Into the trenches
So a lot has happened since our last update. We had a very successful run of events during The Road to Beervana which was a blast but complicated by the fact that we were spread thin trying to commission the...
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And then there was a brewery …
Well almost. The tanks are in ! We are now waiting on a host of sparkies, plumbers and gas fitters to do their jobs and then we will be ready to brew. Below is a video documenting the week of...
Cans, Containers and Circuit Boards
The can launch tour was a huge success , thanks to everyone who came out to try our beer, to all the bars , restaurants and retailers who have supported us and stocked our cans and to our distributors and...
Let there be cans
We are currently midway through the canning of three of our core range beers , Super Alpha, Amber and Field Way. Luke and KHM have been getting stuck in learning how to master our Cask SAMS canning line. You can...
Salt and Wood
While we wait on our brewery our barrel program is developing nicely. Two of our beers are nearly ready to bottle while another is ready to come out of the barrel and onto fruit. To mark out our mixed fermentation...
Cans Cans Cans
We are standing on the threshold of a new important phase of our business. As our brewery plant is still delayed we have installed our canning line at Panhead and Mike from Panhead and Pete from Garage Project have got...
Barrel Aged Blanc de Festivus
In just under a weeks time we will be pouring at the third incarnation of the Brewday Festival. Last year the festival instituted a festive brew theme and brewers were encouraged to brew beers to the theme. Last year the...
Brewday 2015
Next week we will be heading over to Martinborough to attend one of our favourate beer festivals. Brewday is an awesome chilled out beer fest involving brewers from the greater Wellington region and has a wonderful ‘day in the country’...
Bruxellensis Reserve
Several months ago we received two ex Te Kairanga Sauvignon Blanc barrels . White wine barrels are a lot harder to acquire than red barrels as wineries tend to reuse white barrels more times than they do red barrels meaning...
Baby Grand
6 Months ago we started the North End barrel aging program when we took receipt of two Bordeaux barrels that were formerly used to age red wine at the Te Mata Winery in the Hawke’s Bay. One of the barrels...