OUR STORY
In the same way that many friendships begin, Brothers Beer founders Andy and Ant first met over a beer. Some time much further down the track they talked about starting a business together. This discussion almost certainly occurred over a beer. Doing what? The answer was right in front of them.
Andy had already spent fourteen years in the beer industry, as a brewer and brewing consultant, but what Andy wanted more than anything else, more than a drive in a rally car, more than a Stratocaster, was a brewery in his hometown. Somewhere he could cruise down to on a Sunday, lay a brew down, and listen to some Bailterspace, turned up loud.
Ant was a suit and tie wearer until 2010. As a beer drinker and lover of all good things in life, he was inevitably drawn to craft beer. After a year and a half of bumming around, some travel and a bit of study, in May 2012 Andy convinced Ant to join him for a week in Melbourne. Good Beer Week to be precise. Not much convincing was necessary. Andy showed Ant what his work in the Aussie beer industry made clear.
Trips to Christchurch, Nelson and Wellington followed, after which Ant was forced to admit that his beloved home-town of Auckland was missing out. So what to do then? A brewery, certainly. After three months planning, constructing and creating, on the 5th of December they opened the Retail Store and Beer Tasting Lounge in City Works Depot.
In 2015 Brothers Beer outgrew its little brewery and opened up Juke Joint, our mothership in Mt Eden. Home to our BBQ smokehouse and expanded brewery. We now sell our beer to the best restaurants, cafes, bars and bottle shops all over New Zealand.
Now more than a decade later and under new owership, Brothers Beer continues to offer an inclusive space for the community, and to continue serving up delicious craft beer and authentic American BBQ. In honouring the Brothers Beer founders and the last decade, the team continue it’s ethos; Good Beer for Good People.