Sutton Group Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards August 2011

2011 Awards Round Up

Congratulations, 8 Wired Brewing

The Sutton Group Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards have been judged, with 8 Wired Brewing taking out the top honors to become The Champion Brewery in New Zealand.

With 465 entries in 2011, the Awards drew the biggest entry tally since their inception in 2001, up from 446 in 2010 and 348 in 2009.

In its tenth year, the Awards are run by the Brewers Guild of New Zealand who represent the majority of breweries in New Zealand.

Full Details of the other Trophy Winners are below:

New Zealand Champion Brewery

8 Wired Brewing
Champion International Brewery Boston Beer Co.
European Lager Styles

Steam Brewing Company, Cock & Bull German Pilsner

International Lager Styles

McCashins Brewery, Stoke Amber

British Ale Styles

Harrington's Brewery, Pig & Whistle
Other European Ale Styles

Tuatara Brewing Co Ltd, Tuatara Ardennes
US Ale Styles

Epic Brewing Company, Epic Armageddon IPA
New Zealand & International Ale Styles

Emerson's Brewery, Emerson's Oreti Red
Stout & Porter Styles

Three Boys Brewery, Three Boys Oyster Stout
Wheat & Other Grain Styles

Tuatara Brewing Co Ltd, Tuatara Hefe

Flavoured & Aged Styles
(incl. Fruit/Spice/Herb/ Honey/Smoke)

8 Wired Brewing, The Big Smoke

New Zealand Draught

DB Breweries Ltd, Tui East India Pale Ale

New Zealand Lager & Premium Lager Styles

Lion Breweries, Speights Summit Lager
Specialty, Experimental, Aged,
Barrel & Wood-Aged, Reduced Alc./Carbohydrate & Gluten-Free Styles

8 Wired Brewing, Barrel Aged Big Smoke

Cider & Perry Styles

Camla Farm, Camla Farm Cider
Cask Conditioned

Cassels & Sons Brewing Co. Ltd, Milk Stout
Packaging

Moa Brewing Company, Moa St Josephs Magnums
Festive Brew

Emerson's Brewery, Emerson's Black Op
Morton Coutts Trophy For Innovation The Yeastie Boys

 

Full details of all the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards can be downloaded here.

 

Image Galleries

Thanks to Jed Soane (The Beer Project) we have image galleries available to view.

The Trophy Winners
Extra Awards Night Images

If you require high res versions of these images please contact media@brewnz.co.nz
 
Finally for those that attended Mashing In there is an online image gallery here to view.


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2010 Awards Round Up

DB Breweries is the New Zealand Champion Brewery of the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards. Announced at the Awards Dinner held at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington, a record total of 446 entries were received, up from 348 entries last year.  In its ninth year, the Awards are run by the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, which represents the majority of New Zealand brewers.

Chief Judge, David Logsdon from the USA, says that the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards hosted the largest field of entries ever, surpassing last year’s competitions by a great margin.  “Brewers from around the world competed with the best of New Zealand beers in a world class challenge.  The results show that New Zealand stands tall amongst the best beers in the world.”

CLASS TROPHY WINNER & WINNING BEER
Class A: New Zealand Champion Brewery DB Breweries
Class B: Champion International Brewery Boston Beer Company
Class C: European Lager Styles DB Breweries - Monteith’s Black
Class D: International Lager Styles The Croucher Brewing Company - Pilsner
Class E: European Ale Styles Steam Brewing Company - Cock & Bull Fuggles
Class F: New Zealand, US & International Ale Styles Steam Brewing Company - Cock & Bull Monks Habit
Class G: Stout and Porter Styles Three Boys Brewery - Three Boys Oyster Stout
Class H: Wheat and Other Grain Styles Emerson’s Brewery - Emerson’s Dunkelweiss
Class I: Flavoured & Aged Styles (incl. Fruit/Spice/Herb/ Honey/Smoke) 8 Wired Brewing - The Big Smoke
Class J: New Zealand Draught DB Breweries – Tui
Class K: New Zealand Lager & Premium Lager Styles DB Breweries - Tui Blonde
Class L: Reduced Alcohol, Reduced Carbohydrate & Gluten-free Styles DB Breweries - Export 33
Class M: Specialty, Experimental, Aged, Barrel & Wood-Aged Styles Epic Brewing Company – NZ - Epic Barrel Aged IPA
Class N: Cider and Perry Styles Bulmer Harvest Cidery (Foster’s NZ Ltd) - Bulmers Original Pear Cider (Perry)
Class O: Packaging Aotearoa Breweries NZ Ltd – Mata
Class P: Festive Brew Three Boys Brewery - Three Boys Pineapple Lump Porter
Class Q: Cask Conditioned The Twisted Hop – Nokabollokov
Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation Independent Liquor NZ Ltd

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2009 Awards Round Up

Click here to download the results of The BrewNZ Beer Awards 2009


Sponsorship
Interested in sponsoring a category in the awards?  Click here to download a sponsorship package or email David Cryer for more information.

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