Hard times not end of good times for drinkers

The prospect of a global financial meltdown might be enough to drive you to drink - and it could be doing just that to many.

Lion Breweries managing director Peter Kean, speaking during a visit to Dunedin on Thursday, said the industry was facing numerous challenges, but a diminishing of the old desire to "have a few jars" did not appear to be one of them.

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