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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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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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Opinion

Big Breweries Make Awards Splash

Wednesday 14 June 2023

In March of this year, just as the hop harvest was beginning, the judging for the…

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NWBCA Reviews: Three Sisters Rumours In The Dark

Tuesday 13 June 2023

New Plymouth’s Three Sisters is a brewery on the rise, winning champion small brewery at the…

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NWBCA Reviews: Shining Peak Petite Pegasus

Monday 12 June 2023

The hazy bracket was (by one hell of a margin) the most jam-packed of this year’s…

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NWBCA Reviews: Burkes Unforgiven Porter

Sunday 11 June 2023

When a recently awarded beer turns up again at another competition it’s always good news.  Indicative…

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NWBCA Reviews: Baylands Skull Cracker

Saturday 10 June 2023

‘West Coast’, ‘Double’ and ‘IPA’ are some words that you could arrange in almost any order…

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NWBCA Reviews: 8 Wired Baltic Smoke

Friday 9 June 2023

Ever since coming up with the venerable iStout over a decade ago, 8 Wired have always…

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