I have decided to start collecting brewers!
I started my collection at Marchfest in April. This could end up being quite a hit-and-miss sort of thing, because it relies on me having a camera with me when I run into brewers. And unfortunately, my camera does not easily fit into my handbag.
Anyway, so the collection begins….
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Three of the four Funk Estate brewers at Golding’s Free Dive – Dan Lord, Shiggy Takagi and Jordan Evison.
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I collected a fair few brewers at the 2013 Great Australasian Beer Spectacular in Melbourne…
I apologise for looking ghostly in some of these pics.

The head brewer of Italy’s Birra Del Borgo, Leo Di Vicenzo, and I at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda, Melbourne

Tim Thomas from the teeny Hop Dog Brewery in NSW and I at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda, Melbourne. (This one is in B&W because I’m actually blue in this photo.)

Garage Project’s Jos RuffelL and I at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda, Melbourne. My awkward expression may have something to do with David having trouble with his phone taking the photo.

My other Garage Project photo – head brewer Pete Gillespie and I at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda, Melbourne.

Jasper Cuppaidge, from the UK’s Camden Town Brewery, and I at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda, Melbourne. (We are both blue in this photo, which looks less creepy than just me being blue.)

Josh Uljans (left) and Karl van Buuren (right) from Moon Dog Brewery in Melbourne join me for a photo at GABS 2013.

Feral brewer, Brendan Varis, and I at Horn Please Indian Restaurant in Melbourne during Good Beer Week 2013.
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It turns out Golding’s Free Dive in Wellington is a bit of a hotspot for brewers. Here are a couple I just happened to run into.
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During Choice Beer Week at the beginning of August I ran into plenty of brewers – here are a few photos of those I remembered to collect (or had a working camera with me when I bumped into them).

Niels Schipper from Schipper’s Beer (left) and Paul Croucher from Croucher Brewing (right) at Golding’s Free Dive after Mashing In 2013

The other half of Brewaucracy, Phil Murray (left), and Ron Trigg (right) from mike’s in Taranaki at the 2013 NZ Brewer’s Guild Awards Dinner.

Man of the moment Andy Deuchars from the 2013 Champion Brewery, Renaissance. at the NZ Brewer’s Guild Awards.

ParrotDog’s Matt Stevens, Matt Warner and Matt Kristovsky posing with me in front of their bottling line.

Dave Kurth from Hot Water Brewing (left) and Kieran Haslett-Moore from Southstar and Northend breweries while at Beervana 2013.
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