filling the gap

The Beer Engine is a project decades in the making.

Beer Engineers Dale Gould & Oliver Smith met over lunch one day to discuss what to do in a post-lockdown world. The rest they say, is history.

Long has beer been an integral part of New Zealand society, but it was only recently that people were able to turn the hobby and passion of home-brewing, and home-distilling into a profession. For all the shiny new breweries that pop up across the country every year, there are countless more budding brewers and beer heads sitting on recipes and ideas - restricted only by a heaving market and limited production spaces of the right size.

Oliver & Dales idea seeks to create a platform, from which these ideas and visions can be realized. By creating a maker space - of a size that is useable by both established brands looking to play, and aspiring homebrewers looking to take the next step, as well as a dedicated retail and bar space to showcase the products of these ventures - The Beer Engine was born.

Expect to see some familiar names grace these hallowed walls, as well as some names you haven't heard in a long time, as well as never before seen products, from brand new producers waiting to get their ideas out into the world.