Renaissance Brewing has scooped the pool at the 2013 Brewer’s Guild of New Zealand Awards taking home Champion New Zealand Brewery as well as the trophies for British Ale Styles and Wheat & Other Grain Styles with their Tribute Barley Wine and Enlightenment Black the RIPA respectively. Other big winners on the night were Townshend Brewery – International Lager Styles and Cask Conditioned Styles trophies – and Tuatara – US Ale Styles and Packaging trophies.
Michael Donaldson picked up the Beer Writer of the Year award for his work on his book Beer Nation, and Doug Banks and Jim Banks took home the Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation.
Full results:
Champion New Zealand Brewery
Sponsored by Dish
Renaissance Brewing
Champion International Brewery
Sponsored by NZ Hops
Boston Beer Company
European Lager Styles
Sponsored by Weyermann Specialty Malts
Cassels and Sons Dunkel
International Lager Styles
Sponsored by O-I
Townshend Brewery Oldhams Tap Riwaka Pilsner
British Ale Styles
Sponsored by Leading Label
Renaissance Brewing Tribute Barley Wine
Other European Ale Styles
Sponsored by CryerMalt
Emerson’s Brewery Dinner Bell
US Ale Styles
Sponsored by Pall NZ
Tuatara Brewing Tuatara American Pale Ale
International Ale Styles
Sponsored by Kiwi Labels
Lion – The Pride Mac’s Shady Pale
Stout & Porter Styles
Sponsored by Orica Chemnet
Wigram Brewing Company The Czar
Wheat & Other Grain Styles
Sponsored by Beer & Brewer Magazine
Renaissance Brewing Enlightenment Black the RIPA
Flavoured & Aged Styles (incl. Fruit/ Spice/ Herb/ Honey/ Smoke)
Sponsored by Farra
Three Boys Brewery Three Boys Coconut Milk-Stout
New Zealand Specific Styles
Sponsored by Gladfield
Boundary Road Brewery Haagen Lager
Specialty, Experimental, Aged, Barrel, Wood-Aged Styles
Sponsored by Plant & Food Research
Garage Project Cockswain’s Courage Double-Barrelled Edition
Cider & Perry Styles
Sponsored by Charta Packaging
Good George Brewing Drop Hop Cider
Sponsored by AIBA & CBIA
Townshend Brewery Old House ESB
Packaging
Sponsored by Endeavour Glass
Tuatara Brewing Tuatara Range
Festive Brew
Sponsored by Beervana
The Twisted Hop Cheery
Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation
Sponsored by DB Breweries
Doug Banks and Jim Banks
Brewers Guild New Zealand Beer Writer of the Year
Michael Donaldson
Trophies are awarded to the highest rated beer commercially available in New Zealand.