Beer

Ava Wilson provides a beer match and some beer selections for your weekend enjoyment. Including Croucher Low Rider (2.5%), 8wired Hippy Berliner (4.5%) & Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin (7%). Audio

New Zealand brewed craft beer has become very popular both on the domestic market and for export. Jules van Cruysen began his career as sommelier in Wellington and writing about wine, then the 30 year… Audio

Writer and co-host of the beer diary podcast Phil Cook. His recommendations are Parrot Dog: 'Otis', Stone & Wood: 'Pacific Ale' and Emerson's Cellar Reserve: Flander's Red. Audio

Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 is the debut album by American R&B-soul singer-songwriter Jill Scott, chosen by Beer Baroness, Ava Wilson, who runs her beer brand from Christchurch out of… Audio

James Cooper is a farmer-turned-brewer, proprietor of Lake Man Brewing from Taupo. Audio

Jacob Leonard from Breakside Brewing in Portland, and Kelly Ryan from Fork & Brewer in Wellington. Audio

Neil Miller suggests a beer accompaniment for roast duck and gives us his selections for the weekend. Audio

Veteran beer brewer Ben Middlemiss in the USA. Audio

The Hop Lab in Motueka is a small research brewery, where a Plant and Food Research scientists are breeding, growing and testing new varieties of hops Audio

James Chatterton and Mike Cheyne of Mash Tun Crackers love their beer. They were brewing when they had the idea of crackers as a tasty way to recycle the spent grains used in making ale. Audio

The craftbrewer, Yeastie Boys, has raise just over half a million dollars by selling a 12-and-a-half percent stake in the company Audio

Brewer Soren Erikson. Audio

Nelson is fast carving itself out a reputation as the craft brewing capital of New Zealand, vying for the title with its neighbour across Cook Strait, Wellington. Audio

Moa has more than doubled its market share in supermarkets since it took distribution back inhouse in October last year. Audio

Helen Russell lives in Denmark. Friday is a big day for Danish beer drinkers. It's J-Day, the day when Danes get their special Christmas brew delivered! Audio

VSA volunteer Ken Wong has been working on the Breadfruit Flour Project in Samoa, but interestingly, they've also become side-tracked into brewing a nice local beer. Audio

Blenheim wine consultant Belinda Jackson takes us through two wines and one craft beer: Vidal Reserve Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2013 $18, Wolf Blass Gold Label Shiraz 2012 $22 and Craft beer Renaissance… Audio

Doug and Gabi Michael are passionate about making malt from Barley. The family has been growing malting barley for five generations on their Dunsandel farm in Canterbury, but the barley was always… Audio