Plough Inn publican Dave Argus first Qld pub owner to install big tanks to store beer
GETTING TANKED
BRISBANE’S historic Plough Inn is making history once again.
The South Bank pub has become the first watering hole in Queensland to install tanks to supply 1500 litres of beer straight from the brewery to thirsty customers.
Big trucks are expected to pull up at 6.30am Thursday to unload their refrigerated cargo of Carlton Draught into four 250-litre copper tanks in the beer garden and a 500-litre tank in the sports bar.
Publican Dave Argus said the unpasteurised brew, which helps avoid those nasty hangovers, will be ready to dispense by noon.
“It’s the purest beer you can get,’’ he said.
Argus has spent about six months working on the design and installation following a Carlton-sponsored study trip to Melbourne, where the tanks are now apparently in vogue.
“It’s just gone off. It’s really successful down there,’’ he said.
Carlton Draught may be the nation’s oldest beer (it turned 150 last year) but the amber fluid in the tanks only has a shelf life of about two to three weeks.
Sounds like happy hour to your diarist!
A SPOT OF BOTHER
FORMERLY bankrupt Gold Coast property developer Graham Spottiswood looks as if he could be in a bit of strife again.
City Beat spies report that an irate marketing mob will go to court this week in an attempt to chase up allegedly unpaid bills.
Spottiswood emerged from bankruptcy in November and is now working with his son, Andrew, flogging a Nerang townhouse project.
He went bust back in 2010 with debts of nearly $25 million after failing to honour a series of personal guarantees.
Before it all went pear-shaped, Spottiswood spent a fortune on a three-level waterfront mansion at Southport.
He later knocked back an offer to offload the home for $24 million before the GFC, only to have receivers sell it under the hammer in early 2013 for just $9.8 million.
Spottiswood did not return a callsy.
LYNCH ON THE MOVE
PROMINENT Brisbane architect and urban planner Bevan Lynch has been trying to sell his Hamilton Hill property for two years.
Now on his third real estate agency, he hopes to get a few offers when expressions of interest close on Monday.
Lynch bought the Eldernell Terrace property nearly 20 years ago and tipped a bucket load of dough into the home, which has a 2500-bottle wine cellar and fantastic city views.
The usual empty-nest syndrome has prompted a planned shift to a Teneriffe unit.
A real estate agent got a bit twitchy on Thursday when asked about a selling price but Lynch had no such reluctance, noting that market watchers have bandied around figures of between $4 million and $5 million.
That makes sense, given the latest valuations show the land alone is worth $2.1 million.
QUEENSLAND RULES
BANK of Queensland boss Jon Sutton thinks the Sunshine State has one more reason to attract new residents from down south: our prowess on the sporting field.
“With Queensland’s continued domination of the NRL and State of Origin we expect to see an increase in NSW residents moving to Queensland so their kids can learn how to play better footy,” he told a results briefing on Thursday.
Source: The Courier Mail, Anthony Marx, 9th October 2015
Originally published as: Plough Inn publican Dave Argus first Qld pub owner to install big tanks to store beer
