Anton Hart

Three Boys Gas NZIPA was originally brewed as a collaboration with Burkes and took third place at the 2021 Smiths IPA challenge.  Now Three Boys have got it into cans for a wider release in their Brewers Reserve series.  For an NZIPA the nose manages some strikingly American notes. Grapefruit and orange citrus, apricot and lychee with some spice and rosewater. The palate is packed with rich juicy malt, bittersweet red grapefruit and candied orange peel.  Great concentration of flavour precisely contained by a firm bitterness.  A superb reminder of just how good an all NZ-hopped IPA can be.

The Man Behind The Cans

by | January 5, 2026 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

If you’re prone to a tipple of craft beer, chances are you’re more than familiar with the work of Wellington creative, art director and artist, Anton Hart. For more than 20 years, he’s been the force behind the aesthetics of multiple, high-profile Kiwi craft...
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Fermented Culture — Elysian Fields

by | December 31, 2025 | Cover Story, Opinion | 0 Comments

Kieran Haslett-Moore dreams of the beers he might drink in paradise “Sitting at rustic tables in rural pub gardens in Hertfordshire on long, warm, sunny summer evenings, talking with friends, clouds of cow parsley nodding over the car park wall and martins high above...
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The Start Up Series — Twofold

by | December 30, 2025 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

This is the final part in a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the brewing industry. The data is there: higher costs, lower consumer spend, alternative drinks. All are eating...
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The Start Up Series — BS Brewing

by | December 29, 2025 | Features | 0 Comments

This is the fifth part in a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the brewing industry. The data is there: higher costs, lower consumer spend, alternative drinks. All are eating...
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The Start Up Series — Alchemy St

by | December 19, 2025 | Features | 0 Comments

This is the fourth part of a series dedicated to breweries that have opened up since the Covid-19 pandemic. The past five years have been tough for those in the brewing industry. The data is there: higher costs, lower consumer spend, alternative drinks. All are eating...
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8 Wired Superconductor Double IPA

by | December 18, 2025 | Recommended | 0 Comments

Christmas has come early for me this year, as Warkworth’s 8-Wired has revived one of their (and very much one of my own) all time classic beers.  Superconductor Double IPA (8.8%) channels a similar energy to its legendary stablemate Hopwired, with sumptuous aromas of...
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