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Sawmill — A Cut Above

Thursday 5 December 2024

To 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…

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Deep Creek Founder Starts Over in Tauranga

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Scott 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…

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Organic Hops Poised For A Bright Future

Wednesday 13 November 2024

As 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…

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Boneface Shake Down New Vibe With Hip Rebrand

Friday 1 November 2024

When 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…

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Test Lab Pale Alien IPA

Thursday 31 October 2024

Test 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…

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Features

Features

More Magic From Garage Project

Tuesday 29 October 2024

A 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…

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Features

The Beer Project — McLeod’s

Tuesday 29 October 2024

18 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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Features

Hazzy Hunter vs Marcus from Manaia

Wednesday 23 October 2024

Hazzy Hunter, in search of great beer, tracks down Marcus Chawner from Manaia Craft Brewers. Hazzy Hunter: Tell me how Manaia came to be? Marcus: Well, it’s a bloody good…

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Features

From Mountain Culture to Shining Peak

Wednesday 9 October 2024

Hectic doesn’t even begin to describe the past winter months at New Plymouth brewpub, Shining Peak. They have commissioned a spanking new bottling machine for limited release and barrel-aged beers;…

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Features

Forkin’ Big Win for Little Wellington BrewPub

Wednesday 9 October 2024

Brayden Rawlinson, sole brewer at Wellington brewpub, Fork & Brewer, celebrated his recent win at the NZ Brewers Guild Awards in August, nabbing 11 medals and the title of Aotearoa’s…

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Recommended

Recommended

Test Lab Pale Alien IPA

Thursday 31 October 2024

Test 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…

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Recommended

Urbanaut Atlanta Bright IPA

Wednesday 25 September 2024

It 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. …

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Sprig & Fern The G.O.A.T Doppelbock

Tuesday 27 August 2024

Over 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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News

News

Four Square’s Behemoth ‘Brollab’

Thursday 31 October 2024

Four 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…

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News

Beer Legend John Harrington Dies

Wednesday 30 October 2024

One of the true legends of the New Zealand beer scene, John Harrington, has died. Harrington started Harrington’s in 1991, and the Christchurch brewery grew to be one of the…

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News

Parrotdog’s Core Range Rolling In Gold

Friday 4 October 2024

The retraction in the beer economy over the past two years has an upside for Parrotdog — better beers. The Lyall Bay outfit won the Champion Large Brewery at the…

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Friday Night Beers 

Opinion

Opinion

Three Boys Double Down On Champion Status

Monday 28 October 2024

Amongst the myriad trophies awarded at the annual Brewers Guild Awards, the most elusive prize is also the one you have to give back, albeit with your brewery’s name forever…

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Opinion

Fermented Culture — The Darkest Hour

Tuesday 22 October 2024

The iconic New Zealand film Goodbye Pork Pie presented a snapshot of Wellington, the city of my birth and raising.  The film presented Wellington as a rain-kissed gothic city full…

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Opinion

Instagratification: Dusty’s best of the latest releases

Tuesday 8 October 2024

Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases

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Travel

Travel

Mr Goodbar — Crafty Dunedin Roadie

Monday 28 October 2024

Dunedin 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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Travel

Searchlight Shining Bright in Queenstown

Wednesday 25 September 2024

Nestled away in Industrial Place just outside the bustle of Queenstown’s CBD is Searchlight Brewery. The independently owned and operated brewery was first started as a passion project in 2015,…

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Travel

Mr Goodbar — Wellington

Wednesday 31 July 2024

When in Wellington, visit the temples of taste. And I’m not talking about Unity Books or Slow Boat Records, the legendary Cuba Street music store. No, I’m talking brewbars. And…

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