Lighthouse Brewery’s Dick Tout – Nelson Mail 18.07.17
After 50 plus years of spinning spanners, owning a retail shop and brewing beer Dick Tout has decided it is time to make a last brew and retire; and that means only one thing – it is party time at…
Peter Mayes and SOBA – Nelson Mail 18.04.17
SOBA is a delightful acronym for an organisation that worships great beer – the Society Of Beer Advocates is an organisation that promotes not only great beer but outstanding hospitality venues and moderate beer consumption. Local Co-organiser for SOBA in…
Mic Dover and Marchfest Published Nelson Mail 21.03.17
We are now into the middle of Nelson Beer Week with the exciting flavours of MarchFest just a few days away and the men responsible for MarchFest are starting to get a little nervous as the biggest day on the…
The Free House – Published Nelson Mail 14.03.17
A little building that was formerly a church in Collingwood Street became a pub in 2009 and has very quickly gained a reputation as one of the very best in the country. It had its genesis in quarterly beer fetes…
Craft Beer Depot (CBD)- Nelson Mail 07.03.17
March is beer month, well Nelson has got a beer week, Marchfest and the New Zealand Beer Awards coming up, so I will spend some time this month finding out about, and writing about, some of the businesses and people…
Nelson, The Artisan Capital of New Zealand – Nelson Mail 28.02.17
Writing this column often has me pondering about just how much our food and beverage choices have changed over the years. When I think back 30 years we used to spend a day ‘doing the wine trail’, that meant we…
McCashin’s Kitchen & Bar – MKB – Nelson Mail 29.11.16
McCashin’s Kitchen & Bar – MKB – Nelson Mail 29.11.16
Last week I reflected on the history of McCashin’s Brewery and the wonderful products being produced by the next generation of the McCashin family under the Stoke brand. While the brewery in Stoke is an industrial brewing operation an important…