New Zealand Champion Brewery Winner Announced

26 August 2010

2010 New Zealand Champion Brewery Winner Announced

DB Breweries is the New Zealand Champion Brewery of the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards. Announced tonight at an Awards Dinner held at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington, a record total of 446 entries were received, up from 348 entries last year.  In its ninth year, the Awards are run by the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, which represents the majority of New Zealand brewers.

Chief Judge, David Logsdon from the USA, says that the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards hosted the largest field of entries ever, surpassing last year’s competitions by a great margin.  “Brewers from around the world competed with the best of New Zealand beers in a world class challenge.  The results show that New Zealand stands tall amongst the best beers in the world.”

The public will be able to sample some of the award winning beers at Beervana, held at the Wellington Town Hall on Friday 27 August and Saturday 28 August. www.beervana.co.nz

CLASS
TROPHY WINNER & WINNING BEER
Class A: New Zealand Champion Brewery
DB Breweries
Class B: Champion International Brewery
Boston Beer Company
Class C: European Lager Styles
DB Breweries - Monteith’s Black

Class D: International Lager Styles
The Croucher Brewing Company -
Pilsner

Class E: European Ale Styles
Steam Brewing Company - Cock & Bull Fuggles

Class F: New Zealand, US & International Ale Styles
Steam Brewing Company - Cock & Bull Monks Habit

Class G: Stout and Porter Styles
Three Boys Brewery - Three Boys Oyster Stout

Class H: Wheat and Other Grain Styles
Emerson’s Brewery - Emerson’s Dunkelweiss

Class I: Flavoured & Aged Styles (incl. Fruit/Spice/Herb/ Honey/Smoke)
8 Wired Brewing - The Big Smoke

Class J: New Zealand Draught
DB Breweries – Tui
Class K: New Zealand Lager & Premium Lager Styles
DB Breweries - Tui Blonde

Class L: Reduced Alcohol, Reduced Carbohydrate & Gluten-free Styles
DB Breweries - Export 33
Class M: Specialty, Experimental, Aged, Barrel & Wood-Aged Styles
Epic Brewing Company – NZ - Epic Barrel Aged IPA
Class N: Cider and Perry Styles
Bulmer Harvest Cidery (Foster’s NZ Ltd) - Bulmers Original Pear Cider (Perry)
Class O: Packaging
Aotearoa Breweries NZ Ltd – Mata
Class P: Festive Brew
Three Boys Brewery - Three Boys Pineapple Lump Porter
Class Q: Cask Conditioned
The Twisted Hop – Nokabollokov
Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation
Independent Liquor NZ Ltd

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