Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

“OUR BEST YET” – HEMMES REVEALS BIG PLANS FOR NEWPORT ARMS

Posted on April 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Set to take over the Newport Arms in late May, Justin Hemmes revealed some of the plans he hopes will make the Northern Beaches icon Merivale’s greatest achievement to date. Conscious of the gravity of tinkering with one of Sydney’s

KARMA KEGS FOR NEPAL ROLL OUT OF 16 SOLOTEL PUBS

Posted on April 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Hospitality group Solotel and beer giant Carlton & United Breweries are hosting a series of fundraisers to send money and clothing, after the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on the weekend. The quake created a lot of innocent

HISTORIC KATOOMBA HOTEL OPENING BOUTIQUE BREWERY

Posted on April 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

[caption id="attachment_2172" align="alignright" width="452"] Carrington Hotel, Katoomba. Image courtesy NSW State Library[/caption] The magnificent Carrington Hotel in Katoomba has won a hard-fought battle to transform part of its heritage structure into a micro-brewery and “major tourist attraction”. Built in 1882

COURT FINES MAN FOR FAILING TO LEAVE PUB

Posted on April 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

On Monday Orange Local Court fined a man $1300 over his drunken behaviour and failure to leave a local hotel. Mechanic Benjamin Gray was asked by staff to leave the hotel in the early hours of 4 April, but argued

AHA PLUGS PUBS IN BIG NSW AD CAMPAIGN

Posted on April 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

The AHA NSW has launched a widespread campaign to remind people of the community depth and significance of the Aussie pub. Launched last night, four 30-second TVCs began on State-wide television, followed up this morning by pre-recorded ads and live

HOTELS TO HELP SPINAL CORD FUNDRAISING

Posted on April 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

[caption id="attachment_2098" align="alignright" width="378"] Neil Sachse with his fateful AFL jersey[/caption] Former footballer now lifelong wheelchair user Neil Sachse is launching ‘Project Discovery’ to raise money for ground-breaking spinal cord treatment. Forty years ago Sachse suffered an injury in just

RAW GROUP GOES COMMERCIAL WITH PURCHASE OF IPG PUB

Posted on April 27th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Independent Pub Group has completed its strategic exit from Queensland, selling the last of its hotels in that State to the up and coming Raw Group. The Commercial Hotel Nambour was the seventh and final asset sell-off for IPG, with

VIOLENCE RATES HALVED AMID LIQUOR ACCORD ‘SCHOOLS’ PROGRAM

Posted on April 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

More reports have surfaced on impressive drops in rates of violence due to cooperation between venues and police. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) statistics show Sydney North precincts of North Sydney and Mosman experienced only 35 incidents

PUB FIGHT SEES MAN JAILED FOR 6 MONTHS

Posted on April 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Warrnambool Magistrate’s Court this week handed down sentence to a man who wounded four people in a fight but was too drunk to remember. On November 28 last year Andrew John Zibell reportedly drank a “slab of beer” before going