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Fermented Culture — Holy Mountain
Tuesday 23 September 2025Before the Kapiti Expressway opened, a drive north up State Highway One from Wellington would take you under a 14m statue of the Virgin Mother standing high on a foothill…
Read MoreLakeman Primate Pilsner
Monday 15 September 2025Awards season rolls on, with the New World Top 25 joining the scrum of medals just last week. On that incredibly hotly tested list (and not for the first time…
Read MoreHop Federation Closing Down
Thursday 11 September 2025Motueka-based Hop Federation will cease brewing next month following a strategic review by owners Kono NZ LP. Kono general manager Marina Hirst Tristram says the decision wasn’t easy and reflects…
Read MoreGarage Project Take Over Fortune Favours
Wednesday 3 September 2025Garage Project are opening two new venues in Wellington, including taking over the Fortune Favours taproom in Leeds Street. Fortune Favours closed its doors for the last time on Sunday…
Read MoreNew World Beer & Cider Awards Winners
Monday 25 August 2025The 2025 New World Beer & Cider Awards have been announced. Here’s the list of the Top 25 winners which will be available in New World stores over the next…
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Features
Fermented Culture — Holy Mountain
Tuesday 23 September 2025Before the Kapiti Expressway opened, a drive north up State Highway One from Wellington would take you under a 14m statue of the Virgin Mother standing high on a foothill…
Read MoreGuinness 0.0 Set for Wider Distribution in NZ
Friday 1 August 2025Guinness 0.0 — the hard-to-get non-alcoholic version of Guinness — will become more widely available in New Zealand from later this year. Lion is the official brewing and distribution partner…
Read MoreMean As Win for Mean Doses in West Coast IPA Challenge
Thursday 31 July 2025Tiny Wellington brewery Mean Doses captured the 18th annual Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge with their “no gimmicks” entry, The Scale of Mean. Mean Doses took out the coveted Golden…
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…
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Lakeman Primate Pilsner
Monday 15 September 2025Awards season rolls on, with the New World Top 25 joining the scrum of medals just last week. On that incredibly hotly tested list (and not for the first time…
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 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…
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New World Beer & Cider Awards Winners
Monday 25 August 2025The 2025 New World Beer & Cider Awards have been announced. Here’s the list of the Top 25 winners which will be available in New World stores over the next…
Read MoreRed Sea Conflict Drives Garage Project-Mikkeller Deal
Tuesday 12 August 2025The congoing conflict in the Red Sea is driving an unusual beer hook-up, with Garage Project brewing and distributing beer into Asia on behalf of Danish craft giant Mikkeller. Yemen’s…
Read MoreBrave Brewing Triumph At NZ Beer Awards
Sunday 3 August 2025Brave Brewing and their cult IPA, Tigermilk, roared the loudest at last night’s New Zealand Beer Awards in Christchurch. Brave Brewing, from Hastings, won a swag of trophies — with…
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…
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Ales On The Camino Trail
Tuesday 29 July 2025I’ve been a beer guy forever. I love the taste, the industry and the social connection of sharing a beer. In the middle of Covid lockdown in Amsterdam in July…
Read MoreMr 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…
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