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Garage Project Top Cutter NZIPA
Wednesday 8 July 2026The Smith’s NZIPA challenge concluded for another year last weekend, and some of the entries are already hitting the shelves in package. While not one of the notable winners (go…
Read More8 Wired Rogue & Villian ESB
Wednesday 8 July 2026Though I daren’t speak it too loud for fear of jinxing it, this has (so far) been something of a revival year for ESB, with even flash North Island brewers…
Read MoreBoneface The Darkness American Stout
Wednesday 8 July 2026Boneface have a new (or old, actually) dark beer out for the winter months, with a classic of the old ownership’s core range, The Darkness (5.8% ABV), making a fresh…
Read MoreEpic Coming Of Age Imperial Stout
Wednesday 8 July 2026With their momentous 20th anniversary just been, Auckland’s Epic Brewing have found another reason to celebrate, with this 21st birthday imperial stout (10% ABV). Brewed to stand on its own…
Read MoreNZ Brewers Frustrated at Unfair Export Burden
Friday 3 July 2026Kiwi brewers are frustrated at the political inaction that’s leaves them at a huge disadvantage when selling their beer in Australia. Australian breweries get a $400,000-a-year excise tax rebate and…
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Features
The Beer Project — Urbanaut
Wednesday 1 July 2026Working with a hangover is never fun, even if you’re a brewer. The effects of Urbanaut’s belated Christmas party at Sawmill the day before are apparent on the brew crew…
Read MoreGlobe-trotting Kiwi Brewer Sets Up In Singapore
Friday 12 June 2026Nick Calder-Scholes the Kiwi brewer behind the phenomenal success of Sydney’s One Drop is now head brewer at the just-opened People People Brewing Co. in Singapore. He talks about his…
Read MoreNectaron — A Familiar Song Played Differently
Monday 25 May 2026Nectaron hops are capturing the imagination of American brewers, particularly after the most recent harvest where it was the standout in sensory testing. NZ Hops Ltd, in their post-harvest report…
Read MoreTwo Bays Widens NZ Gluten-Free Market
Monday 25 May 2026Just about anywhere you go to eat these days understands a large chunk of the population is gluten-free. You see GF beside dishes listed on menu and on packaged food…
Read More150 years of Speight’s
Monday 25 May 2026Speight’s Brewery in Dunedin — New Zealand’s oldest brewery — is celebrating its 150th birthday. It’s quite the yarn, because it’s a brewery that has risen, fallen, partly revived, fallen,…
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Garage Project Top Cutter NZIPA
Wednesday 8 July 2026The Smith’s NZIPA challenge concluded for another year last weekend, and some of the entries are already hitting the shelves in package. While not one of the notable winners (go…
Read More8 Wired Rogue & Villian ESB
Wednesday 8 July 2026Though I daren’t speak it too loud for fear of jinxing it, this has (so far) been something of a revival year for ESB, with even flash North Island brewers…
Read MoreBoneface The Darkness American Stout
Wednesday 8 July 2026Boneface have a new (or old, actually) dark beer out for the winter months, with a classic of the old ownership’s core range, The Darkness (5.8% ABV), making a fresh…
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NZ Brewers Frustrated at Unfair Export Burden
Friday 3 July 2026Kiwi brewers are frustrated at the political inaction that’s leaves them at a huge disadvantage when selling their beer in Australia. Australian breweries get a $400,000-a-year excise tax rebate and…
Read MoreContinued Consolidation with Volstead Takeover
Friday 12 June 2026The group behind Christchurch’s small and experimental Concept Brewing have taken over the larger Volstead Trading Co and brewery, continuing the consolidation of the industry that’s been the trend of…
Read MoreBrewer Becomes Co-Owner at Searchlight
Monday 25 May 2026Ash Hutchinson, head brewer from Searchlight in Queenstown, is now a co-owner of the business — and one of his first big jobs will be showcasing Searchlight to the wider…
Read MorePodcasts
Zero Hero — How Bach Brewing led the non-alc beer revolution
Wednesday 8 July 2026“I had this outside looking in view of New Zealand on many different levels but one of them was this nostalgia and beautiful memories of the coastal lifestyle… I missed…
Read MoreHow Gladfield Malt Revolutionised Beer in NZ
Wednesday 8 July 2026“I’m always out on the farm as much as I can. Yeah. And in the malt plant as well. So yeah, it’s my passion really. I’m a bit of a…
Read MoreBeer From The Future — Greig McGill of Brewaucracy
Wednesday 8 July 2026“I don’t think it’s going away and nor should it… what I don’t like is when there’s five taps and three of them are the same thing… it’s just not…
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Price of Beer: Paying More Might Be Worth It
Wednesday 17 June 2026Inflation, that invisible bandit, has been nicking coins out of our pockets faster than you can say “another round, please.” It’s no wonder we wince when we see the price…
Read MoreInstagratification: Dusty’s Fresh Hop Faves
Thursday 11 June 2026Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases.
Read MoreTravel
Exploring Vancouver’s Historic Brewery Creek
Wednesday 24 June 2026It’s 12 years between drinks in Vancouver, but I’m finally back at one of my favourite taprooms. In late 2014, Brassneck Brewery was just a year old, but it’s now…
Read MoreRoots Brewing — Small But Mighty
Thursday 19 March 2026Back in the early 1900s, Whanganui wasn’t just lively as New Zealand’s 5th largest city — it was one of Aotearoa’s great beer strongholds, proudly home to 13 breweries. Thirteen!…
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