# Ground Up Brewing — Wānaka, Otago

> Ground Up Brewing in Wānaka, Otago, New Zealand scores 3.78 out of 5 — Fine, #77 in New Zealand. 115 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Ground Up Brewing is a brewery in Wānaka, Otago, New Zealand. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.78 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #77 in New Zealand. Of the 115 beers we track, 31% are IPA and 23% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.78 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #77 in New Zealand · #6,857 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 115

## What they brew

- IPA — 31% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 23% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 19% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 10% of the beers we track
- Other — 7% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 5% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 4 Gordon Road, Wānaka, Otago, New Zealand
- Coordinates: -44.7033791, 169.1475352
- Website: http://www.groundup.co.nz/

## Breweries nearby

- [Rhyme X Reason Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/rhyme-x-reason-brewery-17145.md) — 3.86, Fine — Wanaka, Otago — 0.1 mi away
- [Sidewinder Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/sidewinder-brewery-12672.md) — 3.38, Poor — Wānaka, Otago Region — 0.7 mi away
- [Maverick Craft Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/maverick-craft-beer-34154.md) — 3.62, Poor — Wānaka, Otago Region — 0.7 mi away
- [b.effect](https://finding.beer/brewery/b-effect-17180.md) — 3.73, Fine — Wanaka, Otago — 1 mi away
- [Wānaka Beerworks](https://finding.beer/brewery/wanaka-beerworks-7498.md) — 3.00, Limited — Wānaka, Otago — 4.7 mi away
- [Arrow Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/arrow-brewing-company-34113.md) — 2.69, Poor — Arrowtown, Otago — 22 mi away
- [Arrowtown Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/arrowtown-brewing-17141.md) — 3.04, Limited — Arrowtown, Otago — 23 mi away
- [Cargo Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/cargo-brewery-17177.md) — 3.06, Limited — Gibbston, Otago — 24 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in New Zealand](https://finding.beer/breweries/new-zealand.md)

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