To celebrate 25 years in the business, Malthouse will be hosting the penultimate Project Silver beer launch and tap takeover on Saturday 24 November showcasing our old friends ParrotDog Brewery.

It is no secret that I am quite a fan of McLeod’s Brewery from Waipu, the beautiful shiny heart of plucky little Northland. That has probably been revealed by my previous expressions of devotion in print and on-line, and the fact that I am wearing one of my two McLeod’s t-shirts while writing this, and drinking a McLeod’s Tropical Cyclone Double IPA at the same time, though solely for research purposes of course.

The year 1993 – or the year MCMXCIII as us classical scholars prefer to call it – was a momentous twelve months indeed. One of the global highlights was the opening of a groundbreaking craft beer bar upstairs on Willis Street called The Malthouse.

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September is a month of celebrations – Malthouse is celebrating 25 years in the business with twelve brewery events, it is Democracy Day in Tibet (actual results may vary) and Malty’s sister brewpub Fork & Brewer marks its own 7th birthday. It seems therefore fitting that the September Project Silver tap takeover will showcase Fork Brewing.

Over 2018 Malthouse is celebrating the best in beer through monthly tap takeover events known collectively as “Project Silver”. The name refers to the metal traditionally associated with a 25th anniversary which Malty just happens to be marking this year. In previous Project Silver events, only one brewery has been highlighted such as 8 Wired, Emerson’s and Moa.