Beer production suffers biggest fall in more than decade — but it's not all bad news. Fresh hop season comes early in the Far North. A fresh hop yacht race.
Sorry for a very belated comment but that's a shock about Hashigo Zake. As a regular visitor to the capital in the 2010s, I often had a beer or three there with a friend while I was in town. My favourite spot was the tables beneath the small opening to the pavement on Taranaki St. And kudos to the barman who cautioned me that the bourbon-barrel conditioned stout I once ordered was 9%.
Sorry for a very belated comment but that's a shock about Hashigo Zake. As a regular visitor to the capital in the 2010s, I often had a beer or three there with a friend while I was in town. My favourite spot was the tables beneath the small opening to the pavement on Taranaki St. And kudos to the barman who cautioned me that the bourbon-barrel conditioned stout I once ordered was 9%.
It was a shock at the time and from this distance now, and your comment, it feels even more of one. So sad!