My first foray into beer writing was for a little blog-project-thing called The Beer Money Blog.  It was back in 2013, and I was a budding beer nerd who had […]

When I was a kid, one of the few grown-up TV shows that my Mum and Dad let me watch was Cheers.  The piano trill that signified the start of […]

It’s nearly two weeks since the biggest night in New Zealand’s beer calendar: the Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards.  It was a huge night for indy darlings Garage Project, […]

Last week, New Zealand’s doyen of beer journalism Geoff Griggs penned a piece on the state of beer quality in New Zealand.  With the deliciously-bloody title ‘There’s too much faulted […]

The greatest beer writer that ever lived – Michael Jackson (Not That One) – was nearly-always positive in his writing.  In 1987, he penned a piece defending the art of […]

Episode 7 represents a change in tack for the Brew Hui Podcast. Once a week, I pop-down to my local – Warkworth’s craft beer institution Tahi Bar – for a half-pint […]