CSB - Tyler Bamber - Brew of Islands Craft Beer Festival

Brew of Islands is back! Mark your calendars for July 26th and 27th as we invite
you to join us once again in the “Winterless North” for a weekend filled with hoppy delights at Brew of
Islands 2024.

Following the overwhelming success of last year’s inaugural event, beer lovers are eagerly anticipating
another sip from the cup. Brew of Islands 2024 promises to build upon the excitement of last year, offering
an unparalleled experience featuring the finest craft brews from nine breweries spanning from the Bay of
Islands to Wellington. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Came a wonderful at seventeen.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
I love talking about beer on the show Beer and
Wine and joining us on the show this morning is
local business owner from the Kerry Kerrey Bay of Islands region,
Tyler Bamber.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Morning, Tyler morning.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
How are you going? Brian?

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Very very well? Thank you.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
I want to find out all about the Brew of
Ireland's festival.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
I love the play on words for that one. Tell
us more.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thanks. Yeah. Well, look myself and Jerry Paul, who runs
the Turner Center venue up here in Kitty Kitty, we
were having a beer after work, you know, the age
old tradition that a couple of gents like to do,
and he talked about having worked at Biavana once upon
a time. We sort of said, hey, look shit, apologies,
we could we could do that ourselves up here, you know,

(01:08):
and we we did. Basically, we thought, yeah, let's have
a crack at it. Invited some breweries. To our surprise,
they all see yes, and then we jumped in and
here we are in our second year.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
So it's being held at the end of next month.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
What's the brewing scene like in the in the Bay
of Islands Kitty Kitty region.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Really good. We've got a couple of really strong microbreweries
and Kaiinui Breuco Fat House Brewing Company as well, and
then we have another one called bab Violence Brewing who
unfortunately can't make it this year, but they were with
us last year and you know, they really I think
put on a strong show for the Kitty Kitty crowd.

(01:49):
I know that Kai Nui and found Us are both
once some awards locally and further afield.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
You know how many brewers will you have there sort
of represented at the.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Festival nine We've got some really big players. We've got
Panhead Garage, Project urba Nought Parrot Dog, and then a
little closer to home, we've got eight Wide from Matkhana,
We've got Pacific Coast from Mungawai, We've got the boys
from McLeod's and Waipou, and then we've obviously got the
Kainu in Fair House locals.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
So you're mixing this in with food too, aren't you
from the region.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yes, absolutely, We've spoken to a few of our top
notch I guess food vendors that are local to us.
We wanted to support the local guys. We've got the
famous Missus Miller's muscle Fritters coming along. We've got some
fantastic low and slow barbecue by ash Matushka who she
runs a local eatery here called Dave's Place, and she

(02:44):
was recently on the Cooks on Fire TV show last
year came second place there, so she's just gonna produce
some outstanding barbecue for us. We've got Norton Fine Foods
doing the old New Zealand style German style bratwurst and
a bun's everything that you can think of that's going
to go great with beer. You can eat with one hand,
so you got your beer in the other. We're bringing
it to you.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
I love it. And couple with that throw and some entertainment,
you get some top entertainment.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
We sure do. Headlined Lost Tribal or fantastic band out
of Raglin. And then on top of that, we've got local,
well localist Mermaid Bait who from Fangaday. We've got dog
Father from here in Kitty Kitty and another band called
sweet As and then we've got a bit of a
secret nightclub that we're opening up this year where we're

(03:30):
bringing in some DJs from here and around the way.
We've got a DJ Meg Vanderbilt, Jaxx, Toy Purple and
then Mama the Funk, all coming to get people on
the dance floor.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
So okay, I mean we've talked about Kitty Kitty. Where
exactly are you having The Brew of Islands.

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Festival set the turnus in Avenue so it's all indoors,
no weather required, but obviously we're hoping for a nice
sunny day up here in the winter is north.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
It'll be absolutely fantastic. Tickets are on sale now, are they.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
They're on tel now from it ticket or you can
check us out at Brue of Islands dot Court.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
OI. Indeed, I love It's a great idea and I
love the play on words The Brew of Ireland. Tyler
have a great event, made it sounds great.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Brian Tears, Absolute pleasure eleven five shot seconds. Remember Charlie
mops a twenty one here on the Country Sport Breakfast