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

The brew that freshly harvested hop cones dream about being a part of, the award-winning Harvest Pilsner™ is back!

Our world-famous fresh hop pilsner has doubled down on a duo of Riwaka™ and NZH-106 hops; locally picked, lovingly packed, and back to the brew mere minutes after harvesting.

The combo opens with an exquisite resinous note, balanced by a tropical fruit sweetness, twists of ripe citrus peel, and set amongst the backbone of a crisp, dry, and damn-tasty pilsner. One sip and we think you’ll agree, this is as fresh as the harvest gets!

ABV 5.0%

Hops: Fresh Hop Nelson Sauvin from Freestyle Hops, Nelson.Malt: Gladfield American Ale, Gladfield Sour Grapes, Gladfield Light Lager, Warminster CaragoldStory:Rewi Alley cut his teeth on hard-scrabble farming in Taranaki before moving to China in the 1920s. He fell in with the Communists, seeing the revolution through and founding the “together in harmony” movement, better known by the name Gung Ho! For this version of our beloved Gung Ho! we’ve used the finest and freshest ‘wet hops’ from our sunny valleys in Tasman - picked fresh off the bine and carted straight to the brew kettle in 24 hours.

This IPA brewed in a West Coast style highlighting the distinctively fresh tropical and passionfruit notes from the Nectaron & Nelson Sauvin hops. The fresh hops will be supplied by one of our local hop farmers, Mac Hops, and this IPA is just bursting with flavour that will linger and leave you taste buds singing for more.

5.9% ABV.

Is there anything that says Wānaka more than water skiing at Glendhu bay? Maybe a cold hazy when the wind picks up late afternoon? b.effect wanted  to make a beer that feels like summer in Wānaka, so they created a beer that’s perfect for a warm evening by the lake after a huge day on it. So grab your mates, hit the water and then rejoice with a frosty beach start.

6.5% ABV

Best Before: 2026/04/28

Bold and fresh! This crisp Pale Ale showcases Nelson Sauvin hops with white grape, gooseberry, and citrus

6.2% ABV

Best Before: 2026/04/07

ABV: 4.5%
Malts: Gladfield German Pilsner, Gladfield Sour Grapes
Hops: Fresh Hop Riwaka from Wayward Hops, Taranaki
Yeast: California Ale

Join the annual hop rush for the freshest and finest hops in Aotearoa.  This hazy IPA is a real green and gold jackpot.  Packed with vibrant gooseberry, grape and tropical fruits flavours, it’s a juicy celebration of NZ’s favourite Hop, Nelson Sauvin.

6.0%, 2.0 Standard Drinks
440ml can

Beer Baroness Witches Brew Volume 5 - 6% Hazy IPA using Necaron Hops from local Canterbury Hop Farm - Okuora Farms
Once a year we get to brew a beer like this. Freshly Harvested “wet” Nectaron Hops have been plunged into the cauldron to produce this potent medley of tropical fruit and Mandarin, with grassy resinous fresh hop goodness.

ABV: 6

FRESH HOP Hazy Pale Ale, 5.0% 
Along with the compulsory PORK vandalism we’ve loaded up this hazy pale ale with a fucking absurd amount of Superdelic Fresh Hops! Let waves of hoppy stuff wash over you as you get angrier and angrier about us collaborating with NZ’s most notorious vandal.

The Return of Kem, Fresh Hop WCIPA, Single 440ml

ABV 6.7%

(Duncan’s x West Coast Brewing x Eggers Hops)

Kem has returned! Duncan’s is joined by Eggers Hops from Upper Moutere and West Coast Brewing from Shizuoka Japan; a fresh hop three-way collaboration between hop friends. 

This Fresh Hop West Coast IPA is a heavy hitter, brewed with fresh Riwaka and hopped up with the proprietary Eggers Special for a tropical citrus overload. 

Contains: water, malted barley (gluten), fresh riwaka hops, wheat (gluten), hop pellets, yeast.

APRICOT BRETT, WILD SOUR 5.5%

In the 23/24 summer, a harvest of deliciously juicy apricots arrived from the southern reaches of Cromwell. We aged them with two funk brothers named lactobacillus and brettanomyces and the result is perfectly funky, lightly soured, earthy, fruity, and bright.

It's a wild ride.

Bach Brewing Moojoo Mango Milkshake Hazy IPA 440ml can

Over at Bach we've been on the hops again ... reminiscing our fav childhood, Frank milkshakes.  Our big people Milkshake Hazy IPA infuses lactose, and real crushed fruit of mango, pineapple and passionfruit on a juicy malt base, and crammed with a heap of Nectaron, Superdellic, Simcoe, and Azacca hops.

Expect a smooth, silky, creamy texture, bursting with tropical fruits.  It's likely to dance on your tongue..

6.5% ABV