From pint and long sleever, to pot, middy and schooner By MICK ROBERTS © THE ‘long sleever’ was an impressive looking beer glass that stood 45cm high and held an Imperial pint, or 20 fluid ounces. In colonial times, when… Read More ›
Tasmania hotels
Sydney’s blind publican
By MICK ROBERTS © WHEN returned serviceman John William Wall applied to become a publican at the age of 42, the Licensing Magistrate had some misgivings, doubting his ability. Wall was blind, and the magistrate was unsure he would be… Read More ›
Beer drums on trial
THE Cascade Brewery Co. Ltd. has imported three trial steel drums, now being used on the Mainland for bulk beer. The brewery is investigating how they stand up to cartage, and whether they affect the flavour of beer. The steel… Read More ›
Bridge Hotel, Pontville
DEMOLITION OF OLD BRIDGE HOTEL AT PONTVILLE WORK BEGUN – Acquired by the Government for £270, this ancient hostelry, on the northern side of Pontville Bridge, on the Hobart-Launceston main road, known as the Bridge Hotel, over a century old,… Read More ›
Shipping beer to Tassie
PLENTY OF BEER HERE: Bottled beer in cases and bulk beer in barrels being loaded into the hold of the Kowhai at North Wharf, for shipment to the west coast of Tasmania. – The Melbourne Herald Tuesday 3 February 1948
The pubs and brothels of Hobart’s Watchorn Street
A TASMANIAN lane that links Liverpool and Bathurst Streets, Hobart has a notorious history that many who wander up and down its narrow thoroughfare would be surprised to learn. Watchorn Street looks fairly tame these days, with its mostly full car… Read More ›
Club Hotel, Burnie
A POPULAR INNOVATION Much interest attached to the opening of a “beer garden” at the Club Hotel, Burnie (Tasmania) on Saturday evening, because it was the first time the idea, which has proved popular on the mainland, had been tried… Read More ›
Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
THE Cascade Brewery Co. Ltd. has imported three trial steel drums, now being used on the Mainland for bulk beer. The brewery is investigating how they stand up to cartage, and whether they affect the flavour of beer. The steel… Read More ›
Tassie’s mushroom pub at Jericho
Its walls collapsing and roof gone, this historic hotel on the Midlands Highway, near Jericho, is disappearing fast. Alongside it are the ruined stables where generations ago coach horses were changed. The building has been vacant for two years. Since then it… Read More ›