Sunshine Brewing -Brewed for those wanting bigger flavour, Green has found a cult following amongst locals – and for good reason. Dry and crisp like a Gisborne summer, big citrusy hops play against each other in every flavoursome drop.

4.8% ABV.

Our multi-award winning Best Bitter now part of the Sprig + Fern Brewing Co. core range of beers – try it once and you’ll soon see why it’s sticking around!

This well-known English-style beer has earned it’s stripes as a hoppier, and therefore more bitter counterpart to the typically mild pale ales of its time. It’s notched a few medals along the way, too:

2023: GOLD – Australian International Beer Awards, Highly Commended – New World Beer & Cider Awards

2016: Best British Ale – Brewers Guild of New Zealand Beer Awards

Our Best Bitter blends five speciality malts to give the ideal balance of sweetness, providing well rounded toffee and biscuit characteristics. This is in combination with just the right amount of hops to accent the bitterness, and give a fruity, earthy aroma without dominating this malt-driven beer.

Amber in colour, bitter yet smooth in flavour, and malty in finish, the award-winning Best Bitter is one not to miss! Available in 440ml cans and 1.25L riggers – as well as on tap at all Sprig + Fern Taverns.

4.8% ABV

BEER BLENDER
CAN A: MANGO COCONUT HAZY IPA 6.0%
Tropical fruit aromatics and candied sweetness from El Dorado hops, with a dusting of toasted coconut flavours.
CAN B: LIME SORBET SOUR 4.7%
A fresh bite of citrus, passionfruit and tropical fruit from the Motueka hops.

4.8% - German Style Kölsch

Get your umlauts out! Röck Döts, kölsch. Brilliantly pale gold ale, brewed in the traditional Köln style, with crisp, sweet malt, balanced to Germanic precision with the delicate noble hop notes of Tettnanger & Saphir. Cleaner than a Mötley Crüe member, fresh out of rehab. Röck ön!

Pilsner, 5.0%

Crafted, as all good German-like pilsner should be, to be necked in responsibly large quantities while sitting in das Biergarten un bratwurst und sauerkraut. PROST Mein Bruder, trinken wir viel davon verantwortungsvoll! Ya ya ya!

Crisp and hoppy New Zealand Pilsner.

"Sick as, bruh" meant something different for New Plymouth's surfers back in the day. It was probably what they were telling their General Practitioner after paddling through the proverbial let go from the town's 'revolutionary' sewerage system installed in 1933. Thankfully, things have been cleaned up since then, allowing for a much more refreshing ocean experience at the surf break known as 'Bogworks', located directly outside our Brewery. A combination of clean, light malts and crisp Riwaka hops make this New Zealand Pilsner the perfect way to cap off a day catching the big ones.

SAINT-DENIS
WEST COAST PILSNER
6.0%
A crystalline pilsner with citrus, melon and white grape aromatics from the Cashmere, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin Amplifire ™ hops.
 

Pinnacle NZ Pilsner

NEW RELEASE

We’ve been on a journey to find the pinnacle of NZ hops, so when we discovered experimental Bract NZH-106, we knew we had to brew the perfect beer for it. This quintessential New Zealand pilsner is fresh, bright, and thirst-quenching, with tropical hops and a bready backbone. It’s all down-hill from here, because this trip starts at the pinnacle. 

Orion Shokunin Tropical Pilsner

Description

It is brewed with some of the finest indigenous ingredients that were carefully

sourced from Okinawa Japan which has created a refreshingly fruity

aroma and a touch of sweetness to it.

It can be enjoyed with any type of cuisine at any occasions.

ABV: 5%Alc

This carefully crafted pilsner uses the finest ingredients and brewing techniques to ensure rich, full-bodied beer taste at only 96 calories.

4.2% ABV

A super refreshing Pilsner using the much overlooked Green Bullet hop. A perfect thirst quencher on a hot day.

5.0% ABV.

For the fourth edition of the Haze of the People series, we once again put the decision in your hands – this time asking the public to choose the hops that would make the cut. The result? A globe-trotting line-up of NZH-106, Saphir, Citra and Vic Secret, coming together from New Zealand, Germany, the USA and Australia. With such a far-flung selection, the name for this hazy adventure practically wrote itself: 'Four on Tour'.

4.8% ABV

Ride the waves of flavour with Fresh Coast, the West Coast Pilsner fit for a king! This refreshing brew is crafted with authenticity, using Czech Lager yeast to deliver that classic crispness—no shortcuts here. What do you get the man who has Atlantis? A damn fine beer worth surfing to...