I thought I had been to some big wedding parties but they all pale into comparison with the bash thrown by Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen in October 1810. * 

It has to be pretty much the worst way to wake up.  At precisely 4:35am on Saturday 4 September 2010, Canterbury was hit by a massive earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale. 

He is reputed to have been the first his kind.  Created by the self-proclaimed mad beer scientists at Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, Randall the Enamel Animal

Day one of Beervana 2010 saw record crowds surging into the Wellington Town Hall to sample some of the 175+ beers available from over 40 stalls. 

The 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards are in the history books with the full results announced at a glittering ceremony on Thursday night. 

Beervana officially began on Wednesday at the “Mashing In” launch party in Mac’s Brewery Bar. * However, in reality, beer has been simply huge in Wellington for well over a week already.