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Anyone who enjoys a pint or two of craft ale should head for Matakana Country Park next month for the first Matakana Food & Beer Festival.
More than a dozen breweries from all over the North Island will be parked up in the grounds, together with a fleet of food trucks serving a wide range of gastronomic treats throughout the afternoon and evening of Saturday, January 28.
Several exhibitors won’t have far to travel to the festival site – Sawmill Brewery is coming from just along Leigh Road and 8 Wired will be popping over from its Barrelworks in Matakana Valley Road. Another local, McLeod’s Brewery, will be wending its way from Waipu, as will the recently founded Pacific Coast Beverages from Mangawhai.
Meanwhile, beers from waste food upcyling group Citizen, which include lagers under the Burger Fuel brand made using yeast from rescued supermarket bread, also have a distinctly local flavour, as Sawmill founder Mike Sutherland is the collective’s chief brewer.
Other producers bringing their brews to Matakana include Behemoth Brewing and Urbanaut from Auckland, Silverdale’s Deep Creek Brewing and Laughing Bones, Duncan’s Brewing Co from Paraparaumu, Good George Brewing from Hamilton, and Fortune Favours Beer and Parrotdog all the way from Wellington.
Kai is being provided by a range of traders belonging to Auckland’s Food Truck Collective, who promise the best in vibrant, authentic street food to suit every taste, and there will be live entertainment and music from well-known DJs all day as well.
These will include Bavhu, Nigel Love, Murray Sweetpants and headliners Nice ’n’ Urlich.
The R18 festival opens at 2pm and runs until 9pm, with tickets costing $54.86 each if bought in a group of four, or $65.49 individually, from matakanafoodbeerfest23.eventbrite.co.nz
