Now that the weather has packed in, it's time to think of indoor pursuits rather than simply lazing the day away in the garden or at the beach.

Liqueurs are the sort of thing that tend to hang about in the back of the cupboard forever.

A good watering hole is never far away in Sydney. Here we pick some of our favourites.

Watch out: Once the killjoys have nailed all the smokers, drinkers will be next.

There is nothing I like more than a decent session.

We've all got one. In each of our psyches there lies an awful memory indelibly associated with a drink. This memory has prevented us from ever going near that drink again and even the smell of it is enough to send us fleeing from the room.

Of all the small tragedies that followed the big one in Christchurch, perhaps one of the most keenly felt losses for the hospitality trade was the cancellation of Dramfest.

I was at a tasting recently when someone stood to ask me a question. In fact, she wanted to ask me three questions, but being the economical type of guy I am, I managed to give her just one answer.

When you've paid $200,000 for a seat on a galactic flight, the last thing you want is to be served a dud beer.

There's a perception that beer is colour-coded for easy reference, and to a certain extent it is.

A New Zealand brewery is toasting its success after its hops were chosen for a beer being brewed in honour of the royal wedding.

They say there are two constants in life, but really there are three: death, taxes and the fact that everyone has had a bad experience with tequila at some stage.

There was a time when American beer was a byword for tasteless, watery, bland rubbish. How things have changed.

Kiwis appear to be calling time on their love affair with beer, partly because of spiralling living costs.

I looked at the calendar the other day and was shocked to see that it's almost St Patrick's Day.

There's a lot more choice when it comes to quenching your beer thirst these days.

It never ceases to amaze me how much better beer is becoming in New Zealand.

Tavern owner tells MPs change is needed to stop price-cutting

Liqueurs - even the name sounds thick, rich and sweet. But are they glutinous, fruit-based sugar syrups, or is there something a bit more to them? Well, of course there is.