SHORT & O’HARA SNATCH TOORMINA FOR $10m
Old mates Marty Short and Sean O’Hara have signed for the Toormina Hotel in Coffs Harbour as coastal pubs keep surfacing in a hot market. Toormina, a southern suburb of mid north coast hub Coffs Harbour, borders seaside playground Sawtell.
MUSIC STREAMING GROWING IN PUBS
Australian venue music-streaming service QSIC continues its rapid growth into the pub industry, celebrating another project at the new high-profile Garden State Hotel. [caption id="attachment_6960" align="alignright" width="309"] Nick Larkins & Matt Elsley[/caption] The company began live steaming mid-2014, evolving out
LITTLE PRINCE CROWNED SMALLEST PUB
While UK pubs continue to close at the rate of around 30 per week, one new public house is doing its tiny share for the people of Kent. Recently claiming the crown of Britain’s smallest watering hole, the Little Prince
McPHEES RIDE WAVE OF COASTAL PUB LISTINGS
Continuing the 2016 run on coastal pub properties, the County Club Hotel is for sale, with pundits expecting another example of sea-change investment by a savvy metro operator. After nearly 30 years’ ownership, the family company of logistic magnate Jay
4 PINES TO OPEN 3 VENUES
Loyal to its roots, 4 Pines beers is opening three new beer-based venues on Sydney’s northern beaches, showcasing its passion for “purity” and produce. In coming months, the very Manly brewer is expanding upon its existing brew-pub and Brookvale Truck
BEER SURVEY OFFERS INSIGHT TO PUBS AND PROPRIETORS
Consumer research has reached inside Australia’s legion of craft beer drinkers, with important results for licensees. The Sydney-based Beer Cartel is a distributor of over 1,100 craft beers from around the world, providing tasting rooms and beer clubs, and distribution
SURRY HILLS CRAFT BEER ROYALTY COMES TO MARKET
As strong market conditions continue to drive sales and purchases of prized pubs, craft beer mecca the Royal Albert is up for grabs. Located in the heart of Sydney fringe Surry Hills, near Central Station, the hotel embodies the beer
PINK PANTHER PUB (AND ZOO) FOR SALE
A landmark Stuart Highway pub is on the market – complete with giant stubby of NT Draught, pensive Pink Panther and its own zoo. Barry Sharpe is the 74-year-old publican of the Larrimah Wayside Inn, around 500 kilometres south-east of
IS THAT A TURKEY IN YOUR PANTS, OR …
An opportunistic thief was sprung in the act in ALH’s Vale Hotel, prompting threats with a handy steak knife and escape with a Wild Turkey down his pants. The would-be thief was seen trying to get into the cash register
BEAM BLACK AND KNOB CREEK CROWNED WORLD’S BEST
Beam Suntory premium whiskies Jim Beam Black and Knob Creek Rye have each taken Trophy honours at the 2016 International Wine & Spirit Competition, in London. The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) has been operating for 47 years, and
