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Martin Townshend built his reputation as a one-man beer brewing operation in a shed at his Upper Moutere home. But the award-winning brewer has ou...

We have been named New Zealand’s Champion Brewery! The announcement was made at the 2014 Brewers’ Guild of New Zealand Beer Awards held on Thurs...

We’ll after a whirlwind UK trip catching up family and stopping in on the old local English pubs, We are back in the brewery refilling up all the T...

Hello to all the craft beer drinkers out there, As a lot of you probably already know, Townshend's Brewery consists of 2 people... myself and my ...

So if you've been living under a digital rock for the past few days, I may as well let you know that the royals are in the country. Tomorrow is the...

In the case of Townshend's Brewery in the Upper Moutere, Martin Townshend is the Pommy who makes excellent real ales. The brewery is six years old, and he started out making really high quality English beers as close to style as possible. He now has three beers regularly fermenting in casks, with a cider in the mix as well.

The days are getting shorter and the body is beginning to prepare for colder temperatures so our tastes start tending towards warming ales. Well, m...

Craft brewer Martin Townshend's national awards prove that the little guy can take on big business, and win - with the right blend of hops, barley,...