We are the voice of New Zealand’s brewing industry.
The Guild offers your business INDUSTRY EXPERTISE you won’t find anywhere else. We are your GO TO for those regulatory issues you need specialist knowledge on. We are your VOICE to the decision makers. We are here to CHAMPION you and your business, SUPPORT you and your team, and we are here to CONNECT you to industry and opportunities.
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?
Recent years have underscored the importance of solidarity and presenting a unified front, all while fostering a community who celebrate the wins and offer support when facing challenging times. Over the past 12 months here are a few awesome things we’ve work on and some achievements;
Our members are Kiwi brewers, brewing industry workers and representatives who are all about creating ONE voice for our industry. Meet some of our members in the video below:
Advocacy:
Our collective voice helps steer the future on the New Zealand Brewing industry. We represent our members on the issues that affect your business. This includes lobbying government, consulting on regulatory requirements, providing members with information and offering support and discussion via the wider group.
Discounts for members:
Who doesn’t love a discount?! Members get all sorts of discounts.discounts on all sort of things – from fuel, to partner deals, BGNZ Awards functions, education and training and other activities including NZ Beer Awards entry fees and NZ Beer Awards functions. On your NZ Beer Awards entries alone you can save a good percentage of your joining fee!
Exclusive member only deals:
When you are a member of the guild you can access excusive member only deals, including Cheaper freight costs with the AIBA Consolidation Scheme, Scholarship opportunities, education and training (discounted Cicerone qualifications), business, and HR training and support webinars.
Member resources:
Access member only resources that can help with your business – these include templates for food safety, job descriptions, positive work place culture, health & safety, as well as access to support documents for export and retail requirements.
Beer Tourism – NZ Ale Trail:
Guild members are listed on the #NZaletrail for FREE! This includes social media posts, and digital marketing campaigns promoting our members breweries and venues as destinations. Being a part of the NZ Ale trail means we will let you know when there is tourism funding announced for your region.
BGNZ Membership information – HERE
MEMBERSHIP
BREWERY MEMBERSHIP
Our goal continues to be to represent your business, to help protect your right to trade from the many regulatory challenges we face and to inform and guide New Zealand’s brewing industry into a strong and sustainable future.
As a member of the Guild, you receive exclusive benefits and discounts including:
Benefits for 2025:
Brewery Membership – please click HERE
Brewery Membership Size | Fee |
Micro: Up to 50,000 litres | $700 |
Small Tier 1: 50,001 to 100,000 litres | $1,000 |
Small Tier 2: 100,001 to 200,000 litres | $1,500 |
Medium Tier 1: 200,001 to 600,000 litres | $2,000 |
Medium Tier 2: 600,001 to 2 million litres | $3,000 |
Large Tier 1: 2 million to 5 million litres | $5,000 |
Large Tier 2: More than 5 million litres | $15,000 |
MEMBERSHIP
CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
You don’t need to be a brewery to be a part of the Brewers Guild! Both the Guild and our Brewery members are well aware that there are lots of moving parts when it comes to our industry, and we want to see representation from right across industry.
Our partners (Corporate members) come from right throughout the grain to glass supply chain and we love having them as a part of our NZ brewing industry family.
Not only does your membership mean you are supporting the future of New Zealand’s brewing industry, there are also plenty of direct member benefits for you, our partners. We’ve listed some of these below:
Corporate Membership to the Brewers Guild of New Zealand is $1500 (+GST) per membership year.
The VOICE of New Zealand's brewing industry.
