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Double Vision x Baan Bangkok Thunder Struck Triple IPA

Wednesday 22 October 2025

The method by which I pick a beer to feature here every week is extremely loose,…

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Behemoth Chur-Toberfest 2025

Wednesday 22 October 2025

Every year more of our local craft brewers don the lederhosen and kick out a kiwi…

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New Zealand’s Most Awarded Beers

Tuesday 14 October 2025

It was Stay Gold that started this … the Brave Brewing XPA that won a trophy…

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Slow Walk Through Paradise — Visiting Every Brewery in NZ

Friday 10 October 2025

There’s something about beer that’s always been part of my story. From the early days of…

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Fermented Culture — The Third Place

Thursday 9 October 2025

Earlier this year a battle was fought in the leafy hills to the north of Wellington.…

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The Mighty Moutere Inn Celebrates 175 Years

Thursday 9 October 2025

They started off no different to everyone else.  Four blokes used to British and European choices…

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Knocking On (Ben) Heaven’s Door

Wednesday 8 October 2025

When Heaven’s Brewing burst onto the national stage with a Top 25 at the New World…

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3D Puts Isthmus On The Map

Monday 6 October 2025

For the husband-and-wife team behind Isthmus Brewing, winning champion beer at this year’s New World Beer…

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Boneface Blood & Bone Oaked Stout

Monday 6 October 2025

Since their recent ownership shakeup, Brewtown’s (aka Upper Hutt’s) Boneface Brewery have been rolling out new…

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Chance Luck & Magic — And Hard Work

Friday 3 October 2025

At Beervana, The Third Pint Theory was joined by Garage Project founder Pete Gillespie and Wild…

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Instagratification: Dusty’s Best Spring Beers

Friday 3 October 2025

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

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Fermented Culture — Holy Mountain

Tuesday 23 September 2025

Before the Kapiti Expressway opened, a drive north up State Highway One from Wellington would take…

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