*👍NZ's Choicest Craft Beers of 2025!!!

We couldn’t be more stoked with the response we’ve had for the NZ’s Choicest Craft Beers competition. The feedback we’ve received from the industry, our brewery partners and the Beer Hugger community has been off the scale.

💥NZ's Choicest Box of Craft Beers is here for a good time not a long time! Get your order in today for shipping w/c 17th November while stocks last. Boom!💥

🎁If you are looking for gifts for staff or clients, please email us at hugs@beerhug.co.nz and we'll sort it! Ho Ho Ho🎁

NZ’s Choicest Craft Beers is more than just a contest; it's a celebration of the creativity and passion that goes into crafting every brew. And we reckon it’s never been more important to get behind our brewers and give them a double thumbs up.

We’ve received over 4,000 votes for over 350 different beers and the results are in. Drum roll please…..

It’s official, NZ’s Choicest Craft Beer as voted by the Beer Hugger community is 👍DNA's Handle the Jandal Kiwi IPA. Congratulations to the DNA team for crafting a beer that couldn't be more Kiwi. Choice As!

If you want to jump on board this celebration of NZ Craft and lock in a box, now’s your chance. This limited release contains the 12 Choicest Craft Beers (5x 440ml + 7x 330ml) in NZ this year. 

🥁Drum roll please. NZ's Choicest Craft Beers of 2025 are... 

• #1🥇DNA Handle the Jandal Kiwi IPA 440ml (6.0%)
• #2🥈Epic Hop Zombie Double IPA 330ml (8.5%)
• #3🥉Garage Project Pernicious Weed Double IPA 330ml (8.0%)
• #4 🙌Cassels Milk Stout 440ml (5.2%)
• #5 🙌Behemoth Lid Ripper Hazy IPA 440ml (6.9%)
• #6 🙌Mount Brewing Crazy Hazy Daze Hazy IPA 330ml (6.4%)
• #7 🙌Parrotdog Birds Eye Hazy IPA 330ml (5.8%) 
• #8 🙌DNA Hitman Tropical Hazy IPA 440ml (6.0%)
• #9 🙌Epic Armageddon IPA 330ml (6.7%)
• #10 🙌Good George Haze of Glory Hazy NZIPA 330ml (7.0%)
• #11 🙌McLeod's Paradise Pale Ale 330ml (5.5%) 
• #12 🙌Eddyline Crank Yanker WCIPA 440ml (7.0%) 

Thanks for supporting local craft. We know you'll enjoy this awesome release!

If this box isn't for you, no wuzzas, check out all our other awesome one-off brewery releases HERE!

Choice Huh!

🍻Team Beer Hug

*Details:

• Cost is $69.95 plus $6.95 shipping (or +$14.95 rural).
• Beers will be shipping daily from w/c 17th November while stocks last. Track and trace emails will be sent upon dispatch. 
• The beers in the box may alter slightly depending on availability. If we need to make a change to the box, we’ll make sure any substitutes are equally awesome!