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.

Christchurch teenagers not old enough to legally drink will have a say on the city's future liquor policies.

A new craft beer by Lion has been banned by a retailer because its advertising material is "an insult to a great industry".

A legal stoush is brewing over the $1.5 billion price tag Japanese beer maker Asahi paid for Auckland-based Independent Liquor in 2011.

The festive season, finds Don Kavanagh, is a license to try a few new bevvies.

Don Kavanagh toasts one of this country's most successful wineries.

Choosing the right drinks to go with your barbecue this summer will make the good times even better.

Czech and US beers are vying to win over Kiwi drinkers, writes Don Kavanagh.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has defended requiring councils to wait for a year before they can use new powers over liquor licensing, saying smaller councils could not handle it.

Don Kavanagh tries to steady his nerves for a gig and some tasting at the Celtic Inn.

Chase Bickerton - from the The Naughty Penguin Bar in Queenstown - beat 370 entrants to win the biggest bartending competition in NZ history - the Beam Bar Legend. Contestants were tasked with six rounds including a formal interview, a blind tasting, an aperitivo challenge, a masterclass with Ago Perrone and two cocktail invention challenges. Check out images from the gruelling two-day final in Auckland.

Don Kavanagh mourns the demise of the traditional Irish pub in his homeland.

For what seemed like a millennium, New Zealand beer was brown fizzy stuff that tasted of, well, nothing. But no longer ...

Old habits catch up with Don Kavanagh as he does the rounds in Kuala Lumpur.