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Kegstar Picks Up Distressed Konvoy Kegs
Friday 25 July 2025Concerns about a shortage of kegs in New Zealand have been averted after Kegstar concluded negotiations to purchase their financially-stricken rival Konvoy Kegs. The two companies controlled the keg rental…
Read MoreBrothers Beer Limey B*Stard West Coast Pilsner
Thursday 24 July 2025Much as I may still suspiciously view the West Coast Pilsner style as the former (and I thought far more indicatively named) IPL style re-entering the market with a fake…
Read MoreWinter Beer Selection — 20 Beers For The Colder Months
Thursday 24 July 2025Looking for a beer to keep you warm during the winter months? We’ve got you covered with our Winter Beer Selection Hop Federation The Serpent 6.8% / $9.99 440ml can…
Read MoreBrewing Up Fun — Double Vision Brewing
Wednesday 23 July 2025It all started when four friends, Mario, Warren, Evarn and Harry, decided to brew some beer together for fun. It soon got serious, leading to them building a brew bar…
Read MoreInstagratification: Dusty’s Best of the Winter releases 2025
Wednesday 23 July 2025Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases from this winter.
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Features
Winter Beer Selection — 20 Beers For The Colder Months
Thursday 24 July 2025Looking for a beer to keep you warm during the winter months? We’ve got you covered with our Winter Beer Selection Hop Federation The Serpent 6.8% / $9.99 440ml can…
Read MorePeter Lines — ‘Rest Easy Mate’
Wednesday 23 July 2025Peter Lines (July 29, 1957 — June 28, 2025) grew up surrounded by hops and spent more than 50 years working the land — which is exactly what he was…
Read MoreUPDATED: How Many Breweries In NZ?
Friday 11 July 2025What follows is an updated version of the list of how many brewing brands (Updated July 11, 2025; re-edited July 15 based on reader feedback). I started out in 2022…
Read MoreThis Ain’t No Hellhole — The Beer Project
Thursday 19 June 2025Down a long driveway in the middle of nowhere I find a rustic shed fronted by some barrels. Inside is the northern-most brewery in the country, Kainui Brew Co, not…
Read MoreGalbraith’s Celebrates 30 Years Of Real Ale
Monday 9 June 2025“Where’s the time gone? It’s been a bit of a time tunnel this place — I just got absorbed into it.” Keith Galbraith is reminiscing on 30 years as the…
Read MoreRecommended
Brothers Beer Limey B*Stard West Coast Pilsner
Thursday 24 July 2025Much as I may still suspiciously view the West Coast Pilsner style as the former (and I thought far more indicatively named) IPL style re-entering the market with a fake…
Read MoreLiberty Longshot Fresh Hop Imperial Pilsner
Friday 4 July 2025You thought it was safe. You thought the fresh hop season was over, and so did I to be honest… but we were wrong, with a late harvest fresh hop…
Read MoreEpic Super Zero
Friday 27 June 2025I’ve been dragging the chain, I’ll admit it, but this officially the year that non-alc beers have finally gotten through to me. None more so than Epic Super Zero. How…
Read MoreNews
Kegstar Picks Up Distressed Konvoy Kegs
Friday 25 July 2025Concerns about a shortage of kegs in New Zealand have been averted after Kegstar concluded negotiations to purchase their financially-stricken rival Konvoy Kegs. The two companies controlled the keg rental…
Read MoreDuncan’s “Weird” Win At Smith’s NZ IPA Challenge
Friday 27 June 2025Duncan’s Brewing broke a big(ger) brewery stranglehold and surprised themselves with a “weird” winning feeling at the Smith’s NZ IPA Challenge in Queenstown on June 21. After Good George and…
Read More8 Wired First Craft Brewery To Stand Tall in 500ml cans
Monday 9 June 20258 Wired are looking to move the needle with the launch of a 500ml can, an IPA called — appropriately — Tallboy. This has been in the pipeline at 8…
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Instagratification: Dusty’s Best of the Winter releases 2025
Wednesday 23 July 2025Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases from this winter.
Read MoreA Cabinet Of Curiosities
Wednesday 7 May 2025I first arrived in New Zealand in 2010 when the craft beer scene was gaining momentum but still a far cry from where we are today. At the time, I…
Read MoreFresh Hops — A Cheeky Guide
Friday 21 March 2025Having written about fresh hops for around 15 years I sometimes wonder if there’s anything new to say — but after talking to American hop professor Tom Shellhammer recently, I…
Read MoreTravel
Mr Good Bar — Two Thumb
Wednesday 9 July 2025Sniff in the right direction and Christchurch might smell a little more hopped up than it used to be. There’s more beer here than before, so much, in fact, that…
Read MoreCoromandel — One Door Closes, Another Opens
Monday 31 March 2025When we began brewing at the Coromandel Brewing Company, “craft beer” was barely on anyone’s radar. The most common response when offering new customers a craft beer was, “craft what?”. Fast…
Read MoreMr Good Bar — Liberty Beers & Burgers
Monday 31 March 2025What sweeter thing to do on a sunny Auckland Saturday, I thought, than hit the road northwest for a bite and a beer in a town called Helen. Just 50…
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