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Bootleg burning their own path
When Omicron started its sweep of the country, the Bootleg Sessions were born: music gigs at the brewery’s Matangi base limited to 100 people with all the proceeds going to the musicians.
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Eddyline tackles CO2 shortage
Eddyline Brewery in Nelson is working with a carbon capture expert from the US to address both a shortage of CO2 plaguing New Zealand as well as improving its sustainability credentials.
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Taranaki’s booming beer scene
Taranaki breweries have been shining bright at recent awards so we take a trip around the mountain to find the region’s best beer
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Good George win Smith’s IPA Challenge — again
Good George has won the Smith’s NZ IPA Challenge in Queenstown for the second year in a row with their Haze of Glory.
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Haiku Beer Vol 4
In volume four of his beer Haiku series, Stephen Gallagher takes us from Atlanta to Wanaka for some poetic beers.
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Bootleg T-Straight Burnout Stout
Bootleg T Straight Burnout Smokey Stout is tremendous winter drinking, and a superb match for rich and savoury comfort food.
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A year on from beer’s #metoo reckoning what’s changed
A year on from beer’s #metoo reckoning what action has been taken to make our beer community a safer and more inclusive one?
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New New New brewery for sale
One of Dunedin’s better-known craft breweries, New New New, is for sale.
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10 soul beers for the darkest nights
As the nights grow colder we have 10 proven beers that have earned their place by the fireside this winter.
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Let them drink cake! Dessert beers on the rise
Over the past decade we’ve seen an explosion of sweet beers hitting the shelves, with all kinds of decadent treats recreated in beer form.
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Garage Project Louche Lips
Louche Lips is a 12.1% ABV barrel-aged, mixed ferment monster of an IPA from Garage Project’s Wild Workshop.
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Sunshine Tiramisu Stout
Part of Sunshine Brewing’s continuing Eclipse series of dark beers, this one is brewed with vanilla, cold brew coffee and cacao.
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The Theoretical Brewer: Elegance meets precision
Inspired by Doug Eng’s engineering background, there’s a real elegance and precision to The Theoretical Brewer’s beers.
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Emerson’s Weissbier
Emerson’s Weissbier is lots of banana and spice: it’s hugely flavoursome for only 5% ABV and absolutely classic to the Hefeweizen style.
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The Theoretical Brewer Mad Hatter Hazy Pale Ale
The Theoretical Brewer Mad Hatter is great hazy that expertly leverages all the strengths of the style to cram maximum flavour into its modest alcohol weight.
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Morningcider Strawberry Rosé
Apple cider has always been a welcoming base for all sorts of extra ingredients, and the added berries find themselves right at home in Morningcider’s Strawberry Rose
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Beer Baroness brewing for the future
Christchurch’s Beer Baroness have been on a roll lately with a trophy at the NZ Beer Awards now a New World Beer & Cider Awards Top-30
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‘Sports drink’ beer wins trophy
The Rare Beer Challenge is an event which asks breweries to push their imaginations to the limits and brew something weird but wonderful.
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Beer writer Neil Miller remembered
Neil Miller, who was farewelled in Wellington to laughter and bagpipes today, was one of this country’s most influential beer writers.
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Garage Project Hatsukoi
What is it about Garage Project Hatsukoi, a Japanese Lager, that made it a New World Beer & Cider Awards Top-30 winner?
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Rhyme X Reason Space Monkey
Rhyme X Reason Space Monkey, a New World Top 30 winner, is a rare first pilsner that utilises the super-fruity Nectaron hop.
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Beervana gets makeover for 21st birthday
Beervana is getting a make-over for its 21st birthday, with a bright and colourful look taking the long-standing festival in a new direction.
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Garage Project Epuni Street ESB
To see Garage Project release a classic Extra Special Bitter is something of a surprise, but a welcome one,
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Triple trophies for NZ breweries
New Zealand breweries took home three trophies and a swag of gold medals at the 2022 Australian International Beer Awards
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What is a craft brewery?
In New Zealand, we don’t do a great job of defining a craft brewery; there is no rigid industry standard, so what makes craft “craft”?
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Changes brewing at Mean Doses
There’s big changes on the horizon for Wellington’s Mean Doses brewery and taproom.
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Smith’s IPA Challenge a hophead’s holiday
The Smith’s NZ IPA Challenge is starting to rival the Malthouse West Coast IPA Challenge as a must-enter competition for the country’s leading brewers.
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Tips for brewing a hazy IPA
Tips and tricks to considerer when brewing a cracking New England IPA.
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Highly commended winners at New World Beer & Cider Awards
The New World Beer & Ciders dish out 70 highly commended gongs to go with their Top-30 “golds” to create a Top-100. The competition is so cut-throat that anyone listed in the Top-100 is a winner.
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Craig Orr resigns as NZ Hops CEO
Craig Orr has stepped down as chief executive of New Zealand Hops Ltd after two and a half years in the role
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Let them drink cake! Dessert beers on the rise
Over the past decade we’ve seen an explosion of sweet beers hitting the shelves, with all kinds of decadent treats recreated in beer form.
News
Eddyline tackles CO2 shortage
Eddyline Brewery in Nelson is working with a carbon capture expert from the US to address both a shortage of CO2 plaguing New Zealand as well as improving its sustainability credentials.
Travel
Taranaki’s booming beer scene
Taranaki breweries have been shining bright at recent awards so we take a trip around the mountain to find the region's best beer
Opinion
Haiku Beer Vol 4
In volume four of his beer Haiku series, Stephen Gallagher takes us from Atlanta to Wanaka for some poetic beers.
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Shortjaw: beer for Westport first
Luke Robertson explains why he went from writing about beer in Melbourne to buying a brewery in his old home town of Westport.
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