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Breweries in Wellington Region, New Zealand
Every brewery recorded in Wellington Region, New Zealand by Open Brewery DB, 41 in all across 7 cities and towns.
Breweries in Wellington Region, New Zealand
Open Brewery DB records 41 breweries in Wellington Region, New Zealand, spread across 7 cities and towns. By type they include 27 microbreweryies, 12 brewery (closed)s and 2 contract breweryies.
The full list appears in the table below, with the city and type of each. Every brewery is an independent business, so confirm current opening hours, tours and taproom availability directly before visiting.
The cities with the most breweries recorded here are Wellington, Upper Hutt, Porirua, Lower Hutt, Paraparaumu and Martinborough.
Cities and towns covered
Breweries in this directory are found in Lower Hutt, Martinborough, Paraparaumu, Porirua, Upper Hutt, Wellington and kapiti.
Each city page, where one exists, narrows the list down to a single town with the address of each brewery, which is the quickest way to plan a visit or a crawl.
Why a brewery scene matters to a homebrewer
A strong local brewery scene is a resource for anyone brewing at home. Taprooms let you taste well-made examples of the styles you are trying to recreate, which is the single best reference point for judging your own results.
Beyond that, many breweries sell fresh spent grain, will talk process with a curious homebrewer, and anchor the local club and competition scene. A region with this many breweries usually has an active homebrew community alongside it.
About this directory
This directory is compiled from Open Brewery DB, an open, community-maintained dataset of breweries worldwide. Coverage depends on the records submitted there, so a very new or very small brewery may not yet appear, and an occasional closed one may linger.
The listing is a starting point rather than a definitive register. Where a brewery lists a website in the data, that is the best place to check its current beers and hours.
| Brewery | City | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Abandoned | Porirua | Microbrewery |
| Anchor | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Baylands | Lower Hutt | Microbrewery |
| Beg, Borrow & Brew | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Big Growler | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Black Dog | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Bloom Theory | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Boneface | Upper Hutt | Microbrewery |
| Choice Bros | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Double Vision | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Duncan's | Paraparaumu | Microbrewery |
| Fork | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Fortune Favours | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Garage Project | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Heyday | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Hop Hustlers | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| JuiceHead | Wellington | Contract brewery |
| Kereru | Upper Hutt | Microbrewery |
| Lord Almighty | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Martinborough | Martinborough | Microbrewery |
| Massey University | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Mean Doses | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| North End | kapiti | Microbrewery |
| Occasional Brewer | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Panhead | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| ParrotDog | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Peak | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Ranger | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Remedy | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Rocky Knob | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| SUP | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Te Aro | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Tiamana | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Tinker Taylor | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Tuatara | Upper Hutt | Microbrewery |
| Tuatara Third Eye | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Waitoa Social Club | Wellington | Microbrewery |
| Webb Street | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Whistling Sisters | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Wild & Woolly | Wellington | Brewery (closed) |
| Yeastie Boys | Wellington | Contract brewery |
Source: Open Brewery DB (open data).
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