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The Hoptimist — Double Vision Brewing
Wednesday 9 September 2026How do you connect an all-terrain stroller with Double Vision Brewing’s Expatriate American Pale Ale? Well… it’s not exactly written in the Phil & Teds instruction manual, but the answer…
Read MoreUrbanaut install bodyguard against ‘silent killer’
Wednesday 9 September 2026Urbanaut Brewing in Auckland are the first craft brewery to install a LogiCO2 carbon dioxide monitoring system to protect staff and patrons against a “silent killer”. Urbanaut founder Bruce Turner…
Read MoreShining Peak Shining bright three years running
Wednesday 9 September 2026You have to go back to 2023 to find the last time Shining Peak missed a medal at the New Zealand Beer Awards. The champion small brewery — for the…
Read MorePilsners Power to Podium
Tuesday 8 September 2026The two best competition beers in New Zealand this year are pilsners — and two absolute classics. Curiously they both come from craft breweries under the Lion umbrella, and they…
Read MoreGarage Project Buy bStudio
Friday 4 September 2026Wellington’s Garage Project have bought bStudio in Napier, moving from client to owner. It is a massive investment as bStudio — housed in the landmark National Tobacco Company building in…
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Features
The Hoptimist — Double Vision Brewing
Wednesday 9 September 2026How do you connect an all-terrain stroller with Double Vision Brewing’s Expatriate American Pale Ale? Well… it’s not exactly written in the Phil & Teds instruction manual, but the answer…
Read MoreUrbanaut install bodyguard against ‘silent killer’
Wednesday 9 September 2026Urbanaut Brewing in Auckland are the first craft brewery to install a LogiCO2 carbon dioxide monitoring system to protect staff and patrons against a “silent killer”. Urbanaut founder Bruce Turner…
Read MoreParrotdog at 15 — Moving From Craft To Beer
Thursday 30 July 2026At 15, Wellington’s Parrotdog stands out among New Zealand’s independent breweries — as a business actively moving away from its owners. The path of most small breweries is built on…
Read MoreKaramu Barrelworks — A Victory for The Style
Thursday 30 July 2026A couple of days after being named New Zealand’s champion brewery, Daryl Bryant of Karamu Barrelworks dropped off 40 dozen bottles of his wild-fermented beer to online seller The Beer…
Read MoreSpirit Of Derelict Lives On At No 19 Brewing
Friday 17 July 2026The win by No 19 Brewing in the NZ Stout Challenge on July 11 in Christchurch has a direct connection to one of the country’s most celebrated but short-lived breweries:…
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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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Garage Project Buy bStudio
Friday 4 September 2026Wellington’s Garage Project have bought bStudio in Napier, moving from client to owner. It is a massive investment as bStudio — housed in the landmark National Tobacco Company building in…
Read MoreHop Growers Start Their Own Brewery
Monday 10 August 2026New Zealand’s newest brewery belongs to one of our most prominent hop growers. Cultivar Brewing, owned by Mac Hops, is taking over the site previously home to Hop Federation and…
Read MoreDerelict Are Back!
Friday 7 August 2026When Derelict Brewing unexpectedly closed down in 2024 after just six years in business, much of it as New Zealand’s top-ranked brewery on Untappd, it was scarcely believable. Owner-brewer Sam…
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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
Instagratification: Dusty’s Best of Winter
Monday 31 August 2026Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases.
Read MorePrice 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 MoreTravel
The Hoptimist — Neon, Lactose & A Missing T-shirt
Friday 26 June 2026There’s a rumour that somewhere out there exists a t‑shirt emblazoned with “Dean Moses” in full 1980s neon arcade, sci‑fi, vaporwave glory — perfectly aligned with the aesthetic branding of…
Read MoreExploring 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…
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