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Denise Garland is a journalist and winner of the Brewers Guild Beer Media Award 2019. She has previously worked in hospitality in both New Zealand and Scotland, enjoys home brewing and particularly loves a Dark Mild.
New Plymouth’s Shining Peak Brewery were crowned — or capped, as it were — the winners…
We’ve asked the Pursuit of Hoppiness writers to come up with their top picks for the…
A heavy reliance on chance, luck and magic is not usually a desirable feature in a…
Heyday Beer Co. clinched their second consecutive Rare Beer Challenge win at Fortune Favours last week,…
Ted Verrity, long time champion of New Zealand craft beer, died in the early hours of…
New Zealand’s craft beer sector is having to operate in a difficult space at the moment…
A lingonberry pancake farmhouse ale brewed by Heyday Beer Co. was this month crowned the 2023…
Sommelier is widely understood to mean ‘wine expert’. But a Cicerone — a qualified ‘beer expert’…
It’s been one year since New Zealand’s beer industry started having some difficult conversations. Since May…
A 31 per cent “beer”, a braggot made with raw wild honey, and a beer reminiscent…
This week, Wellington’s annual fresh hop festival, Hopstock, is marking its 10th anniversary. Denise Garland looks…
Heyday co-owner and designer, Hannah Blackwood wanted to design beer, so she went the whole way…