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This is nonsense they trialled first in Newcastle. Prohibiting the sale of a double shot of spirits in one glass; eventually forbidding the sale of any neat sp
by jclulow 11y ago
This is nonsense they trialled first in Newcastle. Prohibiting the sale of a double shot of spirits in one glass; eventually forbidding the sale of any neat spirits at all.
Want a nip of expensive scotch? Hope it's still good drowned in soft drink.
- rbritton 11y agoIn the US, Utah is very similar. Some places will sell you a "sidecar" shot with a mixed drink, but a lot won't. Hard alcohol is measured electronically to ensure it is exactly one ounce.
- bigtones 11y agoAnd to the article authors point, that is because of religious reasons - in this case the Mormons.
- EdwardDiego 11y agoOh God. I travelled to Newcastle to meet friends and went out on the town on a Friday night. My big mistake was waiting until 10:30pm to depart, because nearly everything was closed or getting ready to close at midnight - Newcastle's "favourite cocktail bar" was unable to make any cocktails. I'm from Christchurch, and we have a better nightlife than Newcastle, and our CBD got smooshed by an earthquake.
- chris_wot 11y agoYour chances of being assaulted in Newcastle before the lockout laws were very high. I doubt you would be having much fun in the Emergency Department, getting stitched up.
- tankenmate 11y agoOf course the heavy handedness of the Star Hotel has been long forgotten; now of course they boil the frog slower, so instead of riots we now have malaise and the brain drain. In the end there will still be loss, but this time it won't be accompanied regeneration. In time Sydney will become a financial / service sector equivalent of Port Kembla unless the ship is turned around.
- girvo 11y agoOther countries, who drink more than us Aussies do and have zero lockout laws don't have the problems we apparently do with violence.
- chris_wot 11y agoWhich countries are you referring to?
- madaxe_again 11y agoI have no info on what effect the licensing changes had, but I can vouch that Newcastle could be genuinely scary on a Saturday night. You haven't lived until you've hidden under a table while pint glass missiles hurtle overhead around a revolving dance floor on a boat on the Tyne.
- nl 11y agoI think that's the other Newcastle. This one is north of Sydney (I guess they are both north of Sydney, but there's a bit of a hike to the one on the Tyne...)
- madaxe_again 11y agoHah - right, yes, I'm talking about the one in England, which apparently has quite a bit in common with its antipodean counterpart.
- chris_wot 11y agoWell... it used to be that way :-)
- toomanybeersies 11y agoHaha, Christchurch nightlife. It's so bad that I'm a uni student there and go to town maybe twice a year. There's about 4 places to go, they're all ages away from each other, and the lines are always really long. The council is also doing its best to kill the nightlife, strongly preferring craft beer pubs over clubs, and trying to bring in a 1 am one way door, 3 am closing policy. Apparently the bloke in charge of liquor licences at the council is teetotal too.
- EdwardDiego 11y agoOh God. I travelled to Newcastle to meet friends and went out on the town on a Friday night. My big mistake was waiting until 10:30pm to depart, because nearly everything was closed or getting ready to close at midnight - Newcastle's "favourite cocktail bar" was unable to make any cocktails. I'm from Christchurch, and we have a better nightlife than Newcastle, and our CBD got smooshed by an earthquake.