New Moa brewery owner Stephen Smith says “only time will tell” if the $1.9m he paid for one of New Zealand’s biggest craft brands was foolhardy or genius.
Garage Project pokes fun at seltzer snobbery
Garage Project has entered the seltzer market with a product that co-founder Pete Gillespie describes as a coming together of various trends in craft brewing.
Epic’s long awaited taproom opens
Auckland-based Epic Beer is meeting the challenge of staying on tap in a quick change industry by opening its own taproom in its Auckland warehouse.
NZ Hops assessing hail impact on crop
New Zealand Hops is hopeful the damage inflicted by a freak hailstorm last week will not leave brewers empty-handed this year.
Hyper-local crowdfund helps Three Sisters move
Taranaki brewery Three Sisters has undertaken a hyper-local reward-based crowdfunding campaign to help make the move to a new venue.
Managing director departs in Lion NZ shakeup
Lion NZ managing director Rory Glass is leaving the business after a restructure that will create a more closely aligned trans-Tasman business.
Demand from Behemoth investors crashes site
Behemoth Brewing is celebrating a bittersweet capital raise that netted them $1.8m but left some investors upset they were unable to invest because of technical glitches.
Behemoth crowd funding goes ahead strongly
Just a day into its second crowd-funded capital raise, Behemoth Brewing Company is almost halfway to its fundraising target of $1.8 million.
Wellington’s Beervana to feature US contingent
One of the more unusual stands at the annual Beervana festival in Wellington this weekend comes courtesy of the US Department of Agriculture.
Garage Project on the hunt for Australia site
Wellington brewery Garage Project is actively looking for a site to build a brewery in Australia, but in the meantime will contract brew at Hop Nation.