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Liberty Diversify Into Burgers & Gin
Friday 1 December 2023Liberty Brewing are diversifying at speed, today launching their gin range under the banner Liberty Distilling. And last month they opened an American-style burger joint next to their taproom in…
Read MorePowerhouse Collab Launches Swifty
Tuesday 28 November 2023A new beer is not usually enough to justify a story but when you’re talking powerhouse brand names Nadia Lim and Garage Project, a beer called Swifty might be in…
Read MoreBrothers Beer Back In Business
Tuesday 28 November 2023Brothers Beer are back in business and aim to pay off all their creditors by the end of 2024 says new general manager Frans Bos. They’ve had a management restructure,…
Read MorePolice Defend Dunedin Festival
Friday 17 November 2023Police are happy with behaviour at the Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival earlier this month despite the event generating international headlines after two assaults — one inside the venue,…
Read MoreFree Glass Flagon Scheme Launches Nationwide
Thursday 9 November 2023Dozens of high-profile breweries around the country, including Garage Project, Parrotdog and Emerson’s, are today launching a scheme that provides customers with free, returnable, 1-litre glass flagons for takeaway beer…
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Features
Froth Tech Brewing Up Something Wild
Friday 20 October 2023The “taste of New Zealand” is about to turn up in a beer, thanks to the amazing work of the team at Froth Tech who’ve isolated a wild brewing yeast…
Read MoreOat Cream Dream Team: Hazzy Hunter X Black Sands
Tuesday 17 October 2023It was an unassuming Saturday afternoon in Auckland, I was enjoying a few cold beverages down at the Urbanaut taproom in Kingsland whilst in the thick of a friend’s bachelor…
Read MoreRaw Beer Revolution
Thursday 12 October 2023There’s a raw ale resurgence happening in beer right now, and visitors to the Funk On The Water festival in Wellington on Sunday, October, 22, can taste two unique examples…
Read MoreNew Zealand’s VIP IPAs
Friday 6 October 2023With the near-demise of Epic there was a risk that one of New Zealand’s greatest IPAs — Armageddon — could have been lost forever. Tim Newman and Michael Donaldson reflect…
Read MoreRaglan’s Workshop Brewery Making Waves
Tuesday 3 October 2023Raglan, famous for its idyllic surf breaks is now making waves in the beer world after Workshop Brewing was named champion microbrewery at the New Zealand Beer Awards in August.…
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Hop Federation Hold The Line NZIPA
Wednesday 8 November 2023It was already shaping up to be a pretty good year for New Zealand IPAs — and Hop Federation have nudged it a little closer to a great one with…
Read MorePanhead Supercharger X Double APA
Monday 30 October 2023Creating a great new beer is a fraught and illusive enterprise, requiring inspiration, experimentation and restraint in equal measure. But what if there was another way? What if one could…
Read MoreBrew Moon Hophead IPA XL
Monday 16 October 2023Brew Moon Hophead IPA is a beer with a very long history, one I myself found myself documenting last year on the brewery’s 20th anniversary. But, as change comes to…
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Free Glass Flagon Scheme Launches Nationwide
Thursday 9 November 2023Dozens of high-profile breweries around the country, including Garage Project, Parrotdog and Emerson’s, are today launching a scheme that provides customers with free, returnable, 1-litre glass flagons for takeaway beer…
Read MoreUPDATED: Deep Creek Owes More Than $4m
Wednesday 8 November 2023Deep Creek Brewing went into liquidation last week owing more than $4 million. The first report from liquidator Rodgers Reidy noted that Deep Creek Brewing Operations Ltd owed unsecured creditors…
Read MoreWanaka Beer Fest Puts the Focus on Local
Monday 6 November 2023The Wanaka Beer Fest, set for the first weekend in December, is a real showcase for local beer and bites. The beer fest is always a great day out –…
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Opinion
Fears Over Health Warnings On Beer
Friday 27 October 2023The Australian federal government has taken the first, small, step towards putting cigarette-like health warnings on alcohol. The Australian federal government is seeking advice on options to raise public awareness…
Read MoreWhat Tuatara’s new skin says about the beer game
Wednesday 25 October 2023Tuatara’s move to cans for all their packaged beer, along with a rationalisation of their core six-pack offering, is a good indicator of where the craft beer market is headed.…
Read MoreThe Beer Drinker’s Quandary
Monday 18 September 2023A shudder went through the brewing world recently, with seemingly established brands buckling, stuttering and faltering in various degrees. Locally, that’s Epic and Brothers Brewing, but not so long ago…
Read MoreTravel
Reckless By Name, Not By Nature
Monday 25 September 2023For a small regional city, Bathurst has a big name. Located some three hours west of Sydney, it’s Australia’s oldest inland settlement and like a lot of parts of regional…
Read MoreShining Peak Shining a Light on Local History
Friday 9 June 2023Putting excellent beer into cans is one thing, but for Shining Peak founder Jesse Sigurdsson the real enjoyment comes from digging into Taranaki history for the entertaining stories that grace…
Read MoreBotany’s Beer Bounty
Wednesday 7 June 2023There’s something uniquely appealing about Botany and its breweries. It isn’t home to Sydney’s highest concentration of beer makers; that honour goes to Marrickville and the surrounding inner west, with…
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