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Tim Newman

Tim Newman is a A Wine and Spirits Education Trust graduate who has been gradually fermenting inside the Christchurch craft beer scene since it's primordial days. When the world of wine writing turned out to be a labyrinth of un-returned emails, he hopped the fence over to beer writing and reviewing and hasn't looked back. On an endless mission to taste the length and breadth of New Zealand craft brewing, and wrangle the most esoteric flavours into prose.

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Panhead Supercharger X Double APA

Monday 30 October 2023

Creating a great new beer is a fraught and illusive enterprise, requiring inspiration, experimentation and restraint…

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Brew Moon Hophead IPA XL

Monday 16 October 2023

Brew Moon Hophead IPA is a beer with a very long history, one I myself found…

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Parrotdog Cold IPA

Monday 9 October 2023

As the new Cold IPA style has continued to evolve, my taste for these deliciously bright…

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New Zealand’s VIP IPAs

Friday 6 October 2023

With the near-demise of Epic there was a risk that one of New Zealand’s greatest IPAs…

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News

Chinchiller Buys Five Peaks Brewery

Wednesday 20 September 2023

The recent headlines around craft brewing of late have not been particularly hopeful; with the industry…

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Behemoth Clayton F#$%ING Hops! (Nelson Sauvin Hop Oil Edition)

Saturday 26 August 2023

Behemoth’s ‘Clayton’ series of single hop-grower NZIPAs have won incredible recognition in the recent Brewers Guild…

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Wigram Still Flying High 20 Years On

Monday 14 August 2023

If I trace my entire history with craft beer (nearly two decades now) back to the…

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Emerson’s Taieri George 20th Anniversary Special

Tuesday 27 June 2023

Taieri George is one of our most special beers.  Brewed once a year, and every year,…

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Opinion

A First XI of NZIPA

Wednesday 21 June 2023

When I set out to write this piece ahead of the annual Smith’s NZ IPA Challenge,…

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NWBCA Reviews: Lakeman Primate Pilsner

Monday 19 June 2023

Due to the intrinsically limited placements, getting any beer into the New World Beer & Cider…

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NWBCA Reviews: Bootleg Late Night Monk Fight

Saturday 17 June 2023

Whereas the other double (Zeffer) and treble (Urbanaut) representatives in this year’s New World Beer &…

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NWBCA Reviews: Double Vision Mouth Party

Thursday 15 June 2023

Another hazy pale that had to climb past an absolute mountain of other New World Beer…

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