One of the biggest trading days of the year approaches, and hotels around the country are gearing up to make the most of Australian pride and the tradition of a beer in the pub. The competition to attract fun-seeking Aussie revellers on their National day sees innovative venues market an incredible variety of Australiana, food, […]
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As Australia counts down to the ‘race that stops a nation’, venues count down to one of the year’s busiest days, with pack-leading promotions set to take place throughout the country. One of the cheekiest, Nick Wills’ Balmain Pub Group is running “Horse Lotto” this year at the Greenwood Hotel, in North Sydney. A proven
The pride of Moreton Bay kicked up its heels recently, with an all-bucking rodeo for an all-day family entertainment event. Open just five months, the Sandstone Point Hotel has already stunned the critics, dominating the recent QHA Awards for Excellence as it took: Best New Hotel, a new category for 2015 – Best Outdoor/Non-enclosed Facility,
The beer boffins behind Sydney Craft Beer Week have released the line-up of events, offering everything from ‘Caribbean cook-ups’ to ‘Beer & Clam’ nights with Two Birds. October 17 – 25 will see a smorgasbord of events, offering the beer-curious public many opportunities to sip and mingle with hop stars, amid entertainment and tasty treats.
The Australian Heritage Hotel is gearing up for its 11th Annual Australian Beer Festival, showcasing 130 home-grown brews to the craft-thirsty public. The original home of craft beer, the Australian Heritage in The Rocks specialises in Australian beers, ciders and wines, and this year’s festival – taking place 16-18 October – puts crafted brews and
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Despite no NSW teams in this year’s Grand Finals, pubs around the country report a massive footy-soaked October long weekend. Few embraced the opportunity more than the new owners of the freshly refurbished Cauliflower Hotel, in the heart of southern Sydney. Open just two months, Pippi and Justin Drew threw a combined Footy Finals and
Solotel’s The Bank held the semi-final of its popular “Whichcraft” beer events, with three finalists to battle for the title during the upcoming Sydney Craft Beer Week. Held in the craft beer haven Uncle Hops, which has occupied The Bank’s back room for the past year, the events pit three breweries against each other in
Twenty-one years ago Broken Hill came into the spotlight as a film about three drag queens put it on the LGBTI map. Priscilla, Queens of the Desert, is about two drag queens and a transsexual that convert an old bus into their transport to a stage show in Alice Springs. En route, they pass through
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Pub backbar staple Jack Daniel’s is celebrating ‘the man’s’ birthday with a crafty promotion to have patrons build brand engagement – and a “Bar that Jack Built”. The world-first totally crowd-sourced bar, built on-tour throughout the promotion, is the 2015 instalment of traditional birthday party “in honour of the legendary craftsman”, whose unrecorded birthday is
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Redcape’s Willoughby Hotel will host its latest Craft Beer Fair next week, continuing the success of its “community engagement”. Back for a fifth year, the Fair has grown considerably, with live performances, unique gourmet food, competitions and kids’ entertainment to fill the Macmahon Street block outside the Hotel. Licensee John McGurk told PubTIC the event
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