Hopful Thinking

Who said Auckland doesn’t have any decent Brew Bars?  Here are a couple you’ve probably heard of, and one you probably haven’t.  It’s a start, alright?  And fellow beer fiend Rosalind Aymes has checked them all out for you.  So what are you waiting for?  Click on through!  Off you go!

As soon as I post this, some Nelsonsion is going to jump up and down, proclaiming that their region is New Zealand’s Home of Great Brew Bars, the Beer Capital, the Sunshine City and whatever else Nelson is claiming this week. Well, Auckland doesn’t have many craft breweries and it does rain an awful lot, but we’ve now got one thing going for us: three great brew bars. That’s right – three. Three great brew bars, each producing excellent beer, all … Read More

via A Girl’s Guide to Beer

Why have we been so quiet the last couple of weeks!?. Well, we’ve had a lot of stuff on, collectively.  Moving houses, kid stuff, big changes at work, having extra kids to stay, you know, the usual stuff that crops up and gets in the way of what life is really about Which of course, is having a beer with friends. And in our case, writing about it too.

So I just want to take a minute out of the madness to assure you, our readers and followers, that there are some big ideas brewing over here at the Hopful Thinkers.  Some ideas that we “hop” will get the Auckland craft beer scene a step or two towards where it needs to be.

So in the mean time, keep drinking, keep thinking, and watch out for what’s coming next!