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Shining Peak Expand Into Christchurch
Thursday 16 January 2025New Plymouth’s Shining Peak have opened a branch office in Christchurch — setting up a bar and restaurant in the refurbished Sumner Post Office. Shining Peak have been looking for…
Read MoreMr Good Bar — Twofold & St Leonards
Wednesday 15 January 2025The good news is that, despite the occasional bad news, there are great new brew bars are still bubbling up all over the place. In central Auckland, for instance, I…
Read MoreTwo Experimental Hops In Advanced Trials
Monday 13 January 2025Two of NZ Hops Ltd’s experimental hops are in advanced trials this season and they couldn’t have asked for a better start. Both NZH-106 and NZH-109 have been selected for…
Read MoreZero Cider Helps Peckham’s Go From Strength to Strength
Wednesday 8 January 2025One of the best new drinks to enter the market this year is a) not a beer and b) contains zero alcohol. Step up Peckham’s Apple Zero. This 0% cider…
Read MoreThe Beer Project — Sunshine Brewing
Monday 6 January 2025I visit Sunshine on a hot Thursday afternoon in January. The bar is starting to hum with locals enjoying beers on the deck. There was a time when Wellington was…
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Features
Sawmill — A Cut Above
Thursday 5 December 2024To use a golf analogy, Sawmill Brewing are “sneaky long”. It’s a term used for golfers, who, without apparent effort, hit the ball a long way. And so it is…
Read MoreOrganic Hops Poised For A Bright Future
Wednesday 13 November 2024As the European Union sets ambitious targets for organic production, two New Zealand hop farms are hoping to hop on for the ride. The EU wants 25 percent of food…
Read MoreBoneface Shake Down New Vibe With Hip Rebrand
Friday 1 November 2024When perusing the beer aisles to stock up for your weekend beer purchase this weekend, you may see a familiar face whilst you’re at it. Yup — Boneface. You’d be…
Read MoreMore Magic From Garage Project
Tuesday 29 October 2024A heavy reliance on chance, luck and magic is not usually a desirable feature in a beer, where precision can be the difference between a world-class drop or a drain…
Read MoreThe Beer Project — McLeod’s
Tuesday 29 October 202418 January, 2024: Jason Bathgate, head brewer at McLeod’s Brewery in Waipu, Northland, has pre-warned me there may be chaos. He’s back at work after a bout of Covid and…
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Test Lab Pale Alien IPA
Thursday 31 October 2024Test Lab Brewery (Christchurch) have been on the rise this year, and given that they’re a brewery I could walk to, I’ve been gravely remiss in taking this long to…
Read MoreUrbanaut Atlanta Bright IPA
Wednesday 25 September 2024It seems 2024 is turning into of the ‘year of the bright IPA’ with phenomenal releases rolling out one after the other, many of them in super affordable multi-packs too. …
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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Upper Hutt’s Craft Beer Central Scores Big Gig
Friday 13 December 2024Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland and…. Upper Hutt? You heard right — four-piece Kiwi music sensation, Six60, is coming to Brewtown. The Upper Hutt craft beer and entertainment complex is…
Read MoreDeep Creek Founder Starts Over in Tauranga
Tuesday 3 December 2024Scott Taylor, one of the founders of Deep Creek and the face of the brand, is starting a new brewpub in Tauriko, just outside Tauranga. Taylor had a 1% stake…
Read MoreFour Square’s Behemoth ‘Brollab’
Thursday 31 October 2024Four Square is celebrating 100 years of trading by showcasing four products this summer under the banner “Brollab” — and one of them is beer. Alongside a special Birthday Cookie…
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Is It End Days For Craft Beer?
Friday 3 January 2025The day after I was born a human error was made on a US national security computer the size of a car. A training tape was fed into the machine…
Read MoreThe Hoppiness 100 — Jessica Allen
Friday 3 January 2025We’ve asked the Pursuit of Hoppiness writers to come up with their top picks for the beers of the year. Between us the aim is to have exactly 100 beers.…
Read MoreThe Hoppiness 100 — Dusty
Friday 3 January 2025We’ve asked the Pursuit of Hoppiness writers to come up with their top picks for the beers of the year. Between us the aim is to have exactly 100 beers.…
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Mr Good Bar — Twofold & St Leonards
Wednesday 15 January 2025The good news is that, despite the occasional bad news, there are great new brew bars are still bubbling up all over the place. In central Auckland, for instance, I…
Read MoreThe Beer Project — Sunshine Brewing
Monday 6 January 2025I visit Sunshine on a hot Thursday afternoon in January. The bar is starting to hum with locals enjoying beers on the deck. There was a time when Wellington was…
Read MoreMr Goodbar — Crafty Dunedin Roadie
Monday 28 October 2024Dunedin called me south. It wasn’t the beer that took me there, but it is a beery sort of city and the beer could have kept me there for more.…
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