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Pub would have to charge $20 a beer to survive. It’s closing instead

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A cost crunch has killed the Carringbush Hotel.

The inner Melbourne watering hole will close its doors on Sunday at 10pm as the business succumbs to soaring expenses that co-owner Liam Matthews says are hitting pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes especially hard.

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Gus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com

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