Drinking Beers out of the Creek

I certainly chose a great day to visit the newest craft beer pub on the North Shore of Auckland, and plenty of other people had the same idea because tables were at a premium. Deep Creek Brews & Eats has only been open about a month but the word seems to be spreading about...

Can I get that tasting rack to go?

Or “I’ll have a six pack of awesome, please”. Any of you who live near the Auckland CBD will probably know that New World College Hill is one of the best places to go to get your craft beer fix. Confronted with metres of beer fridge overflowing with ales and lagers from all over...

Bill’s IPA Day

On a night where the majority of our beer scene were in Our Nation’s Capital (and let’s be honest; Our Nation’s Beer Capital too) attending the BrewNZ Beer Awards; the rest of us not fortunate enough to be in Wellington were tracking down Indian Pales Ales for the cause of International IPA Day. Thursday...

Bill of Beer’s Top Five IPAs

Well, way down here in little ol’ NZ it’s almost International IPA day. And before our beer scene starts going crazy with Beervana talk, I thought I would get in early and share my favourite IPA’s with the world. I sourced myself a couple of new IPA’s for the day as well so this...

Jumping on the IPA bandwagon

The New Zealand craft beer market is going crazy for big hoppy beers and IPAs (Indian Pale Ales) are becoming more and more popular. So it wasn’t going to be long before the big boys of the NZ beer market tried to get a piece of that action. DB must have been too busy...

Sick of beer?

Tonight I came across an advert that struck a chord in me. A spirits provider that shall remain unnamed asked me “sick of beer?” and then proceeded to market to me a premix beverage that I wouldn’t consider drinking… And it made me think. How many consumers out there are “sick of beer”? Are...

Craft beer wins thanks to SOBA

Yes, it’s everywhere “DB win Radler trademark case”. Good game, it was a game of two halves, and beer was the real winner on the day. Martin Craig also recognises some of the positives to be found in this controversial decision. So let me highlight my findings from the past few days: SOBA deserves...

Sport venues spoilt for choice of beer?

Now I know Neil Miller already raised this point recently, but being a Warriors season member I have to deal with this a little too regularly for my liking. Anyone who has paid attention to my untappd checkins would see the almost fortnightly “Lion Red at Mt Smart Stadium”. I do understand that the...

The Age of HOPocalypse

Is the Rapture upon us? With so many earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis in recent times there will be plenty of doomsday merchants trying to sell their wares, I’m sure. In the beer world however, this day seems to have dawned. Friday 8 June, Ponsonby’s Golden Dawn was host to The Four Horsemen’s beer launch...