More Feral Beer set to invade Australian taps

Fresh from the party vat after its recent Hottest beer triumph, Feral Brewing Company has released no less than three “new beers to squeal about”. For the third year in a row, Feral’s Hop Hog was recently voted the best

The Plus side of Google

By Grant Shepherd When it comes to the major social networking sites, most businesses only bother with the big two: Facebook and Twitter. This is a reasonable strategy as they are the most popular and therefore your posts or tweets

WHERE’S THE MONEY: Mixed Drinks

By Sacha Delfosse – manager, Luxe Bar, Perth While most pubs and hotels in Australia are not places one would expect to be able to order a Prohibition-era cocktail, or a molecular concoction ‘constructed’ rather than poured, using home-made ingredients,

Superbowl a boon for Americana-hungry patrons

[caption id="attachment_519" align="alignright" width="316"] Manly Wharf Hotel[/caption] Entertainment-focused venues around the country packed in hundreds of patrons on Monday morning as the 49th Superbowl pulled record crowds around the world. Ben May’s Manly Wharf Hotel put on a Superbowl party

2015 pub market starts hot with another Iris Group purchase

The Sydney pub market has jumped into 2015, with several quick sales including yet another Iris Group purchase – Riverwood’s Napoleons Hotel. In the Western gaming heartland, Napoleons is the latest of a string of acquisitions for the rapidly growing

Should we save the Jolly Frogs?

For the past few years, Windsor’s Jolly Frog has been a dormant eye-sore on the Hawkesbury landscape – its heydays of hosting the likes of AC/DC, Cold Chisel and INXS long quiet. After a couple of years it seems one

Breaking news: More craft beers for hipsters

Mark Leonard, veteran Australian filmmaker and avid critique of any given thing at Sydney’s Harold Park Hotel, has invested a moment’s talent into collating a list of the hippest and trendiest taste sensations dreamed up in brewing laboratories for socially

Hotelier charges up Inca Trek for charity

Brisbane entrepreneur and hotel legend Jason Titman, has taken on a challenge to walk the Inca Trek to raise money for the Mater Hospital. Former operator of successful Queensland venues including the Chalk Hotel, Regatta, Hotel LA, Scarborough and most

Bendigo’s Metropolitan Hotel is back in town

One of Bendigo’s most historic pubs is going back to its roots to better capitalise on the trade it is missing in the thriving Victorian town. After 12 years owning the Metropolitan, aka Pugg Mahone’s Irish Pub, Andrew Lethlean says it’s