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Elwyn and Russel Scott and their daughter Lisa Butcher at the opening of the Whistling Sisters Brewery which is the only hospitality business the Scotts will keep running to raise funds for secondary breast cancer in memory of their daughter, Karen Hunter.
Veteran Wellington publican Russel Scott is bowing out, almost completely, from of a lifelong business career in the brewing and hospitality industry. Scott, in his 73rd year, founded some of the capital’s best known and loved pub businesses like The Backbencher and Flanagans started by him and other ex-Lion Breweries staffers. Scott has agreed to sell three well-known businesses in Featherston St to sharemarket listed company Good Spirits Hospitality (GSH) for $3.4 million plus stock on hand of $75,000.
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 11:15 am
Unusual brews made with seafood, foraged botanicals and
barrel-aged ales are just some of the entries vying to win a
new city-wide beer competition.
Eleven
Wellington-based brewers will take part in the inaugural
Rare Beer Challenge next month to raise awareness of the
300,000 New Zealanders living with a rare disorder for Rare
Disease Day 2021.
“Inspired by the great work of
Rare Disorders NZ, Fortune Favours has challenged other
Wellington brewers to create their own unique brew to
showcase less common techniques and flavours,” says
Shannon Thorpe, founder of Fortune Favours brewery.
In
2020 Fortune Favours brewery and Rare Disorders NZ (RDNZ)
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