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2024 sees the return of the Beervana International Invitational for the first time in five years! When it comes to good beer, it’s hard to look past Germany, so this year we’ll be celebrating the breadth, history and creativity of German brewing (not an easy task with three breweries!). We’ll be welcoming brewers from each of the three breweries to pour their beer to the Good Beer drinking people of New Zealand. Here’s what you can expect from the German breweries joining us in Wellington this August. The Beervana International Invitational is supported by our mates at Singapore Airlines and DACHSER.

Beervana Manager, Ryan McArthur, takes a little time to reflect on the year that was and pulls out a few Beervana and Beervana-adjacent highlights. 

Got a thirst for the Sunshine Coast?

Beervana is over for another year and you may be wondering just what to do with yourself. We got you. Australia’s Sunshine Coast is our pick for a post-Beervana vacay in the sun with a few festival favourites.

Now that the dust has settled, the breweries have packed up and the food vendors have put away their knives, the stadium has been cleared out, and the last of the merch has been sent home, the Beervana team want to thank YOU for being such a incredible bunch of beer lovers! 

Thank you to you all for coming along and exploring New Zealand’s (and Australia’s!)  amazing craft beer scenes.

While each session had its own top-praised beers on the leaderboard, there can be only one with the most praises overall and that beer… Drum roll please… is

Pretty much every single brewery under the sun started at home, usually in someone’s garage or shed. Getting home brew right takes a bit of time and practice, and a little advice doesn’t go astray either.   BrewShop is all about providing homebrewers everything they need to put down a decent brew at home, including sharing tips and insights to get your next brew tasting great.

New Zealand’s craft beer capital, Wellington is filled with great beer bars and breweries… which means many of you are looking for something *a little out of the ordinary* at Beervana. Never fear! We have picked out some of this year’s weirdest and most wonder-filled beers and brews for you. If a hoppy IPA is your trusted pair of jeans, these beers are your party clothes, that gold pair of boots or your novelty cufflinks. 

Take your Beervana experience to the next level with these all-new Beervana sideshows. Whether you’re into axe throwing or oyster tasting there’s a little something for everyone, from ticketed events to pay as you go Pop Ups - check them out below!

For this edition we extend a very warm welcome to our mates who are coming across from the Sunshine Coast! Make sure you say g'day and get yourself a wee taste of sunshine at Beervana. 

Get to know the next big thing in New Zealand’s brewing scene with this snapshot of peeps who will be on our New Kids On The Block stand for Beervana 2023. 

For this edition of You. Drink. This. we’re shining the spotlight on two breweries who make a welcome return to Beervana 2023, Mount Brewing Co and Martinborough breweries.

Heading to Beervana from out of town? Here are a couple of nuggets to help make your journey to the festival a little easier, so you can just relax and enjoy all the wonderful sights, sounds and good beer while here. 

Get to know your beer people

Welcome to Beervana's You. Drink. This, a brief, beery bloggy interlude into the lives and loves of New Zealand's beer peeps - from the brewers to the publicans, the festival managers to the beer reps, to those on the bottling line to the regulars waiting in line.

Never been to Beervana before? Want to navigate the country’s biggest celebration of good beer like a pro? Have we got some hot tips for you!

As tickets to Beervana go on sale once more, let's take a trip down memory lane to our favourite festival moments.  Read on, jog your memory and build up the FOMO to come along for 2023!

We chatted with the Aussie breweries coming to Beervana. Get to meet the masterminds behind those names in our latest You. Drink. This.

Get to know your beer people

Welcome to Beervana's You. Drink. This, a brief, beery bloggy interlude into the lives and loves of New Zealand's beer peeps - from the brewers to the publicans, the festival managers to the beer reps, to those on the bottling line to the regulars waiting in line.

Ah, the humble brewpub. Going right to the source of fresh beer, it’ll never fail you, providing a cosy corner to escape from an ever anxiety-inducing world on cold, wintery days or a windless little sunspot in the summer in which to sup on said fresh beer. You. Drink. This. pays tribute by chatting with three peeps, who spend their days brewing, pouring and overseeing - what else? - fresh beer!!

It’s the greenest season of the year: fresh hop season. Time to crack open all those hop harvest beers and slightly edgy/tired weed-related puns. To celebrate the hop harvest 2021 vintage, we chat to three beer peeps who are right in the heart of New Zealand’s hop country, Motueka.

The last blog we wrote for You. Drink. This. also happened to be for International Women’s Day. Then 2020 happened. So why not try this all over again and get us in the mood for 2021 with a You. Drink. This. celebrating International Women’s Day? We chat to three women in the New Zealand beer industry about themselves, what they’re drinking and whatever the hell is on their minds at this point in time.