Entries close this Friday for the 2016 Sydney Royal Beer & Cider Festival, set to be another record year and extension of the “fantastic flavours” inspiring the judges. Judging for this year’s entries will be performed by an austere line-up of olfactory prowess, led by Institute of Beer director Neal Cameron, who looks forward to […]
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One of Sydney’s best loved and oldest pubs has celebrated its 175th birthday, and legacy as a brewer of craft ales. The Lord Nelson is said to be the oldest continuously licensed hotel in Sydney, built by pardoned convict made liquor baron William Wells as an extension of his residence, and named by him after
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As Sydney languishes under the weight of lockouts and trade restrictions, Diageo recently assembled a brains trust to discuss the city’s revival and plans for moving forward. The world’s largest drinks manufacturer has an unrivalled perspective on alcohol consumption and societal trends, and emphasized the fact that populations around the world have been drinking ‘less
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The inaugural Licensee Super Forum was held yesterday in Melbourne, bringing key industry stakeholders and professionals together to discuss furthering the city’s success. Around 320 people gathered at the heart of the southern capital, Melbourne’s Town Hall – the site of countless historic moments and performances over the past 135 years, including debate on Australia’s
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The 2016 Great Australian Beer (& Cider) SpecTAPular will take place this month, with the obligatory expanded line-up of events set to entertain Melbourne and Sydney beer lovers. Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Hall will host GABS 20-21 May and the Australian Technology Park will host Sydney’s GABS 27-28 May. Tickets are on sale for both, offering
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The 2016 Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) will take place in August, and reflecting the cutting edge technology of the show, a shiny new updated AGE App will further improve the visitor experience. It’s less than four months until the latest and greatest AGE, and owners of the event, the Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) report preparation
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The Blackwood Hotel, just north of the Lerderderg State Forest, is conducting investigations into activity on the premises involving spirits of inhabitants past. Owners Michael Boyd and Darren Lynch took over the old pub just over a year ago, and are convinced there are ghosts at the Blackwood. “There’s definitely an energy here,” Boyd told
The baker’s dozen that make up Maryborough’s PubFest pub crawl are on track to reclaim the world record. The Queensland township of Maryborough is just south of Hervey Bay, inland of Fraser Island. It became the original holder of the Guinness Book of World Records listing for the most participants in an organised ‘pub crawl’.
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Australia’s most German of bier houses is throwing a month-long party to celebrate 500 years of the revered Bavarian “Purity” Law, with brand new and very old craft beers. The fun-loving bier barns of Europe are a stark contrast to the serious approach of the Germans to brewing beer that five centuries ago saw laws
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After years of preparation, The Fox Hotel and Aria Property are hosting the inaugural Fish Lane Festival to showcase the stars of Brisbane’s hottest new ‘laneway’ dining precinct. The Fox underwent an extensive renovation in 2014, repositioning itself from ‘party pub’ to community hub, with a greater focus on the function market and a range
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