6 Dec 2023

How much is too much for a good beer?: Craft brewers struggle with rising costs

From Checkpoint, 5:33 pm on 6 December 2023

Aotearoa's craft beer industry is hoping for a profitable summer as it continues to wrestle with high brewing costs.

A fourth craft beer business has hit major financial trouble this week as importer and distributor Beertique is in liquidation.

It follows Deep Creek, which is also in liquidation, and Brothers Beer which is in voluntary administration.

Meanwhile beer fans say they're finding it harder to afford their favourite crafties, as the cost of living bites.

Felix Walton has more.