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Three Boys Sold
Monday 1 December 2025Three Boys, one of New Zealand’s most important craft breweries and a two-time champion brewery, is…
Read MoreBach Brewing Polygamy Pilsner
Monday 1 December 2025Summer heat has now well and truly arrived so it’s time to crack out the Pilsner.…
Read MoreHop Federation Saved — Bought by DNA
Friday 28 November 2025Hop Federation has been saved. After the brewery was shuttered by previous owners Kono just a…
Read MoreParrotdog Go Public
Friday 28 November 2025In one of the biggest signs that craft beer is now a mature business, punters can…
Read MoreWigram Mustang Pale Ale
Wednesday 12 November 2025Christchurch’s Wigram Brewery recently hosted an event to pay tribute to the late Paul Cooper, one…
Read MoreTwo Thumb SMASH IPA Series #1
Wednesday 12 November 2025From Christchurch City’s Two Thumb Brewing Company, S.M.A.S.H (single malt and single hop) is the first…
Read MoreFarewell To A Brewing Legend — Paul ‘Coops’ Cooper
Thursday 30 October 2025Before the internet, before Google, YouTube and AI, and before craft beer became a global movement,…
Read MoreBrothers Beer Mad Science #2 IPA
Wednesday 29 October 2025Mt Eden’s Brothers Beer invites us to taste the future with Mad Science #2 — a…
Read MoreBoneface Brewing Deadlift Double IPA
Wednesday 22 October 2025I’ve said it before, but if you want to precision test a brewery then ask for…
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