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Badass Beverages Out But Not Down
Friday 13 September 2024Start-up brand Badass Beverages is shutting up the shop with the brand for sale. On face value it’s a sad day because Badass did some cool things — and they…
Read MoreI Am Hope Rejects Funding Over “Not For Pussies” Beer
Friday 6 September 2024Mental health charity I Am Hope has refused to take money from a boxing fund-raiser because a beer with the tagline “not for pussies” is being co-promoted alongside the event.…
Read MoreDuncan’s Drop The Lactose For Vegan Beer
Wednesday 4 September 2024New Zealand’s self-professed biggest user of lactose (milk sugar) in the brewing process is set to find new customers after creating a lactose-free, vegan-friendly smoothie sour. The use of lactose…
Read MoreThe Beer Project — Karamu Barrelworks
Wednesday 28 August 2024It’s a magical drive into Karamu Barrelworks on Daryl Bryant’s rural Waikato lifestyle block. The morning light softly filters through the trees he and his wife Lynette planted when they…
Read MoreSprig & Fern The G.O.A.T Doppelbock
Tuesday 27 August 2024Over the next wee bit I’ll be exploring the trophy winners from the recent New Zealand Beer Awards, starting with The G.O.A.T Doppelbock (7.9%) from Nelson brewing legends Sprig +…
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Features
Craft Reaches New Heights at Broken River
Tuesday 20 August 2024With news of brewers and premises in strife seemingly now a daily headline, it’s with some relief that I find myself writing about one reaching new heights. The Broken River Ski…
Read MoreDylan Adams — Two Breweries, Two Liquidations
Tuesday 13 August 2024For a few days in June, Dylan Adams thought he was cursed. He’d lost his job as lead brewer when Deep Creek went into liquidation last year. He soon picked…
Read MoreWe’re Goin’ To Jackson Street
Friday 9 August 2024Food-centric Jackson Street — the thumping main artery heart of vibrant Petone — is now officially a craft beer destination™. For those who don’t know it, Petone is the fulcrum…
Read MoreLiberty Brewing Win Third Malthouse WCIPA Challenge
Friday 2 August 2024Liberty Brewing won their third Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge title claiming the Golden Gumboots with God of War (6.9%). Another three-time winner Epic, were second with Atari Baby (6.7%)…
Read MoreInternational Acts Star at Beervana 2024
Wednesday 31 July 2024Roll up, roll up! Aotearoa’s premier festival of froth is on for the 22nd time on August 23-24 at Wellington’s Sky Stadium! Whether you’re a Nerd or Noob — Beervana…
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Sprig & Fern The G.O.A.T Doppelbock
Tuesday 27 August 2024Over the next wee bit I’ll be exploring the trophy winners from the recent New Zealand Beer Awards, starting with The G.O.A.T Doppelbock (7.9%) from Nelson brewing legends Sprig +…
Read More8 Wired Southland Hopwired
Wednesday 31 July 20248 Wired Hopwired has a special place for me, both in my heart and in my fridge. Tracing back those 15 years since its inception in 2009, this most fundamental…
Read MorePanhead Batch 206
Thursday 11 July 2024A couple of years ago I visited Panhead brewery, the jewel in the crown of Upper Hutt’s Brewtown. As with all such visits, when it came to the taproom, I…
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Pacific Coast In Liquidation
Friday 16 August 2024Pacific Coast — the Mangawhai brewery that opened last year to great fanfare — is in liquidation. It’s a little bit complicated because the business that went into liquidation is…
Read MoreParrotdog End Garage Project’s Reign at NZ Beer Awards
Sunday 4 August 2024Recent history was turned on its head at the NZ Beer Awards in Auckland last night with Parrotdog usurping Garage Project as the country’s champion large brewery, and McLeod’s ending…
Read MorePanhead Go Hard on Bright IPA
Friday 12 July 2024Panhead Custom Ales has one of the most iconic core ranges on the market, with beers such as the super-classic Supercharger APA and the indomitable trophy machine Port Road Pilsner. …
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Fermented Culture – A Moment of Communion
Tuesday 27 August 2024This column was pitched to me as a vehicle for me to reprise “The Grumpy Brewer” a character I played during lockdown that comedically allowed my frustrations with the world…
Read MoreInstagratification: Dusty’s Winter Warmers
Tuesday 20 August 2024Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, rounds up a bevvy of winter warmers
Read MoreFermented Culture — Verrity’s Wake
Friday 14 June 2024The first column in a series about beer and culture by Kieran Haslett-Moore. Verrity’s Wake It’s the hottest day of the year, tomorrow will be even hotter. Ted has come…
Read MoreTravel
Mr Goodbar — Wellington
Wednesday 31 July 2024When in Wellington, visit the temples of taste. And I’m not talking about Unity Books or Slow Boat Records, the legendary Cuba Street music store. No, I’m talking brewbars. And…
Read MoreBeervana — 48 Hours In Wellington
Wednesday 31 July 2024It doesn’t matter how you plan to get to Wellington for Beervana, you can start enjoying the Craft Beer Capital long before you hit the stadium. Make it a four-day…
Read MoreMr Goodbar — Matakana
Thursday 13 June 2024Funny that urge you sometimes get to head out of town for an interesting beer. And, really, it’s one of those urges you should just surrender to. Which is how…
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