94 – Speight’s: Good on ya mate
The final episode on our series on Speight’s where we see a manager rise to the challenge presented by the behemouth that is DB.
Read More 94 – Speight’s: Good on ya mateThe final episode on our series on Speight’s where we see a manager rise to the challenge presented by the behemouth that is DB.
Read More 94 – Speight’s: Good on ya mateThings once again start looking up for Speight’s as they get their flashy new bottling house up and running but perhaps are too focussed looking inward as a rival decides to move in right on their doorstep.
Read More 93 – Speight’s: RivalsThe last couple of decades for Speight’s had been rough. War, death and tragedy have been common themes. Now, Speight’s looked to the future to try and recover from these devestating setbacks and a lot of that was to do with some major developments in the science of brewing beer.
Read More 92 – Speight’s: The Scientific RevolutionWe see Speight’s start to go into a major decline as pressures from the war, death of major figures and a fire take their toll on Speight’s.
Read More 91 – Speight’s: The Dark TimesThe story of Speight’s continues! The prohibitionists are still at it and their making some pretty good headway, causing the NZ brewing industry to panic, meaning Speight’s will need to make a decision on whether they band together with other brewers or go it alone.
Read More 90 – Speight’s: Like a ZipWe continue our story of Speight’s brewery, seeing the rise of the prohibition movement. We talk about who these people were, why they hated alcohol so much and how they went about trying to get it banned, along with how Speight’s responded to it all.
Read More 89 – Speight’s: Rise of ProhibitionAfter going some of the background, we are now ready to begin the story of Speight’s properly! We will cover the how the founding trio met and some of their early hardships and successes.
Read More 88 – Speight’s: Three Men Walk into a BarWe continue with the introduction to our series on Speight’s as we focus in on Dunedin specifically, talking about how it was founded, the key influences on the beer industry in the mid-19th century and generally paint the social and economic landscape that Speight’s would find itself in.
Read More 87: Speight’s – Birth of DunedinI’m very excited to share with you the first in a series of nine episodes on the history of one of Dunedin’s most well known beer brands, Speight’s! This episode we will be giving you some background knowledge of how beer is made and a quick overview of the Kiwi beer industry up until the 1870s.
Read More 86: Speights – PrologueA dramatic retelling of the Rotorua love story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai
Read More 85 – Hinemoa and Tutanekai