With the ravenous heat of the summer now beginning to wind down, but plenty of warm weeks still ahead of
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2023 The Year in Beer
While the previous year might have been the first to finally wrest free from the last Covid restrictions, it still
Continue readingAn Oude to Gueuze
This August the Brewers Guild Awards were announced, with singular trophy winning beers assigned to each of the sweeping fifteen
Continue readingDoubling Down on IPA
New Zealand produces a profound number of beautiful IPAs, but if you keep hunting out bigger and better, the trail
Continue readingNavigating The Haze Craze
Not since the IPA explosion of the late aughts has a style of beer experienced such a meteoric rise to
Continue readingA Hit of Kiwi Hops
Some beer styles have been with us for hundreds of years. Porter for instance has been around since the 1700s.
Continue readingHarvest Time
Did you know grapes and hops are harvested at roughly the same time – in early autumn? We don’t see
Continue readingTime For a Cold Beer
The words “cold” and “beer” go together perfectly. Michael Donaldson – hoppiness.co.nz So, it’s little wonder that “Cold IPA” is
Continue readingSummer Means One Thing To Me: Lager.
Lager is the most popular beer style in the world for a reason — it’s crisp, clean and refreshing. Here
Continue readingZeroes are the New Heroes in the Beer World
A few years ago, you couldn’t get a decent non-alcoholic beer in New Zealand for love nor money, but in
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