# The Island — Papamoa, Bay of Plenty

> The Island in Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand scores 3.84 out of 5 — Fine, #56 in New Zealand. 12 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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The Island is a brewery in Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.84 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #56 in New Zealand. Of the 12 beers we track, 48% are IPA and 40% Pale Lager.

## Rating

- Score: 3.84 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #56 in New Zealand · #5,157 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 12

## About

The Island produce's unproven beer and chooses to limit their brewing to a select few. They are most well known for "Pony Club Pilsner", which is an Other Pilsner and "Puha Road IPA", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Lagers and IPAs.

## What they brew

- IPA — 48% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 40% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 9% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 20 Domain Road, Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Coordinates: -37.6999234, 176.2844107
- Website: http://www.theisland.nz/

## Breweries nearby

- [Funk Estate](https://finding.beer/brewery/funk-estate-10094.md) — 3.45, Poor — Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty — 5.1 mi away
- [Saint Katherine's](https://finding.beer/brewery/saint-katherines-34114.md) — 3.05, Poor — Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty — 5.3 mi away
- [Lumberjack Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/lumberjack-brewing-13533.md) — 3.77, Fine — Te Puke, Bay of Plenty — 6.4 mi away
- [Mount Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/mount-brewing-co-10986.md) — 3.77, Fine — Tauranga, Bay of Plenty — 6.4 mi away
- [Rocky Knob](https://finding.beer/brewery/rocky-knob-11483.md) — 3.02, Limited — Tauranga, Bay of Plenty — 6.6 mi away
- [Alchemy Street Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/alchemy-street-brewing-28984.md) — 3.74, Fine — Tauranga, Bay of Plenty — 6.6 mi away
- [Kaimai Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/kaimai-brewing-co-34111.md) — 2.74, Limited — Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty — 7.1 mi away
- [Fitzpatrick's Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/fitzpatricks-brewing-co-11038.md) — 3.65, Poor — Tauranga, Bay of Plenty — 11 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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

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