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

The first beer brewed in New Zealand was made by the order of English explorer Captain James Cook who believed the beer would help fight scurvy, a disease common to sailors of the time. It was brewed on Saturday 27 March 1773 on Resolution Island, in Dusky Sound, Fiordland. The beer was brewed using wort with addition of molasses and rimu bark and leaves.

«We also began to brew beer from the branches or leaves of a tree, which much resembles the American black-spruce. From the knowledge I had of this tree, and the similarity it bore to the spruce, I judged that, with the addition of inspissated juice of wort and molasses, it would make a very wholesome beer, and supply the want of vegetables, which this place did not afford; and the event proved that I was not mistaken.»

James Cook, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1.

The first commercial brewery in New Zealand was established in 1835 by Joel Samuel Polack in Kororareka (now Russell) in the Bay of Islands.

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.

[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] Breweries

[edit] Large breweries

[edit] Microbreweries

[edit] Brewpubs

  • Brew Moon Brewing Company
  • Duncan's Founders Brewery
  • Dux de Lux
  • Galbraith's Brewing Company
  • Roosters Brewhouse
  • Sawmill Brewery
  • Shakespeare Tavern & Brewery
  • The Twisted Hop Real Ale Brewpub

[edit] New Zealand Beers

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[edit] Festivals

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1] Tom Cannavan, March 2006, Impressions of New Zealand, www.beer-pages.com. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ^ [2] RateBeer New Zealand breweries directory. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  3. ^ http://www.euromonitor.com/Alcoholic_Drinks_in_New_Zealand
  4. ^ [3] Mata
  5. ^ [4] Croucher
  6. ^ [5] Tuatara Breweries

[edit] External links

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