Ric Oram

It has been a while since we had a white Christmas: 1965, if I recall correctly, when snow fell on parts of Otago and Southland on Christmas Day.

A new generation of McCashin intends resurrecting beer production in Nelson.

The Law Commission's report last week into liquor would have beer-drinkers go the way of smokers: pay more for our sins by doubling the tax on our tipple.

Low-carbohydrate beers are gaining in popularity among weight-conscious drinkers and now make up about 2.5% of beer sales in New Zealand.

Spicy beer, just like a mulled wine, helps to warm up winter and Dunedin brewer Green Man has introduced a ginger beer to help.

Dunedin brewer Emerson's has launched a new series of brewer's reserve beers, paying tribute to a music label which has done much to foster Dunedin bands.

DB Breweries believes it has created a world first for a major brewery by producing a beer made from barley from just one farm and hops from just one garden, rather than using a combination of malted barley and hops from a variety of sources.

Stella Artois is truly a Christmas beer: "Stella" being Latin for "star" - and, specifically, the brightly shining Christmas star.

Arrowtown's local beer will be more accessible from next month when Arrow Brewing begins bottling.

The Christchurch earthquake has forced Lion Breweries to revert to the 1960s, when beer was transported in bulk by truck, like today's petrol tankers, to be pumped into underground tanks in pubs.

The Society of Beer Advocates is before the Intellectual Property Office in Auckland this week fighting for Dunedin brewery Green Man's right to call its shandy beer "radler".

Invercargill Brewery has produced a Saison farmhouse ale.

The annual increase in "sin" tax on beer has prompted major breweries to lift their prices.

Stouts are a hearty and warming "meal" during winter.