David Gaughan, owner of Eagle Brewing and Port and Eagle Brewpub, pictured here in 2018. A beer industry entrepreneur is heartened by the industry’s staunch response to an online racist rant by a brewer. Since then, beer stockists across New Zealand have pulled Eagle Brewing products from the shelves and made public statements condemning his racist comments. (First published February 2018)Simon Cooke (Ngāi Tahu) worked with Gaughan when Eagle Brewing made a beer on his behalf under contract. “The fact that this is happening in the brewing industry, that we are in, just hits home that racism is everywhere.”“I was really surprised by the comments.

Source: Stuff May 15, 2021 08:15 UTC