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Garage Project Epuni Street ESB

Monday 20 June 2022

Garage Project may have a reputation as the frontrunners when it comes to modern releases, but…

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Beervana Gets Makeover for 21st Birthday

Monday 20 June 2022

Beervana is getting a make-over for its 21st birthday. The Wellington festival has dyed its hair blue…

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Rhyme x Reason Space Monkey

Monday 20 June 2022

Along with NZ Rakau and Waimea, this is the first pilsner I’ve (knowingly) encountered that also…

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Garage Project Hatsukoi

Monday 20 June 2022

The International Lager style has always been an exercise in precise and minimalist brewing, and Japanese…

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Beer Writer Neil Miller Remembered

Monday 20 June 2022

Neil Miller, who was farewelled in Wellington to laughter and bagpipes today, was one of this…

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‘Sports Drink’ Beer Wins Trophy

Monday 20 June 2022

A 31 per cent “beer”, a braggot made with raw wild honey, and a beer reminiscent…

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Beer Baroness Brewing for The Future

Monday 20 June 2022

Christchurch has always had a reputation for quality craft brewing, but historically the criticism could have…

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Morningcider Strawberry Rosé

Monday 20 June 2022

Along with Morningcider’s famous ‘backyard’ urban apples, there’s also blackcurrants and strawberries in the mix. Apple…

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The Theoretical Brewer Mad Hatter Hazy Pale Ale

Monday 20 June 2022

This is the first time I’ve seen a beer from The Theoretical Brewer (New Plymouth) in…

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Emerson’s Weissbier

Monday 20 June 2022

While judging at last year’s New World Beer & Cider Awards, a Hefeweizen hit my table…

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The Theoretical Brewer: Elegance Meets Precision

Monday 20 June 2022

On a warm Taranaki afternoon I’m catching up with New Zealand’s hardest working brewer, — for…

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Sunshine Tiramisu Stout

Monday 20 June 2022

Part of Sunshine Brewing’s continuing Eclipse series of dark beers, this one is brewed with vanilla,…

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