Only 2.5% of beer consumed in NZ is Kiwi owned

[nzbrewer]

Now that Lion is to be purchased 100% by Kirin

97.5% of all beer sold in New Zealand profits foreign interests and breweries.

Lion = Japan
Mac's = Japan
DB = Singapore / Holland
Monteith's = Singapore / Holland
Independent Liquor = Australia

Support the 50 small independent kiwi owned breweries and keep the money in New Zealand.

Drink Local, Support New Zealand

[Stu McKinlay]

So who will now be New Zealand's biggest brewery (by volume produced?).

Steam?
Harringtons?
Tasman?
West Coast?

I know that Emeron's must be the easiest to find.

[denimglen]

Would have to be Steam?

[nzbrewer]

I'd throw out there Harrington's

[jt]

What volume do Mates pump out to the east coast ?

[Reviled]

Mates??

[Beer_ledgend]

Is now Hawkes Bay Indepentant Breweries

[Reviled]

Id think it would be Steam but I havnt been to the other breweries.... Yet...

I was fully blown away by the size of Steam tho!

[nzbrewer]

My guess as to New Zealand owned independent breweries by volume

- Harringtons
- Hawkes Bay Independent
- West Coast Brewing
- Matsons Brewery
- Steam Brewing Company
- The Emerson Brewing Company
- Nelson Bays
- Tuatara
- Moa
- Dux de Lux

[Larry Kurth]

I'll put a bid in to be bottom of the list!!! Go the brewers bar pub.

[BeerNZ]

I wouldn't get too carried away by Matsons. Even down here were not seeing it around much. Especially the packaged has dried up quite a bit. Depending on how you skin a cat, Nelson Bays could be higher, and don't forget Tasman. By the size of the operation when I toured, they definately have the potential to make some huge volumes.
You wouldn't know how much someone like McDuffs puts out either. $150 kegs to the students could be a dark horse (excuse the Mussel Inn pun)......!!!

[Greig McGill]

On that note, any comment as to why BrewNZ is choosing to celebrate two styles which pretty much led to this scenario? Something, ANYTHING else would have seemed to be a better idea?

[BeerNZ]

Care to expand Greig?