By infonews.co.nz
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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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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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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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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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Queenstown — Queenstown is officially the home of New Zealand’s best Guinness pint pourers thanks to Ross Feeney and Jim Griffiths from Pog Mahone’s Irish Bar who emerged the victors of the inaugural Guinness Pint Master competition in Auckland last night.

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Queenstown — The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) has welcomed the decision by the Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA) to reject an application by a Queenstown bar for an exemption to the local council’s 4am closing policy.

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Queenstown — Queenstown's new community guides will be on duty from Friday night in a three month trial of the new position, Queenstown Lakes District Council Curbing Alcohol Related Violence (CARV) officer Merv Aoake said.

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Queenstown — A test-case decision issued by the Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA) has backed the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s new liquor policy, imposing 4am closing in the district.

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Queenstown — The Queenstown cafe in which industrial cleaner was accidentally served up as mulled wine has been issued an improvement notice related to its workplace health and safety systems, the Department of Labour confirmed.

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Queenstown — The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) has applauded the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s decision to can 24-hour liquor licensing.

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