Beer in New Zealand
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Beer in New Zealand is mainly dominated by pale lager. The main brands include Tui, Speight's, and Export Gold, available throughout New Zealand. There are also around 50 small breweries and brewpubs producing a varied range of beer styles.[1][2]
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[edit] History
European, and primarily British immigration to New Zealand in the 19th Century has resulted in a brewing tradition that is as established as European settlement itself. The first beer brewed in New Zealand was made by the order of English explorer Captain Cook in the 18th Century, who believed the nutritional values of beer would help fight scurvy, a disease common to sailors of the time. It was brewed from Manuka leaves on Resolution Island, in Dusky Sound, Fiordland.
[edit] Economy
The two leading breweries in New Zealand, Lion Nathan 51% and DB Breweries 39%, control almost 90% of volume sales between them.
Pale lager, the largest alcoholic drinks sector in terms of volume sales, is on a downward trend, as a result of a declining demand for standard and economy products.[3]
[edit] Main breweries
- Lion Breweries
- Canterbury Brewery
- Khyber Pass Rd Brewery
- McCashin's Brewery
- Speight's Brewery
- DB Breweries
- Waitemata Brewery
- Mainland Brewery
- Tui Brewery
- Monteith's Brewing Company
[edit] Small breweries
- Aotearoa Breweries NZ Limited [4]
- Bays Brewery
- Croucher Brewing from Rotorua [5]
- Emerson Brewing Company
- Epic Brewing Company
- Harrington's Breweries
- Invercargill Brewing Company
- Island Bay Brewing Company
- Kaiapoi Brewery
- Lighthouse Brewery
- Loaded Hog Brewery
- Mates Brewery
- Matson's Brewery
- McDuff's Brewery
- Moa Brewing Company
- Peak Brewery
- Pink Elephant Brewery
- Shamrock Brewing Company
- Steam Brewing Company
- Sunshine Brewing Company
- Tuatara Brewery
- Waiheke Island Brewery
- Waituna Brewing Company
- Wanaka Beerworks
- West Coast Brewery
- White Cliffs Brewing Company
- Wigram Brewing Company
[edit] Brewpubs
- Brew Moon Brewing Company
- Duncan's Founders Brewery
- Dux de Lux
- Galbraith's Brewing Company
- Roosters Brewhouse
- Sawmill Brewery
- Shakespeare Tavern & Brewery
[edit] New Zealand Beers
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- Epic Pale Ale, Voted Best beer in New Zealand, Supreme Champion winner at the NZ international beer awards 2006. [5]
- Lion Red
- Speights Gold Medal Ale, originally from Otago
- Tui, an East India Pale Ale
- Export Dry
- Export Gold
- DB Draught
- Waikato Draught
- Flame Beer, popular 5.2% beer
- New Zealand Lager
- Steinlager, a well-known export lager.
- Ranfurly, a draught beer.
- Monteith's: A range of beers originally brewed on the West Coast of the South Island, now also brewed in Auckland.
- Mac's: Based in Nelson, McCashin's Breweries produce a range of award-winning beers.
- Haägen, a lager.
- Emersons
- Wigram
[edit] Festivals
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- http://www.realbeer.co.nz - News and regular updates about New Zealand beers
- http://www.brewersguild.org.nz - Brewers Guild of New Zealand official website
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