Beer

Wellington native, Max Gilbert is calling home from Taipei in Taiwan where he co-founded and runs the Ugly Half craft beer brewery with his wife Harn Sun. Audio

Brewing your own beer used to be a hobby fraught with undrinkable results, but these days homebrew can cut it with the professional stuff, says a brewery founder.

Aotearoa's craft beer industry is hoping for a profitable summer as it continues to wrestle with high brewing costs. A fourth craft beer business has hit major financial trouble this week as importer… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

They say beer is recession-proof, but two of the country's well-known craft breweries are facing an uncertain future. Audio

Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about a discovery by researchers in Singapore that wavy wounds heal faster than straight wounds. What implications might that have for… Audio

The owner of a boutique beer company says his business is in strife after Inland Revenue's ordered him to pay back Covid support funding.

Avondale business Hopscotch could not open during the… Video, Audio

Harvesting is about to get underway at Garston Hops which has gone from traditional sheep farming to a two tier operation with big plans afoot. Audio

Brewers who run bars are being bitten twice by a shortage of carbon dioxide. The gas is integral to beer production, used in tap rooms to push it through the pipes, and in breweries to carbonate it to… Video, Audio

The Solomon Islands government has secured a $US66 million loan from China for tech giant Huawei to expand the country's telecommunications network. It is the first major loan the country has received… Audio

One of the biggest fans of New Zealand craft beer has just landed in the country. Audio

If you have a taste for beer or cider, we are spoiled for choice in New Zealand.  The New World Beer and Cider Awards have just been held. Author and beer writer and Chair of the judges, Michael… Audio

At just 30, Wellingtonian Charlotte Feehan is one of the youngest head brewers in the country. After completing her brewing apprenticeship at Aro Street's Garage Project, she also qualified as a… Audio

West Aucklander Dawn O'Connor lives in Brussels, Belgium, where she has been based since 2018. She joins Jim for Calling Home. Audio

As the Beervana festival gets closer, brewers are looking at new ways to stand out at this year's event.  Jesse talks to Bruce Turner from Urbanuat in Auckland about the 'clear' beer they're brewing… Audio

On this day back in 1773 the first ever beer was brewed in New Zealand. It was brewed by Captain Cook on Resolution Island in Dusky Sound. To tell us about it is Christchurch brewer Paul McGurk, whose… Audio

Harvesting is the busiest time of year for hop farmer Cameron Ealam and his extended family who are working from dawn to dusk picking, cleaning and drying several varieties of aromatic hop cones that… Audio, Gallery