The 2025 New Zealand Beer Awards recently took place, with the best in local beer being celebrated and appreciated by experts.

25 trophies were handed out - selected from 625 beers submitted from 70 different breweries.

Head judge of the awards, Tina Panoutsos, has spent many years in the industry and she says New Zealand-produced beer is on par with the best in the world.

"I think New Zealanders are spoilt for choice when it comes to ingredients, roots, herbs - we saw quite a number of different beers presented with quite different ingredients." 

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