Fork and Brewer

At the time planning started on the Fork and Brewer, there were no breweries in Wellington!

The brewery in the corner was designed in New Zealand and constructed in China during 2011. It was custom built for the Fork & Brewer and allows Fork brewer Brayden to brew around 1,000 litres of fresh, beautiful beer at a time.

Fork and Brewer opened for the Rugby World Cup 2011 but we didn’t start brewing until a year later. The location, considered perfect due to its proximity to the old Malthouse, proved a challenge in the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes. No one wanted to sign-off on the engineering specifications for a brewery built upstairs.

“We have one piece of advice for anybody starting a brewery

• don’t do it upstairs
• ever”.!

Overseeing the development and installation was experienced brewer Dion Page (ex-Tuatara Brewery) -