# The Laboratory Brewery — Lincoln, Canterbury

> The Laboratory Brewery in Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand scores 3.81 out of 5 — Fine, #65 in New Zealand. 173 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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The Laboratory Brewery is a brewery in Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.81 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #65 in New Zealand. Of the 173 beers we track, 41% are IPA and 14% Amber Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.81 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #65 in New Zealand · #5,945 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 173

## About

The Laboratory Brewery produce's fine quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Isotopic Pale Ale", which is an American IPA and "Best of Both Worlds", which is an English Bitter. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Amber Ales.

## What they brew

- IPA — 41% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 14% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 13% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 11% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 9% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 8% of the beers we track
- Other — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 17 West Belt, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Coordinates: -43.640201, 172.48147
- Website: http://thelaboratory.co.nz/

## Breweries nearby

- [Wilderness Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/wilderness-brewing-13278.md) — 3.86, Fine — Christchurch, Canterbury Region — 4.7 mi away
- [Southpaw Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/southpaw-brewing-company-13261.md) — 3.79, Fine — Christchurch, Canterbury — 6.2 mi away
- [Wigram Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/wigram-brewing-company-8068.md) — 3.69, Fine — Christchurch, Canterbury — 7.6 mi away
- [Kaiser Bros](https://finding.beer/brewery/kaiser-bros-17162.md) — 2.92, Limited — Christchurch, Canterbury — 7.6 mi away
- [1Up Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/1up-brewing-27496.md) — 3.65, Poor — Christchurch, Canterbury — 7.9 mi away
- [Harrington's Breweries](https://finding.beer/brewery/harringtons-breweries-9828.md) — 2.95, Limited — Christchurch, Canterbury — 8 mi away
- [BEERS by Bacon Bros](https://finding.beer/brewery/beers-by-bacon-bros-29016.md) — 3.86, Fine — Christchurch, Canterbury — 8.1 mi away
- [Volstead Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/volstead-brewing-company-24725.md) — 3.87, Fine — Christchurch, Canterbury — 9.9 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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

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