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: