market

NEW FLINDERS HOTEL OPENS TO REVISED SYDNEY MARKET

Looking to the future, long-standing Sydney local the Flinders Hotel has reopened to a new environment in a new year. Located on Flinders Street, close to gay-central Taylor Square and just inside the wet-blanket lockout zone, the Flinders has had

PADDO PUB CELEBRITY CHEF FASSNIDGE BACK IN BANKSIA

Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge is back in the pub game, steering the pots at the reinvented Banksia Hotel’s ‘Banksia Bistro’. Fassnidge departed his iconic gastro pub the Four in Hand after its sale in late 2015 to Mitchell Waugh’s Public

BAYFIELDS PUBS RUBY ANNIVERSARY REPUTE

The Bayfield family is celebrating its 40th anniversary in pubs, keeping up business as usual, fighting cancer and brewing ale. On 27 March this year it will be 40 years since the family took possession of the Dee Why Hotel,

SUGAR CAPITAL KALAMIA HOTEL TO MARKET

The refurbished Kalamia Hotel is on the market, in Australia’s sugarcane capital in north Queensland. Ayr is located about 90 kilometres’ south-east of Townsville, part of the Burdekin Shire, which produces the most sugarcane per square kilometre in the country.

BUDWEISER RELEGATED TO MARS

American brewing giant Budweiser recently discussed brewing on Mars at a conference in Texas, but there are more challenges than you might think – as Aussie brewers already figured out. The South By Southwest Conference took place in Austin, Texas,

COOPERS APOLOGY MAY BE TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Coopers opened a hornets’ nest with its acknowledgement of the Bible Society’s 200th birthday – but now apologises profusely for offending liberal-minded citizens in favour of marriage equality. By offering to commemorate the charitable Society’s bi-centennial with a congratulatory message