Tina Panoutsos: New Zealand Beer Awards head judge on the best Kiwi beer has to offer - The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

The 2025 New Zealand Beer Awards recently took place, with the best in local beer being celebrated and appreciated by experts.

25 trophies were handed out - selected from 625 beers submitted from 70 different breweries.

Head judge of the awards, Tina Panoutsos, has spent many years in the industry and she says New Zealand-produced beer is on par with the best in the world.

"I think New Zealanders are spoilt for choice when it comes to ingredients, roots, herbs - we saw quite a number of different beers presented with quite different ingredients." 

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