Garage Project has come up trumps in this year’s Brewers Guild Awards winning Champion Large Brewery, Champion New
Zealand Beer and scooping one Trophy, nine Gold, twelve Silver, and eight Bronze medals. Out of 33 beers entered in the
awards, an incredible 29 won medals.
This is the second year in a row that Garage Project has been named the Champion Large Brewery in New Zealand, defending
a title that historically has been held by multinational brewing companies.
The aptly named Chance, Luck and Magic from Garage Project’s Wild Workshop not only won the European Ale Trophy for a
second year in a row, but was also crowned the Champion Beer in New Zealand. The brewing process behind Chance, Luck and
Magic is a true labour of love, with each batch taking three years to produce, starting from a completely wild
spontaneous fermentation in central city Wellington, through to ageing in barrels for several years in the Wild Workshop
cellar before a final blending takes place.
The Wellington based brewery is carving out a global reputation for its innovative, world class beers, recently being
named ‘People’s Choice’ winner at the Firestone Walker Invitational Festival in California. With two brewing sites in
Wellington, Garage Project in Aro Valley, and Wild Workshop at Te Aro, and a third partner brewery, bStudio in the
Hawke’s Bay, the capacity to experiment and innovate is vast.
Head Brewer and Co-Founder Pete Gillespie says that a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to create the high quality
beers that come out of all brewing locations.
“We are incredibly lucky at Garage Project to have such an amazing team. We have worked hard to make sure innovation and
creativity is in our DNA, and that produces some amazing results for us; Chance Luck and Magic is a great example of
that. And to win Champion Large Brewery for the second year in a row is just icing on the cake” he adds.About Garage Project
Garage Project is one of the largest independent craft breweries in Australasia, and is recognised globally as an
innovative and creative force in the industry. In 2015 the brewery won the New Zealand Deloitte Fast 50, and has been
awarded Champion Brewery at the NZ Brewers Guild Awards multiple times. Garage Project is a proud Carbon Zero business
operation, and Living Wage provider to its team across New Zealand and Australia.