Winner of the ‘Wheat & Other Grain’ category at the 2021 Brewers Guild Awards.  Joe and Sarah Emans, the husband and wife team behind Three Sisters brewery, envisioned a beer in homage to the iconic World War 2 poster featuring Rosie The Riveter.  Pouring a strikingly auburn red, they’ve gotten that part right straight off the bat with this 8.4 per cent beauty.  Flavours of toffee malt, stewed stone fruit and that unmistakable rye spice are right there.  The full bodied palate begins with tart dried fruit, but quickly settles into a smooth, almost buttered pastry note.  As the firm bitterness takes hold of the finish the spice emerges in full, with nutmeg and allspice, leaving that signature warming sensation unique to rye heavy beers.  Big, bold and sumptuously satisfying.

Inside The Malty-verse of Beer

by | January 15, 2026 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

In this new series, sponsored by Gladfield Malt, we look at the ways malt can make a beer shine. Garage Project Garagista “People say, what's your favourite beer? And I'm like, well, you know, you can't say your favourite beer because it's like saying your favourite...
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The Beer Project — Aliment Brewing

by | January 14, 2026 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

This was always the dream for Jason Bathgate and Monica Mead. Living in paradise, brewing their own beers. Tasman was where Jason and Monica lived when they first moved to New Zealand in 2009 before brewing jobs took them to Renaissance in Blenheim, 8 Wired in...
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The Hoptimist — Boom Town Brewing

by | January 7, 2026 | Cover Story, Travel | 0 Comments

Sunshine, scenery, and a cold beer—Marlborough knows how to show off. But when that beer is a Boom Town APA and your interviewee colleague is Clive Macfarlane, the man behind the brews and the banter, you’re not just having a good Sunday—you’re starting a great story....
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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 | 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 | Features | 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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