2010 New Zealand Champion Brewery Winner Announced
DB Breweries is the New Zealand Champion Brewery of the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards. Announced last night at an awards dinner held in Wellington, a record total of 446 entries were received, up from 348 entries last year.
In its ninth year, the Awards are run by the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, which represents the majority of New Zealand brewers.
Chief Judge, David Logsdon from the USA, says that the 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards hosted the largest field of entries ever, surpassing last year’s competitions by a great margin.
“Brewers from around the world competed with the best of New Zealand beers in a world class challenge,” Logsdon said.
“The results show that New Zealand stands tall amongst the best beers in the world.”
Australian winners included:
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European Ale Styles
Silver Bridge Road Brewers, Beechworth – Chevalier Saison
Bronze Coopers Brewery – Coopers Vintage Ale
Bronze Holgate Brewhouse Pty Ltd – Double Trouble
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Stout and Porter Styles
Silver Redoak Boutique Beer – Redoak Baltic Porter
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Specialty, Experimental, Aged, Barrel & Wood-Aged Styles
Gold Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe – Redoak Special Reserve
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Cider and Perry Styles
Bronze Lion Nathan, Australia – Tooheys Extra Dry 5 Seeds Cider
Bronze Little Creatures Brewing – Pipsqueak Best Cider
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The list of trophy winners is set out below. The full list of winners can be seen here.
CLASS
TROPHY WINNER & WINNING BEER
Class A: New Zealand Champion Brewery
DB Breweries
Class B: Champion International Brewery
Boston Beer Company
Class C: European Lager Styles
DB Breweries – Monteith’s Black
Class D: International Lager Styles
The Croucher Brewing Company –
Pilsner
Class E: European Ale Styles
Steam Brewing Company – Cock & Bull Fuggles
Class F: New Zealand, US & International Ale Styles
Steam Brewing Company – Cock & Bull Monks Habit
Class G: Stout and Porter Styles
Three Boys Brewery – Three Boys Oyster Stout
Class H: Wheat and Other Grain Styles
Emerson’s Brewery – Emerson’s Dunkelweiss
Class I: Flavoured & Aged Styles (incl. Fruit/Spice/Herb/ Honey/Smoke)
8 Wired Brewing – The Big Smoke
Class J: New Zealand Draught
DB Breweries – Tui
Class K: New Zealand Lager & Premium Lager Styles
DB Breweries – Tui Blonde
Class L: Reduced Alcohol, Reduced Carbohydrate & Gluten-free Styles
DB Breweries – Export 33
Class M: Specialty, Experimental, Aged, Barrel & Wood-Aged Styles
Epic Brewing Company – NZ – Epic Barrel Aged IPA
Class N: Cider and Perry Styles
Bulmer Harvest Cidery (Foster’s NZ Ltd) – Bulmers Original Pear Cider (Perry)
Class O: Packaging
Aotearoa Breweries NZ Ltd – Mata
Class P: Festive Brew
Three Boys Brewery – Three Boys Pineapple Lump Porter
Class Q: Cask Conditioned
The Twisted Hop – Nokabollokov
Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation
Independent Liquor NZ Ltd