Nelson Breweries and Beer Map

Are you a beer tourist, too? We love to visit breweries and brewpubs
when we travel, so we always search the web for local beers at our
destination. Even day trips from home usually include a beer focused
stop somewhere along the way.  Brewing in the Nelson region
and
across the top of the South Island has expanded quite a [...]

Learning to Speak Beer in New Zealand

Our personal story of discovering New Zealand beer is a good guide for the American beer lover considering a move or extended trip to New Zealand

Two Perfect Days in Nelson

Nelson New Zealand is a hugely popular summer family destination for New Zealanders, and it also has lots of appeal for international visitors. We share our version of the perfect weekend visit for your first trip, drawn from our local experience and our guests’ reactions.

As we charge into 2009, BrewZone is slowly continuing our planned expantion into new formats and topic areas.  We are launching our ‘Dispatches’ section soon, where we can share little tidbits gleaned from the web without creating full-on illustrated articles.

Also, with New Zealand’s summer harvest threatening to overwhelm us, we will post our first recipes. Starting with Dill Pickles, we will add others as we invent ways to enjoy our bounty of figs, feijoas and veggies. In addition to recipes, we will be sharing thoughts about food, wine and beer.

In addition to our expansions, we are working on more articles about panoramic photography and various travel adventures which continue to draw the most readers.

Our stats show that our Amazon.com affiliate links have been useful to some readers, so will keep including them in our articles. Thanks to those who shop with these links- your purchases are helping support our site (at no extra cost to you)!

Peanut Butter Bar Cookie Recipe

Try this recipe if you want fresh baked peanut butter cookies without spending all the time and hassle of baking trays of cookies.

Cheap and Easy Dill Pickle Recipe

We have adapted this quick and easy recipe for making a single jar of whole dill pickles. It’s a great way to try small batch preserving that results in a crisp, authentic American pickle.

Buying a House in New Zealand

Buying a house in New Zealand is a different process than buying real estate in the US. We learned some of the differences through research and a few others the hard way. We now know the risks to watch for and resources to use for Americans to make a fully informed home purchase.