Just months ago Deep Creek beer was only sold at the owners' three bars around Auckland. Already the brewery is selling craft beer in Melbourne where it recently won the Champion Small International Brewery Trophy at the Australian International Beer Awards. Advertisement"It's a craft beer city, much like Wellington," he said, "and we've managed to get some good presence there." Deep Creek is now projecting a 70 per cent increase in volume from March 2017 to March 2018. While Wellington remains king of craft beer, MacLachlan said Auckland is showing a lot of potential.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 25, 2017 02:34 UTC