There is something simultaneously endearing and depressing about the Speights Southern Man schtick.

The World Cup is more about the after-match function says Don Kavanagh.

I have a friend, you'll be surprised to hear, who likes a drink.

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.

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.

Brewing. It's a typically blokey thing: it involves a combination of light engineering and biochemistry, involves using tools and the end product is beer, so it's understandable it tends to be associated with men.

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.

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

Greymouth finally has something to smile about after news its 143-year-old Monteith's brewery will get a multi-million dollar makeover.

The "Bollix" has built its reputation on featuring the best in homegrown and international rock, pop, celtic, folk and blues talent.

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