Queenstown Brewers

After years of brewing in the back shed, and sick of having no local beer to drink in Queenstown we decided it was time to turn some of our award winning brews (very amateur competitions, and mostly voted for by our mothers) into something bigger and Queenstown Brewers was born. Along the way we discovered that Queenstown has a rich history of beer brewing and malt growing, and we decided to inclu

de some of the anecdotes and flavour of the region into our beer names and packaging. To get the project off the ground without bankrupting ourselves we are continuing to formulate and “pilot brew” all our recipes in the back shed and then John is renting brewing space at Wanaka Brewery and is making the beer there. The intention is to make beer from malt grown on the Canterbury plains and from hops that are unique to New Zealand – giving tradition beer styles a NZ flavour and twist - keeping it local.