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I am super-chuffed that this piece is out in the world. It's the biggest thing I've written and it is published by one of my favourite sites.

Pellicle@pelliclemag.com

Today we're going to New Zealand to visit Garage Project with Martin Bridges. How lovely! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/9/...

pelliclemag.comPunching in a Dream — Garage Project in Wellington, New Zealand — PellicleOn a cold Tuesday night in 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand, a crowd of beer geeks gathered in a subterranean bar on Taranaki Street. They had come to Hashigo Zake—a cult beer bar housed in the former ...

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@whereistherent.bsky.social

16 Sept

An excellent read! I haven't been to NZ since 2017 but sought out as many Garage Project beers as I could when I was there, and visited the taproom. Great piece about a top brewery. Congratulations!

Martin

@mandab.com

16 Sept

Thanks! If you come back you will find they (and the rest of the NZ beer scene) have grown and developed. More taprooms to visit, for sure.

Martin

@mandab.com

16 Sept

Thank you @pelliclemag.com for indulging my desire to tell this story and @clairembullen.bsky.social for guiding it through the edit. Support independent journalism and subscribe to Pellicle. You won't regret it!

Matthew Curtis

@totalcurtis.bsky.social

16 Sept

A pleasure, Martin!