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December brings the return of our famous, "Craft Appreciation Weeks". We've picked three of our favourite breweries to help you celebrate the end of a, ahem, tumultuous year!

Tuatara : 3rd Dec - 9th Dec
Wellington's most established craft pioneers, Tuatara's passion for flavourful beers combined with their consistency makes them an irresistible choice time and again.

With the heat on the rise how about an $8 pint of some of their finest brews!

This Wednesday, the 21st, the Beer Baroness and Epic beer Luke are putting down a collaborative special brew at the Four Avenues Brewing Co. To mark this rosy occasion, the last keg of Epic Hop Zombie in CHCH will be popped and drained. First in first served.

Pic from epicbeer.com

Thanks to all who came to Monday's Emersons Beer and Whisky Tasting with Christchurch's Whisky Galore and Mr Richard Emerson himself.

A full write up will follow but for those keen to "recollect" what went down have a look at the line up by downloading a PDF for your very own safe keeping here (PDF 5mb)!

We're starting to get inundated with enquiries about having your Christmas function at Pom's and what Victoria's Kitchen is offering for groups.

So this year we are offering two set menus and then for smaller groups there's our fantastic regular menu (which can be viewed here).

Just thought I’d share some brief notes about my time in Wellington. For the second year I helped Craig “BeerNZ” Bowen with  the logistics of judging over 450+ entries. The good news is judging went smoothly and I have to tip my cap to him and all the judges. Like last year, some amazing beers medalled - and some really amazing beers didn’t such is the nature of judging I suppose - but overall the Awards was another successful chapter in celebrating New Zealand brewing.

Pom’s sits on the site of the historic Ward’s Brewery and prior to our occupation it was the home of Harrington’s Brewery. Founded in 1991 by John Harrington, they have grown from a 1000L brewery to become Christchurch’s oldest and largest brewing and bottling company.
At the Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards they took out the supreme award, the Champion Brewery of the country for 2012!  

What is a Wee Bairn? Are there golden eagles in NZ?  What is a Raindog? And who wins when they go head to head? Many questions plagued me as our monthly tasting got under way.

Wow April really flew by at here at Pomeroy’s… yikes May is almost gone, time for another beer tasting! All April we enjoyed some of Southlands finest offerings. And we’re not just talking about the Bluff Oysters.  Invercargill Brewery had several great beers come through the taps last month.  To top it off Invercargill Brewery owners Steve and Amanda Nally made the trip north for April’s brewery tasting night! 

With the Golden Eagle and Raindogs tatsing this coming Monday we thought it was a good time to get their interview from the Pom's Press online for all to read. So without further a do...

Thanks to all who turned out for another great tasting evening and BIG thanks to Steve Nally for his time and insight into his fantastic INvercargill Breweries.

A great mix of cider, seasonals and year-round drops were on offer and if you want to rush to your nearest quality outlet and purchase (or order from the taps at Pom's) here's what filled your glasses in order: