Latest

Categories

Archives

Hoppiness

Features

Bringing you news, reviews, features, opinions and travel writing from around the country.

More about our writers
An Epic 20 YearsThursday 11 December 2025

Latest

Categories

HOPPINESS

Archive

Cover StoryFeatures

An Epic 20 Years

Thursday 11 December 2025

Achieving two decades in craft brewing is a titanic feat for any producer, but few (it…

Read More
Features

Farewell To A Brewing Legend — Paul ‘Coops’ Cooper

Thursday 30 October 2025

Before the internet, before Google, YouTube and AI, and before craft beer became a global movement,…

Read More
FeaturesOpinion

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…

Read More
Features

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…

Read More
Features

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…

Read More
Features

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…

Read More
Features

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…

Read More
Features

Fermented Culture — Holy Mountain

Tuesday 23 September 2025

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

Read More
Features

Brave Brewing — The Eye Of The Tiger

Tuesday 5 August 2025

Just days before Brave Brewing won the Champion Brewery crown at the New Zealand Beer Awards,…

Read More
Features

Guinness 0.0 Set for Wider Distribution in NZ

Friday 1 August 2025

Guinness 0.0 — the hard-to-get non-alcoholic version of Guinness — will become more widely available in…

Read More
Features

Mean As Win for Mean Doses in West Coast IPA Challenge

Thursday 31 July 2025

Tiny Wellington brewery Mean Doses captured the 18th annual Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge with their…

Read More
Features

Winter Beer Selection — 20 Beers For The Colder Months

Thursday 24 July 2025

Looking for a beer to keep you warm during the winter months? We’ve got you covered…

Read More