Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Taste Test - NZ

We were amazed at how many good breweries there were in NZ. 15+ breweries sampled over three weeks.

Tuatara was the winner as our favorite brewery; it's clean and balanced offerings seem under-appreciated.

Other interesting brews we tried worth checking out for their quality and/or uniqueness: Moa, Duncans Founders, Emersons, Epic.




We are used to buying growlers full of beer from breweries at home... in NZ, they call them "riggers" and they are 2-litre plastic bottles! Crazy! This beer had a clever name - "George Best," after the Manchester footballer.


This slogan, painted on the wall at Mac's Brewery in Wellington, says it all:

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