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Renaissance Brewing, the first NZ company to carry out an equity crowdfunding campaign has beaten full-year financial forecasts.

Top NZ doctors are calling for the drinking age to be raised to 20 and booze sponsorship banned from public events in a push to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Hearings have been set to consider suspending or cancelling liquor licenses for a string of Auckland bars, booze shops and managers.

It's St Patrick's Day on Tuesday and this year more than any other, beer drinkers are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing how to celebrate.

Lion Breweries is expanding its product offering, after the completion of a deal to sell Vita Coco coconut water alongside its main product range.

More Kiwis will be sipping homebrewed beer this summer as the popularity of craft beer continues to grow.

The All Blacks, Warriors and the Black Caps say proposed changes to alcohol sponsorship and advertising would threaten the sustainability of their codes at nearly every level.

Craft brewer Yeastie Boys is hoping to raise half a million dollars through equity crowdfunding to help with expansion into Britain.

A South Auckland community's failure to stop a liquor store opening opposite a decile 1 school normalises the sale of alcopops to young people, says principal Robin Staples.

Nearly one in every three beers in the world could soon be sold by the same company.

Shane McKillen has resigned from the board of Veritas Investments to focus on other business commitments.

Results from the three brewers that control 90 per cent of New Zealand's beer market show continued erosion in demand and margins.

The craft beer trend is growing fast. Is it all froth and fashion, or a real moneymaker?

A deal with liquor distributor Hancocks is just the tonic Auckland-based Rogue Society Gin needs as it eyes expansion to Australia.

Lydia Sosene writes: A full-strength alcohol outlet would be a recipe for disaster and the social cost on our struggling community will continue to triple.

A local board has had to go it alone in appealing against a proposed new liquor store opposite a Mangere school, after the Auckland Council refused to back the appeal.

Auckland stripclub Calendar Girls and popular Ponsonby bar Grand Central have both had their liquor licenses temporarily suspended.

To formulate a correct solution to a problem the correct questions need to be asked.

This policy, if adopted, will see cordons go up around the alcohol section of every supermarket early in the morning and late at night, writes Cameron Brewer.

Snorted alcohol has the potential to deliver alcohol [directly] to the brain, writes Nial Wheate. "The product is clearly targeted towards the alcopops market. But there are dangers that need to be considered before such a product is made available."

Purchases are lining up to buy an award-winning New Zealand schnapps brand and more than ten possible buyers have made enquiries with the liquidator looking to sell it.

An award-winning New Zealand schnapps-maker has been put into liquidation owing creditors and shareholders hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Craft brewer Epic is claiming victory over brewing giant Lion in the more than $3 billion Swedish beer market.

DB Breweries is eyeing Europe as a potentially lucrative market for its Monteith's beer brand.