Pursuit of Hoppiness

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Opinion

Haiku Beer Vol 7

Wednesday 29 March 2023

Stephen Gallagher brings his poetic licence to beer reviews in the form of haiku. Change Maker…

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Opinion

Style Corner — Witbier

Wednesday 29 March 2023

Witbier has been quenching thirsts and pleasing palates for the better part of half a millennium.…

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Recommended

Urbanaut Rose Bay Lager

Tuesday 28 March 2023

It should be well known by now that I’m an inveterate lover of big IPA, but…

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News

A Farmhouse Ale With A Side Of Pancakes

Wednesday 22 March 2023

A lingonberry pancake farmhouse ale brewed by Heyday Beer Co. was this month crowned the 2023…

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Opinion

The Pick of the Fresh Hop Bunch

Wednesday 22 March 2023

Fresh hop beer, at its best, is lightning in a bottle.  A verdant, synesthetic aurora of…

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Recommended

Garage Project Tiny Anytime XPA

Tuesday 21 March 2023

When non-alcoholic beers in the craft spectrum started to come out, there seemed to be a…

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Features

Diary of a Hop Farmer — Harvest Time

Tuesday 21 March 2023

Hop Harvest. Is it that time of the year already?! I have just walked in the…

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Features

Hāpi days for hop-lovers

Monday 20 March 2023

After three years lost to Covid, Garage Project’s Hāpi Symposium is back in Wellington on March…

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Recommended

Emerson’s Extra Special Bitter

Monday 20 March 2023

Emerson's Extra Special Bitter sits precisely between chewy and refreshing, sweet and bitter. A satisfying, comforting…

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Features

Instagratification: Dusty’s Picks March 2023

Monday 20 March 2023

Photographer and beer lover Dusty picks his highlights from the summer of 2023

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Features

Brood: For the Love of Fermentation

Thursday 16 March 2023

The story of Brood Fermentation is a love story, and like all great love stories, it…

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Travel

4 Mates Bring Elusive Quality to Invercargill

Wednesday 15 March 2023

I don’t travel as much on business as I used to, and so rarely get to…

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