6 Mar 2025

An experiment in your pint glass

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 6 March 2025

Some of the country's finest craft beer makers are pushing the boat out for a good cause in the fifth annual Rare Beer Challenge.

Fourteen breweries have submitted unusual flavours, and tomorrow expert judges and regular punters alike will be taste-testing them.

But it's not just about weird beers—the challenge is run in tandem with a fundraiser for Rare Disorders New Zealand.

Emile Donovan speaks to Shannon Thorpe, owner of Wellington's Fortune Favours and organiser of the challenge.

14 breweries have submitted unusually flavoured beers in the 2025 Rare Beer Challenge.

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