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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Stoke Brewery and Emma McCashin – Nelson Mail 22.11.16
The McCashin brewing story started way back in about 1980, a time beer making and selling was totally dominated by two corporate brewers, Lion and DB, and the concept of…
