Black Sands Brewing Company

BLACK SANDS TAP TAKEOVER AT LAST PLACE BAR THIS SATURDAY (16TH MAY) ITS OUR 10TH GIG AND WE JUST HAVE TO CELEBRATE LONG TIME DOUGFEST SPONSORS BLACK SANDS BREWERY ARE BRINGING SOME BEERS DOWN FROM WEST AUCKLAND TO THE HEARTY HAMILTON THIS SATURDAY IN A WEIRD THREE-WAY-HANDSHAKE BLACK SANDS HAVE MADE SOME PRETTY GOOD DRINKS, THEIR AWARD WINNING PILSNER, A DOUGBEER (OR 2), A PINK PLATES PINK LAGER, FRESHLY SQUEEZED FRUIT IN BEERS, BLACK RICE LAGER, THEY ALL TASTE GOOD. TRY SOME OF THEIR LIQUID GOLD ON SATURDAY ITLL BE PRETTY CHOICE YEAH NAH YEAH

Hot fucking damn. I was gonna make this page reel only, laser focused on sours and beers that would attract non-beer drinkers. But @blacksandsbrewing said fuck that with this West Coast Pilsner. @indiehops hopped on board for a collab that's kinda blowing my mind. A little malty heft hoists the papaya and peach flavours on its shoulders and lets them bop around on your tastebuds. I wasn't prepared for such clear and bright fruit flavours. WHY HAVEN'T THEY POSTED THIS TO THEIR SOCIALS?! A bad sleep yesterday put my ADHD in overdrive but this has calmed it down. Stunning.

After 13½ amazing years, our family has made the emotional decision to put Black Sands Brewing up for sale. This was a massive call for us to make and took a lot of deliberation. This decision is not due to tough industry conditions and certainly isn’t because the business is struggling, because in fact, the opposite is true. The brewery is in great financial shape and continues to organically grow with each passing year. But for us, the decision ultimately comes down to family. Dad started brewing beer with his best mates down in the basement almost a decade and a half ago and what was originally called Landing Road Brewing formed the foundation of what would become Black Sands Brewing Company. After turning 71 last year, Dad is now ready for a well-earned retirement and some long-overdue travel together with Mum, and I’ll be heading to Melbourne later this year to chase a new career in another family business. Therefore we feel the best thing we can do is to pass the brewery on to someone new who can take it into its next chapter. Black Sands has been a huge part of our lives and the West Auckland community, and we’re incredibly proud of what it has become. We’re also very grateful to everyone who has supported us along the way. From our supportive friends and family to the many bars, bottle stores and supermarkets across New Zealand who back our beer. It’s definitely bittersweet, but we’re excited to see what the future holds for the brewery. Please feel to check out the link to the listing in our bio and pass it on to anyone you feel could be interested in and worth of this rare passing of the brewing paddle. ❤️ 🍺 Cheers, Craig & the Hebblethwaite family 🍻

Nothing like a little healthy competition aye?! Join us next Thursday for @8wiredbrewing 🆚 @blacksandsbrewing 4 beers each. One champion. Join us Thursday 19 Feb from 4pm to taste, vote, and crown the winner 🏆 🎮 Beat the Brewer Think you can take on Phil or Craig at Tekken? Win the game = win a prize 👀 All in good fun… but bragging rights are very real.

The holiday season is almost here! ☀️ but you know what is here right now? OUR NEW GUAVA IPA 🍺 🧡

Black Sands Brewing and The Broken Lantern present: LATEST SQUEEZE GUAVA IPA Latest Squeeze Vol. 12 is a tropical escape to guava paradise. This IPA is packed with juicy, ripe guava, perfectly complementing the pillowy, smooth mouthfeel. Lashings of NZ grown Rakau and Moutere hops provide a vibrant fruitiness, touch of sweetness and a balanced hop bitterness to seal the deal. Best enjoyed fresh, cold and with good company. Meet the Brewer at The Broken Lantern from 5pm —————————— Nestling in the foothills of the Waitakere ranges of West Auckland, Black Sands Brewing Company hand brew real craft beer using only the finest local ingredients. Our beers are almost made with love and are never filtered, pasteurised or adulterated in any way.

@blacksandsbrewing and @thebeerspot present: Katatonic - West Coast Double IPA There third and final instalment in the Kat Beer series! There’s nothing better than a good friend, except maybe having a good beer with a good friend! This beer celebrates precisely that and is dedicated to our good friend Kat one of the longest serving employee at The Beer Spot. We love you Kat! Meet the Brewer at The Beer Spot Morningside from 4pm

@blacksandsbrewing - Hazy IPA 6.2% The classic NEIPA…..and I’d that sunshine I finally see? 🍻Aromas of fruit juice and pouring thick and hazy. 🍻Peach, mango and pineapple flavours with little bitterness. A great thirst quencher and an absolute star to start the weekend. Cheers to Craig and the crew. Check out your local liquor stores in NZ for this and all their others. Bloody great beers

We're back, pinker than ever. After selling out Dougfest 1 and 2, plus the packed-out Dougspace emo night series, Dougfest returns for round three of the Labour Weekend shenanigans at Last Place Bar in Hamilton. This is our largest lineup yet,.with 15 bands joining us, from Wellington to Auckland, plus our favourite MCs and hosts Thief n Zard joining the party as per always. We’re opening the doors earlier this time at 6:30pm with the music starting at 7:30pm sharp - because you’re going to need every minute to soak in the biggest Dougfest yet. And yes, it wouldn’t be Dougfest without our great mates at Black Sands Brewery, serving Dougbeer all weekend long. Friday: Job Site Kiero As Colour Fades Former Child Prodigies Cootie Cuties The Pink Plates The Boondocks Saturday: Prophet Motive Exit Sign Employee of the Month Thief n Zard Courtnay and the Unholy Reverie Lucy Dibble Blindr Static Tix in bio via @undertheradarnz

LAUNCHING TONIGHT @smallgodstaproom Mr. Vodník is a full flavoured and complex Czech Amber Lager. A rounded base of Munich malt is supported by selected speciality malts to bring notes of brown toast and digestive biscuits with a slight ruby highlight. A touch of sweetness from the malt is offset by a clean and snappy finish from the use of classic Saaz hops making it a delicious and easy drinking session beer. Na zdraví! It’s a peaceful afternoon by the shore. You sit in quiet contemplation as ripples in the sullen pondwater cast mesmeric reflections of the sun as it peeks shyly from behind steel-grey clouds . A musty smell is the first indication that you’re not alone. The pungent aroma is trailed by shuffling footsteps as Mr. Vodník breaks your reverie. He’s an unusual fellow with sallow grey skin, clutching a lidded teacup tightly in a mottled hand. A pipe bearing years of careful use pokes out from behind a beard, matted like seaweed and the smoke winds its way in shifting whorls to add to a deep brown stain on his odd hat. He arranges himself next to you and waits watching the water. The locals are familiar with him and they all know not to go swim here lest their souls be added to his collection. So he waits, bored. It’s almost time for supper and the market is closed so you know there is only one thing that will keep him occupied, lest he start looking for souls more proactively. You take a pinch of your own tobacco and sprinkle it into the water. “Here is your tobacco, Mr. Vodník, now give me a fish.”

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