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Thirsty Work Lager

Friday 21 October 2022

Who would have thought that working in an office 8 hours a day, 5 days a…

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Beer Festival That Dared To Dream

Wednesday 19 October 2022

The Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival started in 2013 and while it missed 2021 due…

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Brothers Beer Giant Peach Sour

Wednesday 19 October 2022

After a Sunday session where I knocked back one too many Tigers, I thought that my…

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Garage Project Fresh Fruit IPA

Wednesday 19 October 2022

Now if a fresh hazy every month wasn’t enough, Garage Project have brought out Fresh Fruit, a…

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Wines for the beer Lover

Tuesday 18 October 2022

The New World Wine Awards have just been announced and we asked one of the judges,…

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Opinion

Salt in the Malt: It Gose All Right

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Beer styles come and go, but few have survived for as long as the Gose. Brewed…

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Haiku Beer Vol 6

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Green beers, marshmallows, smoke and blueberry, Stephen Gallagher is pushed to Haiku poetry by his latest…

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Features

A Guide to Home Brew Methods

Tuesday 18 October 2022

There are three methods by which you can home brew — pre-hopped brewing kit, extract brewing…

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Features

Breweries Tackling Climate Change

Tuesday 18 October 2022

A look at the diverse ways breweries have gone about reducing carbon footprints, achieving Carbon Neutral…

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Features

Hops on trial In Bract Brewing Programme

Tuesday 18 October 2022

If you want to know what the next big thing in hops will taste like there’s…

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Zeelandt Forging Their Own Identity

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Hawke's Bay brewery Zeelandt celebrates 10 years of brewing this month with the release of two…

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Opinion

Knots and Squats — Diary of a Hop Farmer

Monday 17 October 2022

In his latest diary instalment, hop farmer Josh Lewis writes that springtime on the farm is…

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