8 Wired Brewing opened its new Barrelworks and Tap Room in Matakana this month and locals have been quick to try out their favourite tipple.
Soren and Monique Eriksen moved their 8 Wired brewing operation from Blenheim to Warkworth six years ago and have been searching for somewhere to set up their barrels ever since.
Soren says now that he has the space for his 260 barrels and ten 2000-litre foeder barrels, he will be able to do more of the bold and bizarre one-off beer production runs that he loves.
“We want people to feel that they are part of the brewing process,” he says. “The tasting tap room is set among our barrels and people will see some of the blending and bottling.”
He says his favourite part of the job is when local growers approach them with produce from their garden, which he turns into a barrel-aged beer such as wild feijoa sour ale or gypsy fruits with grapefruit.
In April, Soren’s Feijoa Sour Ale was among the 30 top tier winners at the New World Beer and Cider awards, hand selected from 630 entries.
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