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All breweries in New Zealand

Every brewery we track in New Zealand, 220 in all, ordered by grade and then by score.

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The scale

  • Exceptional

    A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.

  • Great

    Consistently produce world-class beer.

  • Fine

    Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.

  • Poor

    Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.

  • Limited

    Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.

  1. The FermentistChristchurch2.81
  2. Monteith's Brewing Co.Greymouth2.81
  3. Award Winning BrewersAuckland2.77
  4. Waiheke Brewing Co.Waiheke Island2.75
  5. Kaimai Brewing Co.Mount Maunganui2.74
  6. Kaikoura Brewing CompanyKaikōura2.72
  7. McDuffs BreweryDunedin2.72
  8. Speight's BreweryDunedin2.71
  9. Manuherekia Brewery LimitedAlexandra2.69
  10. Queenstown BrewersQueenstown2.69
  11. Ranga GingerbeerGisborne2.68
  12. Sidecar Brewing CoChristchurch2.61
  13. CaptainsAuckland2.59
  14. Totara Brewing CoWakefield2.59
  15. Monsoon Brewing CoChristchurch2.56
  16. SUP BreweryMasterton2.52
  17. Lion New ZealandCBD2.45
  18. Tui Breweries Ltd. (DB Breweries)Pahiatua2.35
  19. DB Breweries2.20
  20. Asahi - Independent Breweries NZAuckland2.05