As a locally owned independent hotel group, the team at Sunshine Coast Hotels pride ourselves on buying the freshest produce available from local suppliers.

This summer, we are very excited to be adding two fantastic new local companies to the Brightwater Hotel kitchen.

The Green Shed is a small farm located in Palmwoods, where Sharon Koski and her family grow the most brilliant micro herbs, miniature leaves, edible flowers, shoots and baby vegetables.
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Reuben Jennings and his family proudly operate Kingfisher Meadow Farm, also based in Palmwoods. This season, Reuben supplies us with 5 different lettuce varieties for our salad mix which is picked before sunrise and delivered the very same day.

​Both farms use only organic fertiliser and no herbicides or pesticides.

​Our steak cuts on the summer menu have been hand selected to demonstrate a range of the very best quality of premium Australian beef.  Either grain or grass fed, all of our beef is aged for a minimum of 42 days, MSA standard, genetically modified free and hormone free.
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Our wine list has been expanded this season and has been selected by our panel of four wine lovers who are tasked to identify the best drinking wines of the current vintage which deliver our customers real value for money.

We hope you enjoy our new menus, you can view them here.

Brightwater Hotel wishes to thank everyone who joined us for Melbourne Cup Day and especially everyone who bought Raffle tickets on the day.

We are pleased to announce that your very kind donations raised an amount of $1,050 for our local school, Brightwater State School.

Our General Manager, Elise Gardner, presented Connor, the President of Brightwater State School P&C, with a cheque for this amount this afternoon.

Thanks very much and we hope to see you soon.

Former Bluetongue CEO and Head of Brewing have launched a new brand, QuickDraw.

100% Australian owned and brewed, they have produced 2 brews - Lager and Pale Ale.  The brews are recipes of Master Brewer, Bruce Peachey, one of only 3 master brewers in Australia!

Brightwater Hotel is one of only 3 Sunshine Coast Hotels with this beer on tap so head on down and try today.
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The Pale Ale has been created as a lighter-bodied and also highly drinkable Australian style, but also using American hops to give this Pale a subtle citrus flavour.

The beer is brewed using a combination of hops, Australian Pride of Ringwood hops for smooth bitterness and American Citra for flavour and aroma.  It is medium bittered at around 20BU.  This bitterness is balanced with malt sweetness through the use of a combination of all Australian malts married with the selection of hops.  Some caramel wheat malt has been used for smoothness and also to enhance the beers foam.

It is medium amber in colour with a dense foam that exhibits some cling in the glass.  This Pale Ale has a crisp, clean finish, lingering flavour and is very refreshing and a great match with seafood!

4.5% ABV.

We are very pleased to announce that we have been successful in being selected as Finalists in this year's Sunshine Coast Business and Tourism Awards.

Brightwater Hotel was the 2015 winner of the Food & Beverage Award and we have once again been selected as a Finalist in this category for 2016, along with our sister venue, Parklands Tavern.

Brightwater Hotel has also been selected as a Finalist under the Excellence Awards for 'Customer Service'.

Our Group Operations Manager, Dave Newbury, has been selected as a Finalist in the Individual Awards for 'Employee of the Year'.

​The 2016 Awards program is an exciting mix of awards which represents the way business is conducted in the region, including business sector awards, tourism sector awards, excellence awards for key aspects of business performance, an overall business of the year, individual awards and the prestigious Hall of Fame.

Winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner on Saturday 5 November 2016.

More information can be found at https://sunshinecoastbusinessawards.com.au/2016-finalists