# There Be Dragons

> There Be Dragons in New Zealand scores 3.86 out of 5 — Fine, #45 in New Zealand. 8 beers tracked, mostly Sour / Wild Ale.

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There Be Dragons is a brewery in New Zealand. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.86 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #45 in New Zealand. Of the 8 beers we track, 42% are Sour / Wild Ale and 40% Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.86 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #45 in New Zealand · #4,522 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 8

## About

There Be Dragons produce's fine quality beer and is ranked #43 in New Zealand. They are most well known for "Royal Blood", which is a Wild Ale and "Chasing Harvest Ale 2012", which is an Other. Their primary focus is brewing Wild Ales and Amber Ales.

## What they brew

- Sour / Wild Ale — 42% of the beers we track
- Other — 40% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 18% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: New Zealand
- Coordinates: -40.900557, 174.885971
- Website: http://www.therebedragonsbrewing.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [DB Breweries](https://finding.beer/brewery/db-breweries-9567.md) — 2.20, Limited — 0 mi away
- [Duncan's Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/duncans-brewing-11673.md) — 4.17, Great — Paraparaumu, Wellington Region — 5.9 mi away
- [Tuatara Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/tuatara-brewery-9668.md) — 3.80, Fine — Paraparaumu, Wellington — 6 mi away
- [North End Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/north-end-brewing-17153.md) — 3.76, Fine — kapiti, Wellington — 9.5 mi away
- [Abandoned Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/abandoned-brewery-21752.md) — 3.80, Fine — Porirua, Wellington — 16 mi away
- [Boneface](https://finding.beer/brewery/boneface-14267.md) — 3.87, Fine — Upper Hutt, Wellington — 19 mi away
- [Te Aro Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/te-aro-brewing-company-17144.md) — 3.79, Fine — Upper Hutt, Wellington — 19 mi away
- [Panhead Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/panhead-brewery-6190.md) — 3.92, Fine — Upper Hutt, Wellington Region — 19 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

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

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