Winners at 2022 NZ Beer Awards
The 2022 New Zealand Beer Awards have been announced, with Christchurch brewery Three Boys taking the crown for Champion Exhibitor and Garage Project winning Champion Beer.
Organisers say that this year’s event drew 828 entries across 119 style classes, with 811 beers judged. The success rate at gaining a medal in the 2022 competition was 62%, which was a 10% increase on 2021.
The 2022 competition also saw the addition of a No & Reduced Alcohol Class, which proved popular with 29 entries in its first year. The most popular category was Juicy/Hazy with 136 entries.
Champion Award Winners - NZ Beer Awards 2022
CHAMPION NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITOR 2021: Three Boys Brewery (Chch)
CHAMPION NEW ZEALAND BEER: Garage Project – Chance, Luck and Magic
CHAMPION NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURER: Steam Brewing Co. (Akld)
CHAMPION LARGE NEW ZEALAND BREWERY: Garage Project
CHAMPION MEDIUM NEW ZEALAND BREWERY: Behemoth Brewing Company Ltd.
CHAMPION SMALL NEW ZEALAND BREWERY: Three Sisters Brewery
CHAMPION MICRO NEW ZEALAND BREWERY: Kainui Brew Co. (Kerikeri)
Industry Award Winners
BEER TOURISM AWARD: Wellington Culinary Events Trust – Beervana
PACKAGING AWARD: Double Vision Brewery (Wgtn)
BREWING SUSTAINABILITY AWARD: Sawmill Brewing Co
BEER MEDIA AWARD: Writedit Ltd (Michael Donaldson)
Trophy Winners
INTERNATIONAL LAGER: Three Boys Lager – Three Boys Brewery
EUROPEAN ALE: Chance, Luck & Magic – Garage Project
NEW ZEALAND STYLES: Slope Shredder – Baylands Brewery
AMBER / DARK ALE: Snow Dance – Altitude Brewing
AMBER / DARK LAGER: Sawmill The Doctor – Sawmill Brewery
INTERNATIONAL PALE ALE: Paradise Pale Ale – McLeod’s Brewery
BRITISH ALE: Emerson’s Old 95 – The Emerson Brewing Company
INDIA PALE ALE: C!tra – Liberty Brewing Company
JUICY / HAZY: Haze of Glory – Good George Brewing
SPECIALITY & EXPERIMENTAL: feijoa & rye – Brood Fermentation
STOUT & PORTER: Starlight Highway – Altitude Brewing
NO & REDUCED ALCOHOL: Low Hanging Fruit - Blood Orange and Passionfruit Edition – Behemoth Brewing Company Ltd
WHEAT & OTHER GRAIN: Hefe Metal – Badass Beverages
BARREL & WOOD AGED: From the Woods - 2020 Saison – Lumberjack Brewing
FRUIT & FLAVOURED: Rose Saison – Kainui Brew Co.
W: Full results at brewersguild.org.nz
