QUINN LOOKS NORTH TO BEER ARCHIVE
AusHotels has divested its long-held and revolutionary Archive Beer Boutique to an acquisitive Quinn Hotels, as Jackson Quinn heads north. Archive Beer Boutique (ABB) is a multi-level watering hole in Brisbane’s West End that has become renowned as a craft
THINGS TO COME – AT THE STAR HOTEL
Newcastle legend and propagator of riots, the Star Hotel, is up for sale as its caretakers move on. Occupying a corner of Hunter Street in Newcastle West, fronting King Street, the famous pub was built in 1885, and remodelled in
POLICE SEEK PUBLIC HELP IN MULTIPLE PUB CRIMES
Police have appealed for information from the public on several incidents of violence and robbery in pubs in New South Wales and South Australia. Around 1am Wednesday (1 February), a man armed with a machete entered the gaming room of
CROWN HOTEL PLAY UP ON RECEIVER SALE
Parramatta’s high-profile Crown Hotel and property have hit the market as receivers take control of the company that bought them from Iris for $50 million. PwC has been appointed as receivers and managers, and today the listing was announced of
CHARTER HALL STILL PUSHING PUB INVESTMENT
Charter Hall has demonstrated its continued penchant for ALH pubs, paying $57 million for the Highbury Hotel and Village Tavern in Adelaide. The hotels are centred in the capital’s northern suburbs, Highbury about 14 kilometres north-east of the CBD, the
CLUBS CEO SACKED OVER COMMENTS ON PERROTTET
The face and CEO of ClubsNSW, Josh Landis, has been stood down by the board in a sudden reaction to a comment the Association boss made on the Premier’s possible motives for pushing gaming reform. The chain of events began
ANCIENT BRITON MARCHES ON
Glebe's Ancient Briton is poised for new life, as the Seeto family relinquish the inner west pub in an appropriately animated January. Known as The AB, the multi-level pub occupies a 481sqm block on the corner of Glebe Point Road
BEER TAX RISING AGAIN, AS INFLATION EASES
The twice-annual beer excise is set to ratchet up again this week, finding continued cries for leniency as Australia clocks undesirably high inflation and marks the biggest annual beer tax increase in decades. The excise duty is the tax per
AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST BEERS FOR 2023
As has become the tradition, the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular's (GABS) Hottest 100 list was announced over the weekend, this year crowning a newcomer to the competition. The GABS Hottest 100 is released late January, following Australia Day, celebrating the
MANTLE GROUP ACCUSED OF MORE STAFF MISTREATMENT
Godfrey Mantle’s hospitality group is back in the headlines over treatment of staff – accused of leveraging hundreds of casuals into a new agreement avoiding penalty rates. The Mantle Group operates pubs in Brisbane and Sydney, such as the Pig