1.00pm to 1.30pm – MAC’S BEERS AND MUSSELS - Mac’s Brewery makes beer the way nature intended (if indeed nature intended to make beer) using natural brewing and the finest of three ingredients; hops, malt and yeast. Taste three of Mac’s favourites; Gold, Hop Rocker and Sassy Red matched with delicious Kinkawooka Shell Fish Mussels fresh from the pristine waters of Boston Bay, SA. To purchase tickets please call 9319 7988


Mac’s Brewery

Brewing beer naturally is an article of faith at Mac’s. It takes a lot of creativity, a bit of pigheadedness and a room full of some fairly swish equipment.

In 1981 Mac’s caused a bit of a ruction in New Zealand brewing circles by challenging the established dominance of the big boys, creating a new market for naturally brewed craft beer.

In 2002 the old Shed 22 warehouse on the Wellington waterfront was turned into New Zealand’s most technologically whizz-bang beer-making facility, becoming the new national headquarters of Mac’s Brewery in the process. 

Over the years Mac's Brewery have developed all sorts of naturally-brewed beers in Wellington, including the richly awarded Sassy Red, No 8 (a superb pale ale made for BrewNZ 2006), Brewjolais (made with the season’s first green hops) and Mac’s Mojo, a unique espresso porter brewed with coffee beans from local roasters, Mojo.

Tickets to participate in the Mac’s Brewery Masterclass are $25.00 please call 9319 7988 to register your interest

A quick run down of Mac's Brewery beers:

• Mac’s Black - newly reformulated, this chocolaty dark beer is rich in toasted malts and Hallertau hops.

• Hop Rocker - a superb golden pilsner heavily hopped with sauvin and cascade varieties giving it citrus aromas and a proper bitter finish.

• Great White - a complex, cloudy Belgian witbier with banana, bubblegum and Turkish delight flavours, among others.

• Sassy Red  - a real favourite and Mac’s most awarded beer. A very hoppy bitter with loads of Saaz B and five different malts. All the flavour you can handle.

• Spring Tide -  ever mindful of the needs of all our drinkers, Spring Tide is a lower carb lager at full strength, but without the anaemic taste.

• Sun Dance -  a summer favourite. A summer ale with floral hop aromas and a bit of lemongrass in the boil for a sense of Pacific fusion.

• Ginger Beer - Mac's makes great beer, and that includes the Ginger, non-alcoholic, variety, with its perfect, refreshing balance of sweetness and spiciness.

• Green Apple - another non-alcoholic option, is made from genuine Hawkes Bay Granny Smiths. Nothing gets a pucker on like our sour apple fruit drink.

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