AUSSIE PUB PATRONS TO BUILD JACK’S BAR WORLD FIRST
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
YOUNG PEOPLE DRINKING ‘WISER’: EFFIES
The much-lauded campaign to teach adolescents the virtues of wisdom in the consumption of alcohol has done it again, taking two prestigious advertising industry awards for effectiveness. Engineered to get into the heads of 18-24-year-olds and depict “drinking to get
CENTRAL TOWERS TO GO ABOVE HERITAGE AUSTRALIAN HOTEL
Developers Frasers Property and Seksui House are set to proceed with the next stage of the Central Park on Broadway project – on the old Carlton Brewery site, atop the historic Australian “Abercrombie” Hotel. Having purchased the site in 2007,
NEWTOWN PATRONS RUN TO PUB CRAWL
Sydney’s Newtown showed off its ability to eat, drink and rock yesterday, with thousands attending the “King Street Crawl” – without a single incident recorded by police. The brain-child of Matt and Dan Rule – the former operators of the
BAYFIELDS CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER
Bayfield Hotels held its annual liquor industry trade luncheon last week, with guests again showing overwhelming support for the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI). Attendees gathered at the Dee Why Hotel for fundraiser activities and keynote speakers, and brought over $125,000
COURT TRIES ICE-USING HOTEL THUGS
Rockhampton District Court last week tried the case of two ice users that perpetrated a violent, “gratuitous” robbery at the Brunswick Hotel. Dylan Warcon and Travis Anderson were charged with robbery in company and with personal violence after the assaulted
REGULATORS LAUNCH ‘SAFE, VIBRANT INDUSTRY’ STAKEHOLDER EVENTS
The NSW OLGR has announced plans to conduct a series of events to brainstorm a new era of a “safe and vibrant” hotel industry. The Office of Liquor Gaming & Racing (OLGR) has this week kicked off plans for six
LAST DRINKS AT LANSDOWNE’S FINAL GIG
[caption id="attachment_3605" align="alignright" width="443"] DZ deathrays[/caption] One of Sydney’s most famous live music venues will host its ‘Last Call’ mega-gig next weekend. The heritage-listed Lansdowne Hotel, on City Road, off Sydney’s Broadway, announced it will close as a pub, after
40-YEAR PUBLICAN PARTING WITH HIS “CASTLE”
Melbourne career publican Kevin McNamee is parting with his beloved Clare Castle Hotel, after 40 years’ ownership. McNamee has owned the since the 70s, but sold the leasehold business 15 years ago after a quarter-century operating it himself. The current
GARDEN ALE GROWN FROM STONE & WOOD
One of Australia’s ‘down to earth’ brewers has released its Garden Ale – as an alternative to the often over-grown big tastes of craft beers. Byron Bay’s Stone & Wood began in 2008 in the spirit of escaping “working for
