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How To Handle a Hangover

Ah, the hangover. That inevitable cost of drinking overly of the magic beer. Why, we cry, hasn't science cured it? Hell, we can clone sheep, fly a man to the moon, we can make a man a woman, fer chrissake, but can we cure the common hangover?

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Liquor industry mourns Erceg

Despite the competitive nature of New Zealand's liquor business, brewery chiefs are mourning the death of an industry leader in a helicopter crash.

After two weeks of searching, the bodies of liquor multimillionaire Michael Erceg and his passenger Guus Klatte, a Dutch beer company executive, were found on Saturday in dense bush near Raglan

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Green bottles doing the rounds

The Green Man brewery is really living up to its name – caring for the environment and not creating waste.

The boutique Dunedin brewery, run by Tom Jones, of Dunedin, has been collecting and stockpiling used Euro beer bottles for recycling.

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Regional beer losing flavour

Speight's and premium beers are continuing to make inroads in the regional beer market as drinkers become more "promiscuous", Lion Nathan chief executive Rob Murray says.

"Most drinkers would say they have a mainstream brand (such as Speight's), a local premium such as Steinlager, and then a premium like a Stella or a Heineken. Beer drinkers are becoming more promiscuous. The most obvious success is Speight's – it has taken a lot of Canterbury Draught drinkers away."

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BEER PRODUCTION - NZ TOTALS - SEPT 2005

BEER PRODUCTION - NZ TOTALS

FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2005 QUARTER
ALE, BEER AND STOUT, ALL TYPES LITRES

Bottled - under 400ml 34,852,000
Bottled - over 400ml 4,385,000
Canned 13,626,000
Tap (Bulk) 19,381,000

Total 72,243,000

DB toasts 20pc profit growth

DB's operating profit in the 12 months to September was S$55.3 million ($47 million), up 20 per cent on the previous year. Revenue was S$414.2 million, up 8 per cent.

Lion Nathan's New Zealand operating profit declined 17.2 per cent to $75.7 million for the 2005 year, the Sydney-based brewer said last week.

DB has 38 per cent of the country's total beer market. Lion Nathan has 51 per cent. Blake said the deep level of discounting instigated by Lion Nathan was unsustainable.

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New German beer may satisfy drinkers and smokers

Smoking pub patrons looking for their nicotine fix may soon get it from their next glass of beer, not a cigarette.

A new beer has been launched in Germany which contains nicotine and 6.3 per cent alcohol.

Alcohol Healthwatch in New Zealand said drinking three 250ml cans was the equivalent of smoking three packets of cigarettes.

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ABs' seen drinking Heineken

The fallout from photos of All Blacks enjoying an all-night drinking session continues, with major sponsor Lion Nathan unhappy they were snapped drinking a rival company's beer.

DB Breweries is crowing over the photographs. The brewer's sponsorship manager, Peter Wills, said the All Blacks were the best team in the world: "So why wouldn't they drink the best lager in the world?"

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Independent Liquor - Michael Erceg - Missing

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Little Creatures now in NZ

Little Creatures Pale Ale

Good things come in Little packages… Or in this case good things come in Little Creatures packaging! Lion Nathan Wines and Spirits is excited to announce the New Zealand launch of the award-winning Little Creatures Pale Ale, an absolute must-try for any beer lover!

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