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DB ordered to pull 'Black Budget' beer ads
DB Breweries has been ordered to withdraw TV and online ads from its current campaign featuring Arnold Nordmeyer's infamous late-1950s "Black Budget" and the company's DB Export Beer.
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Bearing fruit
It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.
![A Cock & Bull story](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
A Cock & Bull story
The more breweries I visit the more I realise just how good New Zealand beers have become over the years.
![As long as I can see the light ... beer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
As long as I can see the light ... beer
There is a school of thought that says that low-alcohol and light beer isn't really beer at all and, in all honesty, I would tend to subscribe to that view, more often than not.
![<b>Two Drinks Max:</b> Lobby power](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
<b>Two Drinks Max:</b> Lobby power
When alcohol industry reps unleash their charm offensives on the corridors of power there is one office they dodge, that of Jim Anderton.
![Dublin: A taste of history that's hard to put down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Dublin: A taste of history that's hard to put down
Graham Reid samples the delights of an Irish institution in Dublin.
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Bar manners go a long way in a busy pub
Many years ago I was sitting with a friend at a pub in Ireland when an American tourist came in and began studying the menu. He approached the bar and asked the barmaid for "a quicky".
![Beer o'clock and the sky light theory](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Beer o'clock and the sky light theory
As you may have noticed, the daylight hours are lengthening and there are rumours spring is upon us.
![Christchurch earthquake cuts beer supply](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Christchurch earthquake cuts beer supply
It's a bitter blow as Cantabrians toiling to clean up after Saturday's quake now face a potential shortage of Canterbury Draught beer.
![Go west, young man, to seek new beer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Go west, young man, to seek new beer
I had a wonderful experience recently when I attended a tasting of Hallertau's beers at a rather salubrious Mt Eden hostelry.
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Church warned over 'Yeah Right' sign
DB Breweries has cautioned a small Tauranga church over a sign it says is similar to its Tui "Yeah Right" billboards.
![EU approves sale of F***ing beer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
EU approves sale of F***ing beer
A new German beer, which incorporates the potentially derogatory name of an Austrian town, has just been given full European Union approval.
![Female brewers? Yeah right](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Female brewers? Yeah right
Megan Singleton's bikini-clad, spike-heeled stereotype of beer brewesses is shattered.