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Epic Electric Pony Cryo Mosaic IPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026The One Trick Pony rides again, and this time it’s fully electric. Epic Electric Pony is this first of its kind IPA (the first out of my fridge anyway) brewed…
Read MoreBrothers Beer Mighty Quinn Quadruple IPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026How strong is too strong? Opinions differ, but for my part I believe that if you want to go nuts, then you should go nuts. Usually this means brewing a…
Read MorePanhead Six Splitter WCIPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026Even without the proximity to the Malthouse WCIPA Challenge, it feels like we’ve been feasting (or sipping, at least) on vastly more West Coast style IPA than usual these last…
Read MoreRenaissance Black The RIPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026Black IPAs are few and far between these days, almost to the point that one could credibly call it something of a ‘retired’ style, but I’m always glad to see…
Read MoreLakeman Rogue HoG
Wednesday 21 October 2026Taupo’s Lakeman has been revving their IPA engine again with another slot in the recently announced New World Beer & Cider Awards Top 25 (and not their only one either),…
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Features
The Hoptimist — Double Vision Brewing
Wednesday 9 September 2026How do you connect an all-terrain stroller with Double Vision Brewing’s Expatriate American Pale Ale? Well… it’s not exactly written in the Phil & Teds instruction manual, but the answer…
Read MoreUrbanaut install bodyguard against ‘silent killer’
Wednesday 9 September 2026Urbanaut Brewing in Auckland are the first craft brewery to install a LogiCO2 carbon dioxide monitoring system to protect staff and patrons against a “silent killer”. Urbanaut founder Bruce Turner…
Read MorePilsners Power to Podium
Tuesday 8 September 2026The two best competition beers in New Zealand this year are pilsners — and two absolute classics. Curiously they both come from craft breweries under the Lion umbrella, and they…
Read MoreParrotdog at 15 — Moving From Craft To Beer
Thursday 30 July 2026At 15, Wellington’s Parrotdog stands out among New Zealand’s independent breweries — as a business actively moving away from its owners. The path of most small breweries is built on…
Read MoreKaramu Barrelworks — A Victory for The Style
Thursday 30 July 2026A couple of days after being named New Zealand’s champion brewery, Daryl Bryant of Karamu Barrelworks dropped off 40 dozen bottles of his wild-fermented beer to online seller The Beer…
Read MoreRecommended
Epic Electric Pony Cryo Mosaic IPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026The One Trick Pony rides again, and this time it’s fully electric. Epic Electric Pony is this first of its kind IPA (the first out of my fridge anyway) brewed…
Read MoreBrothers Beer Mighty Quinn Quadruple IPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026How strong is too strong? Opinions differ, but for my part I believe that if you want to go nuts, then you should go nuts. Usually this means brewing a…
Read MorePanhead Six Splitter WCIPA
Wednesday 21 October 2026Even without the proximity to the Malthouse WCIPA Challenge, it feels like we’ve been feasting (or sipping, at least) on vastly more West Coast style IPA than usual these last…
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Shining Peak Shining Bright Three Years Running
Wednesday 9 September 2026You have to go back to 2023 to find the last time Shining Peak missed a medal at the New Zealand Beer Awards. The champion small brewery — for the…
Read MoreGarage Project Buy bStudio
Friday 4 September 2026Wellington’s Garage Project have bought bStudio in Napier, moving from client to owner. It is a massive investment as bStudio — housed in the landmark National Tobacco Company building in…
Read MorePort Road Pilsner Supreme Winner At NWBCA
Monday 24 August 2026The 2026 New World Beer & Cider Awards have been announced with Panhead’s Port Road Pilsner named the supreme winner. It’s a welcome return to the awards stage for this…
Read MorePodcasts
Zero Hero — How Bach Brewing led the non-alc beer revolution
Wednesday 8 July 2026“I had this outside looking in view of New Zealand on many different levels but one of them was this nostalgia and beautiful memories of the coastal lifestyle… I missed…
Read MoreHow Gladfield Malt Revolutionised Beer in NZ
Wednesday 8 July 2026“I’m always out on the farm as much as I can. Yeah. And in the malt plant as well. So yeah, it’s my passion really. I’m a bit of a…
Read MoreBeer From The Future — Greig McGill of Brewaucracy
Wednesday 8 July 2026“I don’t think it’s going away and nor should it… what I don’t like is when there’s five taps and three of them are the same thing… it’s just not…
Read MoreFriday Night Beers
Opinion
Small & Perfectly Foamed
Thursday 17 September 2026The year is 1850-something. Karl Marx, Edgar Bauer, and Wilhelm Liebknecht are on a pub crawl down London’s Tottenham Court Road. In one public house, by now full of ale,…
Read MoreInstagratification: Dusty’s Best of Winter
Monday 31 August 2026Photographer, beer-lover and Instagram influencer Dusty, picks his highlights from the latest releases.
Read MorePrice of Beer: Paying More Might Be Worth It
Wednesday 17 June 2026Inflation, that invisible bandit, has been nicking coins out of our pockets faster than you can say “another round, please.” It’s no wonder we wince when we see the price…
Read MoreTravel
The Hoptimist — Neon, Lactose & A Missing T-shirt
Friday 26 June 2026There’s a rumour that somewhere out there exists a t‑shirt emblazoned with “Dean Moses” in full 1980s neon arcade, sci‑fi, vaporwave glory — perfectly aligned with the aesthetic branding of…
Read MoreExploring Vancouver’s Historic Brewery Creek
Wednesday 24 June 2026It’s 12 years between drinks in Vancouver, but I’m finally back at one of my favourite taprooms. In late 2014, Brassneck Brewery was just a year old, but it’s now…
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