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Yeah, good idea for a thread.
Might have a reason to go into town one night now haha.
"Maybe you need another 'worth a look' section?"
I agree, it needs to be put into perspective really, given most bars around here dont even stock 1 bottle of craft beer in the fridge, let alone having 8 on tap. I would love and go back to, many times, a bar that had 3 or 4 craft beers on tap with more in the fridge, I think thats champion enough, especially for Auckland.
Rouge is a brewery that we were assured existed about a year ago but I've been unable to confirm either way. It's very close to coming off when we do an update in a few months.
I think having a different rule just for Auckland gives the wrong signal. There's plenty of bars with 4 taps of craft but are they somewhere you'd take your visiting Camra member friend to show off NZ's best? Beer Tourist isn't there to show all outlets - it doesn't show supermakets either. It's there to show outlets that take craft beer seriously, that make fans of craft beer say 'Wow'.
I get the feeling Auckland will catch up to what's happening in the rest of the country very soon.
Having an absolute figure of 8 taps does seem counter-productive in my mind, and will automatically dismiss quite a few bars that do take craft beer reasonably seriously. Is that really what you want to achieve with the beer tourist website? Which I do think is an excellent idea.
For example, two recent bar openings in Auckland, Golden Dawn and Andrew Andrew have exclusively craft beer on tap (5 or 6 taps each, from memory). Why is 6 not enough, when 8 is? It seems arbitrary. Both serve excellent beer; Hallertau, Epic, Tuatara and Croucher. I would indeed take a visiting Camra friend to both bars.
"There's plenty of bars with 4 taps of craft but are they somewhere you'd take your visiting Camra member friend to show off NZ's best?"
To put it frankly, yes I would!! 4 craft taps IMO is awesome, enough for there to be a good choice of different beers, and that same establishment would no doubt have bottles available also?
Also like Raffe says, Andrew Andrew is the type of bar you would make a fan of craft beer say "wow" - Yet it still doesnt qualify??
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