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Clean, well-brewed mainstream beers earn top award for DB

In case you missed the week's big beer news, DB is New Zealand's champion brewer for 2010.
 

Award winning beer spawned by poker

A former sea urchin researcher and two-time New Zealand poker champion has big plans to grow his micro-brewed beer label, which took out an industry award last week.
 

Announcing Winner of 2010 Beer & Chefs Competition

Hi everyone, on behalf of the Brewers Guild we want to say a huge thank you for entering the Beer & Chefs competition this year, the judges really enjoyed the variety and creativity put into th

Liquorland BrewNZ Awards 2010 Winners Announced

The Liquorland BrewNZ Beer Award winners have been announced and we'd like to congratulate all winners, including Champion Brewery DB Breweries.

Brave New World of Beer

The New World chain has cemented their craft beer credentials with the welcome announcement they will be the major sponsor for Beervana, the country’s premier beer festival.  This popular publ

Record entries in 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards

To date 450 entries have been received for the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards, up from 348 entries last year.  In its ninth year and run by the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, this is a record number o

Hop to it

NewZealand is a brewlover's paradise and there's no better way to experience the country's best than on a beer crawl. Rob Stock leads the way.

BEER REVIEW: Brewer strikes purple patch

Vicki Purple was a pinot noir girl who would not go near a beer until, last year, when she tried a wheat beer infused with coriander and lemon zest then fell in love with Tom Jones, founder of Dune