Don’t feed dogs chocolate – put it in beer instead

Guest post by Krystle, thanks Krystle! Cof­fee, chocol­ate, and beer…these are a few of Wel­ling­to­ni­ans’ favor­ite things – and thanks to a col­lab, you can now drink a fusion of all three. Loc­al legends Black Dog Brew­ery and Wel­ling­ton Chocol­ate Fact­ory have teamed up to pro­duce the Bean Me Up Mocha Stout. You may be […]

A new bru, whisky scones and L’Affaire au Chocolat

The old Fringe Bar on the corner of Vivi­an and Cuba has morph­ed into Bru on Cuba. Call­ing it a craft beer bar would be a bit of an over­state­ment (albeit pleas­ant enough with dark wood decor and leath­er couches), it places com­fort­ably in the chill out/sports bar space, with Bound­ary Road and Scot­tish Brew […]

Beer Belly Jellies

Anoth­er guest post from Heath­er at Food­ie Gems of Wel­ling­ton. We love guest posts.  For all you crafty beer fans out there, an innov­at­ive new product – Beer Belly Jel­lies. Inspired by a sim­il­ar product in Canada some years ago, Lindy McLen­nan has partnered with the Par­rot­Dog boys to hand craft these delights. So as […]

La nouvelle bière houblon verte est arrivé!

Today is the first day of Hop­stock, a cel­eb­ra­tion of the Nel­son Hop har­vest. In what seems just a little bit like some craft beer ver­sion of the Beau­jolais Nou­veau mad­ness, for a very short time twelve bars around town will be show­cas­ing eight new beers brewed with fresh (rather than the usu­al dried) hops. This […]

Craft Beer for Japan

To raise funds in the wake of the dia­ster in Japan, Hashigo Zake is hold­ing a tast­ing of Japan­ese craft beer on Thursday 24th March at 6:30pm. All pro­ceeds will be donated to the Japan­ese Red Cross. The tast­ing will fea­ture Tokyo beer writer Rei Murakami, who will be bring­ing beer from brew­er­ies Baer­en and […]

TAWA5 Most Missed

We loved you… and then you were gone. When will we see you again? When will we share those pre­cious moments? (etc etc.) Here are some great Wel­ling­ton things we miss: