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Boneface Knuckle Duster West Coast Pilsner
Monday 2 March 2026The ‘West Coast Pilsner’ style continues to wander through the craft beer labyrinth somewhat without a bearing, and drift further from its (admittedly flawed from the beginning) descriptor in the…
Read MoreBach Skinnay Ultra Low Carb Hazy Pale Ale
Monday 2 March 2026While low carb beers are bigger than they’ve ever been, it’s still uncommon to see the styles range too far from the lager safe-zone. You’ll find a few zero% hazy…
Read MoreEruption Brewing — Lyttelton’s Local Legend
Wednesday 18 February 2026To understand Eruption Brewing’s place in Lyttelton, it helps to zoom out — first a couple of centuries, then a few million years. The town sits inside the remnants of…
Read MoreEpic Stout
Friday 13 February 2026While not to say that Epic is a total stranger to dark beer (they’ve made some extremely good ones over the years) it would be fair to say that it…
Read More“Unicorn” Brewery For Sale — Emporium On Market
Friday 6 February 2026Here’s a big opportunity for someone who wants to get into the brewing game: Emporium — a profitable, successful business is — for sale! You heard that right. Profitable, successful.…
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Features
The Man Behind The Cans
Monday 5 January 2026If you’re prone to a tipple of craft beer, chances are you’re more than familiar with the work of Wellington creative, art director and artist, Anton Hart. For more than…
Read MoreThe Start Up Series — Twofold
Tuesday 30 December 2025This is the final part in a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the…
Read MoreThe Start Up Series — BS Brewing
Monday 29 December 2025This is the fifth part in a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the…
Read MoreThe Start Up Series — Alchemy St
Friday 19 December 2025This is the fourth part of a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the…
Read MoreThe Start Up Series — DNA Brewing
Thursday 18 December 2025This is the third instalment in a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the…
Read MoreRecommended
Boneface Knuckle Duster West Coast Pilsner
Monday 2 March 2026The ‘West Coast Pilsner’ style continues to wander through the craft beer labyrinth somewhat without a bearing, and drift further from its (admittedly flawed from the beginning) descriptor in the…
Read MoreBach Skinnay Ultra Low Carb Hazy Pale Ale
Monday 2 March 2026While low carb beers are bigger than they’ve ever been, it’s still uncommon to see the styles range too far from the lager safe-zone. You’ll find a few zero% hazy…
Read MoreEpic Stout
Friday 13 February 2026While not to say that Epic is a total stranger to dark beer (they’ve made some extremely good ones over the years) it would be fair to say that it…
Read MoreNews
“Unicorn” Brewery For Sale — Emporium On Market
Friday 6 February 2026Here’s a big opportunity for someone who wants to get into the brewing game: Emporium — a profitable, successful business is — for sale! You heard that right. Profitable, successful.…
Read MoreA New “Weed” Pops Up At Garage Project
Thursday 5 February 2026Fresh off another triumph in the GABS Hottest 100, Garage Project are launching a new member of the Pernicious Weed family. Pernicious Weed was Garage Project’s first proper commercial release…
Read MoreThree Sisters Expand Into Wellington
Friday 12 December 2025New Plymouth brewery Three Sisters is expanding into Wellington, taking over the site that was once home to Black Dog brewery in Blair Street. It’s a massive step for a…
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Fermented Culture — Elysian Fields
Wednesday 31 December 2025Kieran Haslett-Moore dreams of the beers he might drink in paradise “Sitting at rustic tables in rural pub gardens in Hertfordshire on long, warm, sunny summer evenings, talking with friends,…
Read MoreInstagratification: Dusty’s Best Summer Beers
Tuesday 9 December 2025Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases.
Read MoreFestival check: Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival
Friday 14 November 2025A Wellington reader made the trip down south last Friday to attend the festival and filed this report. Arrival experience: The festival is held each year at Forsyth Barr Stadium in…
Read MoreTravel
The Hoptimist — Boom Town Brewing
Wednesday 7 January 2026Sunshine, scenery, and a cold beer—Marlborough knows how to show off. But when that beer is a Boom Town APA and your interviewee colleague is Clive Macfarlane, the man behind…
Read MoreThree Sisters Expand Into Wellington
Friday 12 December 2025New Plymouth brewery Three Sisters is expanding into Wellington, taking over the site that was once home to Black Dog brewery in Blair Street. It’s a massive step for a…
Read MoreMr Good Bar — Epic Taproom
Thursday 11 December 2025After a while, being Mr Good Bar has become a little like living a replay of Groundhog Day, the Bill Murray movie that famously celebrates repetition. And I mention that…
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