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A beer with your best friend
Wednesday 17 August 2022A beer with your best mate is always great fun. But what if your best friend is a dog? Wigram Brewing has the answer.
Read MoreA Mixed Six with Badass beverages
Tuesday 16 August 2022We’re going a bit meta on this one. Regular readers will know that Dave Pearce of Badass Beverages usually writes the Mixed Six, but in the wake of Badass winning…
Read MoreYeastie Boys Lazy Slam Hazy Pale Ale
Tuesday 16 August 2022Yeastie Boys are back and the first beer of their four available that caught my eye was a blue 330ml tin which featured a dude swimming on the label and…
Read MoreStyle Corner: Grisette The Little Grey One
Tuesday 16 August 2022Grisette (meaning ‘little grey one’), emerged in the Hainaut province of Belgium during the 18th century, just as the Industrial Revolution was picking up steam.
Read MoreDiary of a Hop Farmer: Surviving winter
Tuesday 16 August 2022In the second part of his Diary of a Hop Farmer, Josh Lewis details how life plays out on a hop farm during winter.
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Features
Diary of a Hop Farmer: Surviving winter
Tuesday 16 August 2022In the second part of his Diary of a Hop Farmer, Josh Lewis details how life plays out on a hop farm during winter.
Read MoreKainui back to the big time
Monday 8 August 2022Far North cult favourites Kainui Brew Co have returned to the big time with an outstanding performance at the NZ Beer Awards.
Read MoreMalthouse WCIPA Challenge: Let’s go do the hop
Thursday 21 July 2022What does your favourite brewery's entry to The Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge say about their musical taste
Read MoreCASSELS DELIVER TRIPLE TREAT OF SWEET STOUTS
Tuesday 5 July 2022Milk Stouts first became popular in England during the 1800s with blue-collar labourers as a nutritious complement to morning or midday meals. As with many older beer styles, milk stouts…
Read MoreDUSTY’S BEERS OF INSTAGRAM JUNE 2022
Tuesday 5 July 2022Instagram influencer Dusty snaps his favourite beers from June, 2022
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Yeastie Boys Lazy Slam Hazy Pale Ale
Tuesday 16 August 2022Yeastie Boys are back and the first beer of their four available that caught my eye was a blue 330ml tin which featured a dude swimming on the label and…
Read MoreBrothers Beer Welcome to Cryoville IPA
Monday 15 August 2022The can art of Brothers Beer Welcome to Cryoville, a Cryo Hop Hazy IPA, is giving off big Sims energy... does anyone still play The Sims?
Read MoreIsthmus Figaro Imperial Stout
Sunday 14 August 2022Isthmus Brewing’s Figaro, a fig and chocolate imperial stout (9% ABV) is intensely dark in colour, crowned by a coffee crema head. The aroma begins with notes of cocoa powder…
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Monkfish New venture for Hargreaves
Tuesday 16 August 2022If you’re a craft beer fan in Wellington there's a high chance you’ve been handed a pint by Dan Hargreaves.
Read MoreTrans-Tasman Blind Date Beers
Sunday 14 August 2022Like any good business idea, the concept of a Tinder-style hook-up of trans-Tasman brewers for a special box of beer came from being stymied on another project.
Read MoreEmotional night for Behemoth
Tuesday 2 August 2022Behemoth are not shy of success and have won plenty of trophies and gold medals for individual beers over the years, but it was an emotional night for founder Andrew…
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Opinion
Style Corner: Grisette The Little Grey One
Tuesday 16 August 2022Grisette (meaning ‘little grey one’), emerged in the Hainaut province of Belgium during the 18th century, just as the Industrial Revolution was picking up steam.
Read MoreWhy big breweries matter
Thursday 14 July 2022In my previous article, I set out to discuss definitions of a craft brewery. Based on insights from craft brewers here in New Zealand, I concluded that craft breweries were…
Read MoreHave a “go at” Doppelbock
Wednesday 6 July 2022Looking for something different? Hazy beers not quite hitting the same? Perhaps you’re considering trying something maltier, but you’ve never ventured beyond stouts and porters. Might I suggest a beer that…
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TARANAKI’S BOOMING BEER SCENE
Wednesday 29 June 2022Kelly Ryan from Boneface and Joe Wood from Liberty have a lot to answer for. Strike up a conversation with a few current contributors to the Taranaki beer scene, and…
Read MoreA cat, a caravan and classic beer at Emporium
Monday 7 March 2022The new Emporium bar is somewhere between festival taproom and shearing shed, constructed with recycled materials including the wide doors that open the building right up onto the nearby farmland.
Read MoreBay of Islands beer
Tuesday 1 March 2022There is a healthy craft beer scene emerging in the Far North as well as some fantastic heritage pubs to visit.
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