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My Life In Five Beers — Matt Warner
Wednesday 1 April 2026While still at university in 2008 and after a hot Friday of Wellington hillside landscaping, I vividly remember propping up at the end of The Malthouse bar with my flatmate…
Read MoreDrinking In The Middle Lane
Wednesday 1 April 2026When my recent piece ‘A slow walk through paradise’ was published, a mate joked, “Jeepers BH, you’re a bit middle-of-the-road in your beer tastes to be talking to the craft…
Read MoreAsk An Expert — How To Enjoy A Fresh Hop Beer
Friday 20 March 2026Brewing has been part of my life for 25 years now and even in this small amount of time, the innovations and experimentation that have all come about in the…
Read MoreThe Beer Project — Lakeman Brewing
Friday 20 March 2026You can thank local government regulation for the existence of Lakeman, a brewery located on a farm 20 minutes west of Taupo. Farmer James Cooper didn’t expect to become a…
Read MoreThree Sisters Buy Sunshine Brewing
Thursday 19 March 2026Bold New Plymouth brewery Three Sisters is the new owner of Gisborne’s iconic Sunshine Brewing. It’s an unprecedented move in the New Zealand brewing industry with one craft brewery buying…
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Features
Ask An Expert — How To Enjoy A Fresh Hop Beer
Friday 20 March 2026Brewing has been part of my life for 25 years now and even in this small amount of time, the innovations and experimentation that have all come about in the…
Read MoreThe Beer Project — Lakeman Brewing
Friday 20 March 2026You can thank local government regulation for the existence of Lakeman, a brewery located on a farm 20 minutes west of Taupo. Farmer James Cooper didn’t expect to become a…
Read MoreHemp And Hops Align
Thursday 19 March 2026It’s all about balance – that’s what Andy Duke at b.effect says about his latest brewing escapades. Down in Wānaka, he’s been using hemp in a number of b.efect beers,…
Read MoreKotare Hops — Quality Is The Key
Thursday 19 March 2026Champion hop grower Aeron Moleta believes the recent dip in demand for hops has bottomed out and feels positive for the future. “It’s going in the right direction,” Aeron tells…
Read MoreThe Generation Game — Mount Brewing At 30
Tuesday 10 March 2026For Briar Harley, born into the brewery life, there’s plenty of excitement in sharing the news that come June a third generation will born into the Mount Brewing family. Briar…
Read MoreRecommended
Boneface Knuckle Duster West Coast Pilsner
Monday 2 March 2026The ‘West Coast Pilsner’ style continues to wander through the craft beer labyrinth somewhat without a bearing, and drift further from its (admittedly flawed from the beginning) descriptor in the…
Read MoreBach Skinnay Ultra Low Carb Hazy Pale Ale
Monday 2 March 2026While low carb beers are bigger than they’ve ever been, it’s still uncommon to see the styles range too far from the lager safe-zone. You’ll find a few zero% hazy…
Read MoreEpic Stout
Friday 13 February 2026While not to say that Epic is a total stranger to dark beer (they’ve made some extremely good ones over the years) it would be fair to say that it…
Read MoreNews
Three Sisters Buy Sunshine Brewing
Thursday 19 March 2026Bold New Plymouth brewery Three Sisters is the new owner of Gisborne’s iconic Sunshine Brewing. It’s an unprecedented move in the New Zealand brewing industry with one craft brewery buying…
Read More“Unicorn” Brewery For Sale — Emporium On Market
Friday 6 February 2026Here’s a big opportunity for someone who wants to get into the brewing game: Emporium — a profitable, successful business is — for sale! You heard that right. Profitable, successful.…
Read MoreA New “Weed” Pops Up At Garage Project
Thursday 5 February 2026Fresh off another triumph in the GABS Hottest 100, Garage Project are launching a new member of the Pernicious Weed family. Pernicious Weed was Garage Project’s first proper commercial release…
Read MorePodcasts
Sweet 16 — Inside 16Tun Freehouse
Monday 23 March 2026“Next time you come in, it probably won’t be here… you see it, you like it, have it or else it’s gone.” Ewen Thorpe on 16Tun’s highly-rotational tap policy. Welcome…
Read MoreThree Boys – Keeping It Local
Wednesday 18 March 2026“There’s nothing better for your ego as a business owner than seeing your beer being sold or drunk somewhere, but you’ve got to put that aside and think whether someone…
Read MoreThird Pint Theory Introduction
Wednesday 18 March 2026“The third pint is the thing that kind of really opens the conversation… the social lubricant, you know, that when you get to the third pint, that’s when the conversation…
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Fermented Culture — Is The Party Over?
Monday 16 March 2026Some years ago, I found myself wandering through St Clair in South Dunedin. I stopped to sit awhile taking in the view and taking off the weight. The roadside bench…
Read MoreBeer Drinking For Beginners
Monday 16 March 2026I’m often asked “what is your favourite beer?” A lot of people assume that because I’m broad and varied in my beer tastes that I must have one. Lucky for…
Read MoreInstagratification: Dusty’s Favourites
Tuesday 10 March 2026Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases.
Read MoreTravel
Roots Brewing — Small But Mighty
Thursday 19 March 2026Back in the early 1900s, Whanganui wasn’t just lively as New Zealand’s 5th largest city — it was one of Aotearoa’s great beer strongholds, proudly home to 13 breweries. Thirteen!…
Read MoreBeers A Plenty in Bay of Plenty
Monday 16 March 2026The summer months bring tourists flocking to the beaches and seaside towns of the Bay of Plenty, but there’s an increasing number of reasons for craft beer lovers to make…
Read MoreEruption Brewing — Lyttelton’s Local Legend
Wednesday 18 February 2026To understand Eruption Brewing’s place in Lyttelton, it helps to zoom out — first a couple of centuries, then a few million years. The town sits inside the remnants of…
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