Drink beer, support the arts with Garage Project Ghost Light beer

Welling­ton based inde­pen­dent brew­ery Garage Project has released a new beer to sup­port NZ the­atres and live per­form­ing arts. Work­ing in con­junc­tion with Wellington’s BATS The­atre, Auckland’s Base­ment The­atre, Christchurch’s Lit­tle Androm­e­da and oth­er inde­pen­dent the­atres around the coun­try, the Ghost Light beer has been designed to ref­er­ence a tra­di­tion in the arts, and be the per­fect beer for enjoy­ing dur­ing a live per­for­mance.
It’s tra­di­tion in the the­atre that when the­atres close their doors, an elec­tric light is left illu­mi­nat­ed on stage to keep the res­i­dent ghosts hap­py. Dur­ing lock­down, these Ghost Lights have been burn­ing bright on stages around the globe. Good for the ghosts, not so for those in the Arts. Brewed with extra light malt, oats, and a blend of Cit­ra and Nel­son Sauvin hops, Ghost Light is a bril­liant white gold brew with a dis­tinct­ly spec­tral haze.
Pro­ceeds of the Ghost Light beer go direct­ly to sup­port­ing the­atres around New Zealand. They’ve have been hit hard with Covid-19 clo­sures, can­celling sea­sons, piv­ot­ing to stream­ing shows online and being forced to dra­mat­i­cal­ly rethink how they are going to oper­ate and sur­vive mov­ing for­ward. With NZ going back into lev­el 2 and 3, the future is still very uncer­tain. An already stretched indus­try that relies on ‘live bod­ies in space’ is seri­ous­ly strug­gling.
Garage Project wants to encour­age beer lovers and the­atre lovers alike to sup­port local inde­pen­dent the­atre, either by being in the room togeth­er (if they can) or by buy­ing a brew that keeps a light on in the dark.

With label art by Julia Mur­ray