Jack Ahern

The war years at Jack Ahern’s Hamilton Hotel

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By MICK ROBERTS © WHEN Jack Ahern took the reins of his first pub at Hamilton, in what is today an affluent riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, he quickly put his stamp on the popular drinking hole. The Hamilton… Read More ›

Hen gets ‘clucky’ on beer

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Here she is, Hilda, the beer-drinking hen: At Jack Ahern’s Hamilton Hotel [Brisbane, Qld] they’ve got hen which drinks beer — and cat which puts hen to bed when it gets ‘clucky’ on grog! “Hilda the Hen’s” penchant for beer… Read More ›

The Plasto method: How to pull a proper beer

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THIS week an American visitor complained of the way beer is served in Sydneyhotels – This week 27 barmaids and barmen employed by a well-known Sydneyhotelkeeper, received with their pay envelopes, instructions on the art of pulling and serving beer…. Read More ›