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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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Features

Double Vision’s Schwarzenegger Inspiration

Tuesday 13 June 2023

The thing with looking effortless is that it usually requires a lot of work. At Double…

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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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Features

Otago Brew School Best In Class

Monday 12 June 2023

When you call a beer Klassenbester — or best in class — it helps if it…

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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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Travel

Shining Peak Shining a Light on Local History

Friday 9 June 2023

Putting excellent beer into cans is one thing, but for Shining Peak founder Jesse Sigurdsson the…

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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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Features

Martinborough Brewing’s Bright Future

Thursday 8 June 2023

Brewer Eugene Black and his partner Olivia Ryan had just landed back in New Zealand after…

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