and now for the good news...

[Geoff Griggs]

So you thought it was all doom and gloom in the UK brewing industry?

'From zero to hero' new report confirms cask ale's renaissance
* 400,000 new drinkers in 2008
* Volume growth in a declining overall beer market
* Distribution in 3,000 new pubs last year
* More breweries trading than at any time in the past 60 years

http://www.caskreport.co.uk/

[Pint_of_Bitter]

Great news... probably trend in NZ but on a proportionally lower scale. Maybe:

From zero to slighlty above zero
* 40 new drinkers in 2008
* Distribution in 3 new pubs in the last 10 years
* More breweries trading than at any time in the past 60 years.

I wish there was more cask ale in NZ.

[Stu McKinlay]

reminds me of a quote on a wall at work:

If you torture the data for long enough they will confess to anything.