Clyde Mooney

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FIRE SCORCHES POST OFFICE TURNED PUB

Posted on November 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A fire has destroyed a level of a Fiztroy pub, but early reports are it will be back. The fire, on Saturday morning, reportedly started in the Pinnacle Hotel’s lower-ground level, with a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade suggesting

NEW CRAFT BEER PISSES OFF LGBTI COMMUNITY

Posted on November 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Acclaimed Scottish craft brewery BrewDog may have missed the market with a new beer engineered to sympathise with and appeal to the transgender community. Last week it released its ‘No Label’ Kolsch, citing its use of a variety of hops

BIG CAMPAIGN TO SHOP SMALL GOOD FOR PUB LOCALS

Posted on November 6th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The month of November will see a large-scale national campaign by American Express, educating and enticing consumers to ‘Shop Small’ and support their local businesses. The promotion will see extensive advertising coverage, citing the Economy of Shopping Small Report to

LION ‘TRUTH’ CAMPAIGN EDUCATING PATRONS ON BEER

Posted on November 6th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Lion continues to combat negative public perceptions around beer, with stage two of its ‘Beautiful Truth’ campaign focused on the absence of sugar and preservatives. It results from Galaxy research that showed 70 per cent of Australians want to know

QUEENSLAND HERITAGE-LISTED PUB DESTROYED IN FIRE

Posted on November 6th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Gatton’s heritage-listed Imperial Hotel was destroyed by a fire on Wednesday night, with the cause of the blaze still unknown. [caption id="attachment_4208" align="alignright" width="400"] Image: Publocation[/caption] The Hotel, in the Queensland town of Gatton, around 90 km west of Brisbane,

SURPRISE PADDINGTON EXIT SEES OPPORTUNITY HIT MARKET

Posted on November 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Another in a procession of prime Paddington pubs has hit the market, just six months after the freehold sold for over $7 million. A change in direction for Lance Burrowes and partners – operators LJB Hotels – has resulted in

DEVELOPER “HUNGER” DRIVES BIG PRICE FOR BRIDIE’S

Posted on November 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Popular Melbourne franchise pub Bridie O’Reilly’s has sold to a local developer in a prime location example of opportunity sales taking place in the capital cities. Freehold owner John Connellan developed the business for the Bridie O’Reilly’s group nearly two

FUTURE ‘ROSIE’ FOR NEW SYDNEY DISTILLERY

Posted on November 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Building upon the success of so many craft breweries, Sydney’s first distillery in over a century has opened, and already picked up two top international awards. Intended as a distillery, attached to a trendy place to drink and learn about

CLASSIC QUEENSLANDER RESTORED AS COMMUNITY HUB

Posted on November 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_4191" align="alignright" width="384"] Image: GDay Pubs[/caption] The century-old Globe Hotel has been revived at the hands of a multi-million renovation, as a hub of the town of Barcaldine. Last Thursday the central-west Queensland town, around 600 kilometres inland from