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WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR 2019!

This article was published in The FMCG and Hospitality Business Magazines 2019 Leaders forum2018 was an interesting year for beer in New Zealand. We continued to see changes in how people consume beer, with a greater focus on value over volume. A desire from consumers to be aware of their overall wellness. As well as the changing nature of how different age groups drink alcohol in general.According to the NZ health Survey by Ministry of health, about four in five adults (78.7%) consumed alc...

PAIR YOUR BEER

With the year drawing to a close, brewers are pushing hard to ensure the high demands of the festive season will be met. Weather it’s the end of year work function, the increase of sunshine hours compelling us to dust off the BBQ or the extended family and in-laws coming over for Christmas lunch at your place. Summer is when we most like to enjoy our favourite hop infused beverage.A big part of the festive season focuses on food. We will likely spend hours getting the ingredients and recipe ri...

SUMMER TRENDS

While I’m not usually one to predict the future, there are certain beer trends that are growing in NZ and saw considerable action in the now finished Northern hemisphere summer. With that in mind lets have a look at what is likely to be on the beer menu for the up-coming sunny months.If you can’t see through it, don’t worry. Hazy or Juicy beers have already started to make real inroads to the New Zealand beer scene, and if you read John Oszajca’s article back in the August edition of The...

THIS BEER LOOKS A LITTLE GREEN

Making beer is a pretty energy intensive process, not only for those brewers sweating over a hot mash-tun but also in the energy required to produce that fine amber liquid we so enjoy.  This is why more and more breweries are incorporating sustainable elements into their operations.Sustainability comes in many forms: social, environmental, economic and has come to be expected from consumers who are looking for businesses to show some real social and environmental responsibility. An effectiv...

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SUMMER ROADIE TO MANGATAINOKA

I was born in Wellington in 1975 and have spent most of my last four decades living in the capital, so am no stranger to Tui East India Pale Ale. Yes, Lion Brown was the Wellington drink of choice, but whenever my friends and I ventured north of Waikanae or wandered over the Rimutakas we drank what the locals drank… and that was Tui.The orange cans were distinctive but it was the stubbies with their sports trivia questions hiding inside the bottle caps that won us over. Tui became our go-to dr...

A PORTLAND STATE OF MIND

I had only been on the ground in Portland for five minutes before I stumbled across my first brewery. It was 10am so I kept walking. It was not like finding a brewery in Oregon was a taxing exercise. State excise relief, strong domestic consumption and homegrown hops has led to an explosion of micro and independent breweries in the Beaver state. Upwards of 200 independent breweries now operate in Portland, Eugene and rural Oregon.The wind and rain that had battered the North-east of the United S...

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT ESTHER

"I’m worried . . . I love it so much . . . It means so much to me . . . I don’t know what’s going to happen."In August I was invited to take part in a beer debate during ‘the Road to Beervana’. The debate was held in one of the smaller auditoriums at the legendary Bats Theatre just off Courtney Place. ‘The Road To Beervana’ is a new initiative designed to turn the annual Beervana weekend in Wellington into a week-long celebration of innovative beer and quality food. It’s early da...

THE HOUSE THAT RICHARD EMERSON BUILT

"When I started Emerson’s Brewery in 1992, I wanted to prove that we could make world-class beers right here in Dunedin. That vision has been well and truly recognised. And thanks to our partners at Lion, we now have an amazing new building to serve as a fitting new spiritual home; a place where all our Emerson’s fans can come and see, taste, smell and enjoy all our great beers."Richard EmersonEmerson’s BreweryOn June 21st I attended the opening of the new $25 million Emerson’s Brewery i...