ALE Property Group (ASX:LEP) is the owner of Australia's largest portfolio of freehold pub properties. Established in November 2003, ALE owns a portfolio of around 86 pub properties across the five mainland states of Australia. All of the properties are leased to Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Limited (ALH) for an average initial term of around a further 9 years. ALH is owned by a joint venture (ALH Group); 75% is controlled by Woolworths Limited, Australia's leading retailer and the remaining 25% by one of Australia's leading hoteliers, the Bruce Mathieson Group (BMG). ALH Group, through its ownership of MGW, BMG and Taverner is Australia's leading pub operator. Woolworths is Australia's leading liquor retailer. Its operations include Dan Murphys and BWS.