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
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 ›
The Crown is the survivor of Pontville’s two pubs
PONTVILLE once had two pubs, the Crown and the Bridge, to service the thirsts of the old Tasmanian garrison town, where convicts built an impressive sandstone bridge over the Jordan River. The Bridge Hotel traded on the northern side of… 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
By MICK ROBERTS © NOT many would be aware of the notorious history of an anassuming lane, linking Liverpool and Bathurst Streets, in Hobart. Watchorn Street looks fairly tame these days, with its busy car park, a coffee shop, and a… 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 ›
The publican who turned back time: Launceston’s National Hotel
The publican who tampered with time By MICK ROBERTS © NEXT time you stay to stumps at your local pub, don’t always trust that clock behind the bar when you’re told to drink-up – it may be a little fast…. Read More ›