Otago Alcohol

Dunedin — We are often encouraged to get better work stories - it seems those working for Speight’s have been living the dream.

By The PR Shop
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Queenstown — There’s a great little ale about to emerge from a corner of the Wakatipu, and it harks back to the rich Central Otago history of gold, steam and the sheer relief of a good beer at the end of a hard day’s work.

By Queenstown Brewers
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Queenstown — Team USA are quickly establishing themselves as the team to beat, winning back to back challenges on the first day of the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup.

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Queenstown — DB Breweries’ managing director, Brian Blake has lambasted the organisers of a Lake Hayes home brew competition after it banned local woman Rachel Beer from entering purely because of her gender.

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Dunedin — Drinking by one or both partners increases levels of severity, anger and fear reported by victims of intimate partner aggression, according to a new study by University of Otago researchers.

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Queenstown — The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) has commissioned a feasibility study to examine whether sufficient data exists to conduct a full research study into Queenstown’s licensing hours and any correlation they may with alcohol-related harm.

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Dunedin — A paper published in the international scientific journal Drug & Alcohol Review examining the alcohol bill presently before Parliament argues that it falls well short of the major reform promised by government.

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Queenstown — In the most fiercely contested competition in its seven year history, crowd favourites Team Italy tonight won the 2011 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup.

By 42BELOW
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Queenstown — With less than 24 hours until the grand final event in the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup and the competition remains wide open.

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Queenstown — A drink inspired by sixties cult sitcom ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ made the judges want to ‘come on back now ya hear’.

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Queenstown — They took home the Ashes, bookies are backing them for the Six Nations and now the UK has emerged an early favourite for a world cup title.

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Queenstown — What do 21 bartenders, three ringleaders, four judges, a contingent of international media and two Playboy playmates add up to? The 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup 'Carnival of the Cocktail".

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Queenstown — Here at 42BELOW we know how to put on a great party, we do it every year when we host the world's best bartenders for the greatest and most unique cocktail competition, the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup.

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Otago — University of Otago researchers have discovered an association between the number of liquor outlets within easy walking distance of home (1km) and the level of binge drinking and alcohol related harm reported in the community.

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Ranfurly — Ranfurly has launched two new, naturally selected beers.

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Oamaru — Friday’s interschool rugby match between Waitaki Boys’ High School and St Kevin’s College will be an alcohol free event.

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Dunedin — A unique initiative targeting the culture of student binge drinking in Otago, and focusing on the safety of students, was revealed today at the Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) Conference.

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Queenstown — In a scene more reminiscent of the Playboy mansion than a world class cocktail competition,  24 of the world’s best bartenders gathered poolside in their bathrobes to find out if they were being thrown off a bridge, out of a plane or swinging 400 metres above an icy Queenstown river.

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Queenstown — Occasionally you might like a drink that doesn’t have 42BELOW in it (although, quite frankly, we can’t imagine why).

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Queenstown — It may be the best country in the world, but the fact remains, New Zealand is still a long way from pretty much anywhere.

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Queenstown — The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) welcomes the Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss an appeal of the Liquor Licensing Authority’s (LLA) decision to restrict opening hours for licensed premises in Queenstown.

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Omarama — At a Special Council Meeting today Councillors resolved to enact a temporary Liquor Ban in the township of Omarama.

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