Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

BALMAIN PUB GROUP BUYS BALMAIN’S TOWN HALL

Posted on February 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Further staking its claim to being the Balmain Pub Group, Nick Wills’ company has bought Balmain’s Town Hall. Still mourning parting with his beloved Riverview Hotel, Wills told PubTIC the Town Hall Hotel fits perfectly with their plans for conquest.

LAUNDYS BUY ON CENTRAL COAST

Posted on February 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

In a further display of market diversity, Laundy Group has purchased an idyllic and “real value” hotel on the NSW Central Coast. Growing its existing regional portfolio, which already includes pubs in Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Orange and most recently Long

SHORTS TAKE BEER CRAFT TO NORTH COAST LOCALS

Posted on February 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

The Short Group is taking its city-side experience with beer festivals to the NSW North Coast, with the inaugural Crafts on the Coast event taking place at the Seabreeze Beach Hotel Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March. [caption id="attachment_5060" align="aligncenter"

MACHETE BANDITS HIT SECOND INNER WEST SYDNEY PUB

Posted on February 10th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Police in Sydney’s inner west are investigating the latest in late-night pub robberies involving four men, armed with machetes and axes. Ashfield Police confirmed to PubTIC they are investigating a connection between the robbery last night at a pub in

MASSIVE SUPERBOWL TURNOUT AS AUSSIE PUBS TUNE IN

Posted on February 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Superbowl 50 took place in San Francisco today and packed pubs across the country, as Americana hospitality continues to infiltrate popular culture in Australia. Big screens in every state simulcast the American grand final live from the USA, attracting fans

NEW LICENCE BAN CONTINUES AS NSW GOVT PONDERS LOCKOUTS

Posted on February 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

The NSW Government has announced it will continue a freeze on new licences in Sydney’s CBD and Kings Cross, ahead of the review it will begin this month into Sydney’s controversial and increasingly unpopular ‘lockout’ laws. [caption id="attachment_5017" align="alignright" width="200"]

BIG DREAMS FOR NEW OWNERS OF HISTORIC SMALL-TOWN PUB

Posted on February 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

In the true spirit of community, a determined family of patrons have banded together to save their local pub – by buying it. As the weary owners of the almost one-hundred-year-old Bolgart Hotel seek a graceful retirement from the rigours

PUB GLASSING PERPETRATOR SLAPPED WITH INTENT

Posted on February 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

A man has been charged with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after glassing another patron at a Newtown hotel on Wednesday evening. NSW Police reported that two men became involved in an altercation in the beer

DELUXE BEER PUBS TOASTING RISE OF SECTOR ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Posted on February 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

Albury-grown group Armada Hospitality continues expansion of its successful boutique beer pubs, and has launched a competition to bolster its motto of: great beer – whatever the source. The Beer DeLuxe chain began in Melbourne’s Federation Square in 2012, as

LUNATIC HOTEL PASSES THROUGH NRL PLAYER TO NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Posted on February 5th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney

The crazy tale of husband and wife hoteliers badgered out of business has ended with “new blood” courtesy of a helping hand from karma and some NRL players. [caption id="attachment_2714" align="alignright" width="306"] Bob and Desley Kane[/caption] After more than a