From 5pm tonight, Monday July 5, Matt Duncan of Founders, will be at Hashigo Zake offering a free taste of one of their beers. See you there.

John Duncan checks the clarity of the beer after filtering

Two generations of brewers: Callum, Matt, and John Duncan.

On February 19th Luke Nicholas kindly invited me along to document the brewing of the first Epic Thornbridge Stout, a collaboration between Luke and fellow Kiwi, Kelly Ryan from Thornbridge Brewery in the UK. Today one of my photos was used in an article about the collaboration in the Herald on Sunday. Here is a selection of other photos from the day.