NEXT GENERATION OF CRAFT BREWERIES JOIN BREW DAY 2015

On Saturday, February 28th 2015 five of Wellington’s newest craft beer breweries will bring their finest ales to this year’s Greater Wellington Brew Day in Martinborough, to be held. 2015 will be the third time BrewDay has been held and is a continuation of the region’s reputation as the craft beer capital of New Zealand.

Choice Bros, 9 Barn Yard Owls, Tiamana, Wild and Wooly Beers and Duncan’s Brewing Co will be serving new releases at the annual craft beer festival in Martinborough.

Kerry Gray, director at Choice Bros, a Brooklyn brewery says “I am a firm believer that festivals are a time to have fun and release one off interesting beers that you can not buy regularly,” says Kerry. “We’re trying to bring back traditional styles with a modern twist and use interesting ingredients that make people question ‘What is beer?”

The five new breweries will join other breweries and distilleries from the greater Wellington region when they gather on a festive site located at 61 Kitchener Street, (a 10 minute walk from the town square) They include Parrot Dog, Fork & Brewer, Black Dog, Baylands Brewery, Garage Project, PanHead Brewery, Yeastie Boys, Funk Estate, Kereru Brewing ,Tuatara, North End Martinborough Brewery, Peak Brewery and Regent 58 (Wairarapa).
In addition Hardie Boys will provide low alcohol ginger beer and lemonade and Koast will offer up limoncello while Kapiti Kitchen will do non-alcholoic drinks.
Food will be provided by Fork and Brewer, The Hop Garden, House of Dumplings, WFP (Wood Fired Pizza), Scotty’s Meats, Crescendo Cuisine, PanMan Paella, Wakelin House and Zibibbo.
Wellington band The Noodles, jazz band The Jelly Rolls and The Polly Johnson are set to entertain crowds.
Tranzit Tours to meet the train from Wellington and to offer a bus service from select Wairarapa locations,” says Karen.

Tickets for Brew Day are available through www.ticketdirect.co.nz. More information on the event can be found on www.brewday.co.nz