Jane Louise, Author at PubTIC

HOP TO IT: INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY IS NEARLY HERE

Posted on July 25th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Don’t lose your head, International Beer Day is almost here. Celebrated on the first Friday of every August, this year it will fall on 1 August. It was founded in California in 2007 and quickly grew from a local event

PUB’S LEASE BATTLE HEATS UP

Posted on July 21st, 2025 by Jane Louise

For almost two decades, Andrew Watson and his family have cultivated a strong community at The Hobson Stores, in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham. Originally built in 1911 as a haberdashery, the building has been the home to many businesses,

PITCH AND WICKET BRINGS BRITAIN TO THE BEACH

Posted on July 18th, 2025 by Jane Louise

A brand-new pub has arrived in Queensland’s Whitsundays, offering something old-school different to stand out from the pack. Hospitality veterans Roger Hunter (previously at Paddy’s Shenanigans), Ivan Lonsdale (Magnums) and Matt Bayford saw a gap in the market and leapt

SOUTHERN HOTEL TAPS SUN FOR POWER BOOST

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Toowoomba’s Southern Hotel plans to expand facilities and go solar, with a whopping six hundred and twenty nine new power-generating panels. The pub lodged a “minor change” with its local council to erect five solar shade structures. These will cover

STAND UP SPARKS MONDAY REVIVAL

Posted on July 14th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Australia’s last remaining pub theatre, the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney’s Wooloomooloo, now has another string to its bow thanks to support from the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner’s Live Performance Venue Grant Program. Due to this program, Monday

AMPS TO ALES: GUITAR MAKER TUNES INTO PUBS

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Jane Louise

A live music venue is looking to become a pub, planning food and drinks and to even add its own brewery to the mix. Sunshine Coast venue Norton Music Factory started out in 2012 as a custom guitar shop, later

HISTORIC NIGHT AT ORBOST CLUB HOTEL

Posted on July 9th, 2025 by Jane Louise

History was made last month when the Orbost Club Hotel turned over its old bottleshop to the inaugural Snowy River Country Music Festival. Showcasing only local talent from across Victoria’s Gippsland, the festival was a collaboration between the hotel and

ALH’S IMPERIAL HOTEL TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE

Posted on July 4th, 2025 by Jane Louise

Australian Leisure and Hospitality’s Imperial Hotel, in south-east Queensland, will permanently close this September in favour of a railway upgrade, ahead of the 2032 Olympic games. Located in Beenleigh, 35 kilometres south of Brisbane, the two-level Imperial resides on a

UNDERWOOD LOCAL UNVEILS EXTENSIVE REVAMP

Posted on July 2nd, 2025 by Jane Louise

Australian Venue Co has recently reopened Queensland’s Hotel HQ after extensive renovations. The much-loved Underwoood local has had every space redesigned, to enhance the comfort and experience of both its regulars and newcomers alike. The pub now boasts a spacious