Brewers Say Cheers
The Brewer's Guild Awards was the New Zealand Brewing industry's big night and it showed our local brewers have been working hard.
There were a record number of entries for the 2013 Brewers' Guild of New Zealand International Beer Awards, this year sponsored by Craftology. A panel of judges spent three days assessing more than 530 entries from the 60 or so commercial breweries in New Zealand, along with several international breweries. A hearty congratulations to all the winners from Dish.
NZ Champion Brewery:Renaissance Brewing
Champion International Brewery:Boston Beer Company
European Lager Styles:Cassells & Sons for Dunkel
International Lager Styles:Townshend Brewery for Oldhams Tap Riwaka Pilsner
British Ale Styles: Renaissance Brewing for Tribute Barley Wine
Other European Ale Styles:Emerson's Brewery for Dinner Bell
US Ale Styles:Tuatara Brewing for Tuatara American Pale Ale
International Ale Styles: Lion - The Pride for Mac's Shady Pale
Stout & Porter Styles:Wigram Brewing Company for The Czar
Wheat & Other Grain Styles: Renaissance Brewing for Enlightenment Black the RIPA
Flavoured & Aged Styles (incl. Fruit / Spice/Herb/Honey/Smoke):Three Boys Brewery for Three Boys Coconut Milk-Stout
New Zealand Specific Styles:Boundary Road Brewery for Haagen Lager
Speciality, Experimental, Aged, Barrel, Wood-Aged Styles:Garage Project for Cockswain's Courage Double-Barrelled Edition
Cider & Perry Styles: Good George Brewing for Drop Hop Cider
Cask Conditioned Styles: Townshend Brewery for Old House ESB
Packaging: Tuatara Brewing for Tuatara Range
Festive Brew:The Twisted Hop for Cheery
Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation: Doug Banks and Jim Banks
Beer Writer of the Year: Michael Donaldson
