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The best way to sample the varied delights of the New Zealand brewing industry is to visit during their annual national beer festival, Beervana. Run sporadically for close to a decade, the event has really hit its straps since being ...

Size hasn’t only been a major influence in the development of the New Zealand craft brewing industry; isolation has also played a major role in the development of New Zealand’s distinctive hop varieties. Hops have been grown in the Nelson ...

New Zealand hops are distinctive but brewers are also looking to other native ingredients to give their beer some spice. Anyone who saw the Discovery Channel’s Brewmasters episode featuring Sam Calagione’s journey to New Zealand will be familiar with his ...

New Zealand is small. It is small and it is a long way from just about everywhere. Its largest city, Auckland, is more than 1,300 miles from the nearest similar-sized city, making it the most remote major city in the ...

According to the American Dialect Society, “tweet” was the word of the year in 2009. It beat other luminaries, such as “botox,” “shovel-ready” and “hike the Appalachian Trail,” for the top spot in the list of most important words and ...

Since its inception in 1984, the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA) has grown into one of the largest international beer competitions, together with Europe’s biennial Brewing Industry International Awards (BIIA), and the U.S.-based World Beer Cup. Although historically the awards ...

With craft beer only just getting a toehold in the Australian market, and a small population base to support it, some of Australia’s microbrewing hotspots have sprung up on tourist trails. The constant stream of visitor traffic can create a ...

It’s not just American brewers inspiring Australian beer lovers: American styles have captured palates, too. These days, it would be a rare microbrewery that doesn’t include an American-style pale ale in their lineup. The APA was most popularly introduced to ...