The Brewers Guild has teamed up with online craft beer retailer Beer Hug to create a limited edition box of 12 of the 15 trophy-winning beers from the recent NZ Beer Awards 2022.

Only 250 boxes will be available nationally, priced at RRP $159.99 plus shipping and include a comprehensive tasting booklet. Due to expected high demand, interested buyers can register their interest via the Beer Hug website.

The Guild says that three of the winning beers were unavailable for inclusion due to brewery size or not being packaged.

Dan Phillips of BeerHug.co.nz says that given the strictly limited stock available, they are offering the boxes exclusively via EQL’s Run Fair program, which manages the sale of hyped products. “[It’s] the first time beer is being sold this way in New Zealand,” says Phillips, “but we know demand will be higher than supply. These beers are available in strictly limited numbers as some are produced in very small batches, many from very small breweries.”

Registrations opened on Monday 22 August and those successful in securing a box will be announced on Sunday 4 September, for shipping the next day.

W: See the full list of beers and register interest at beerhug.co.nz