DRINKtech NEW ZEALAND WHEY NOT 46 DRINKtech NEW ZEALAND AUGUST 2017 GERMAN/KIWI COLLABORATION Mix Canterbury’s world-renowned Based at its Sockburn headquarters, the Christchurch brewery was established last year by three German/Kiwi brothers Alex, Marcel and Theo Giesen, using an original 1862 recipe written by their great uncle, who set up the renowned Kaiser Brewery in the village of Bischofsgrun in north-east Bavaria. The brothers had previously established Kaiser Wine, but disruption caused by the Canterbury and Marlborough earthquakes made the family reconsider its business trajectory, as well as rekindling the link with its family brewing history. They say their beer is now “Kiwi-as,” with brewer Dicky Fife saying all its beers are crafted for flavour and taste. “Just as it was in the 1860s, today’s Kaiser Brothers beers are made by a passionate team using real, quality local ingredients,” he says. The brewery started making its beer via contract, before establishing its own brewery in Christchurch with Fife – a “brewing legend” – at the helm. He says the brewery starts with Canterbury artisan water and ingredients, before adding yeast which is true to the style of beer. The brewery makes a core range of four beers available in 500ml bottles. “You’ll taste Germanic yeast in our Pilsener and Weizen, English yeast in English Special Bitter and - you guessed it - American yeast for our American Pale Ale,” Fife says. Every now and again, the brew crew have fun with styles and recipes, creating special limited release and seasonal craft beers. “We have just brewed two special limited release beers which Kaiser Brothers Brewery will pour at the country’s leading beer festival Beervana in Wellington this month,” Fife says. “The first, Dopplebock Winter Beer, is a nod to Kaiser Brothers Brew- artisan water, New Zealand’s finest ingredients and tonnes of love and attention, and it’s no wonder that Kaiser Brothers Brewery is celebrating a year of operation and releasing its 100th brew at the same time. ery German heritage. It’s a dark, Munich-style lager created as a traditional pilsener with added coloured malts. It’s the perfect cool weather beer, full bodied with flavours of caramel, chocolate and traditional fruit cake – just like a meal in a glass.” The brothers’ Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale started life as a classic American Pale Ale, but then took a few deviations – the hops were dialled back, apple bourbon was added, along with a touch of maple syrup and spices, all of which was matured in a French oak wine barrel. “Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale is a beer reminiscent of a traditional American apple pie,” he says. Fife encourages Kiwis to have fun and experiment with beers which, with 100 brews under their belt, the Kaiser Brothers Brewery team can help with. “We believe we are just warming up…we have plenty more flavour to come! “ Tea-lovers - including Sir Graham and Lady Raewyn Henry – attended the Eden Park event, launching a global tea party timed to roll through the world’s differing time zones. Dilmah New Zealand general manager Nigel Scott says tea has come a long way since the humble ‘gumboot’ tea that was brewed in tea pots using teaspoons of leaf tea that came out of wooden chests. The Henrys, alongside chefs Ray McVinnie and Brett McGregor, also en- CUPPA AND COCKTAILS As the first tea-drinkers in the world to raise their cups in salute to 150 years of Ceylon tea, New Zealanders got into the spirit of celebration at a special event hosted by Dilmah New Zealand on behalf of the Sri Lankan Tea Board. Most people associate protein drinks with gym bunnies, but Canadian scientists have discovered that a combination of whey and other ingredients in a ready-to-drink formula helps repair and rejuvenate muscles in older adults. Lead scientist at McMaster University’s Institute for Research on Ageing in Ontario Dr Kirsten Bell says older people wanting to fight muscle loss and boost strength are assisted by specially concocted protein drinks, which fight sarcopenia – the deterioriation of muscle mass and strength that is a normal part of aging. Among the ingredients necessary are whey protein, creatine, vitamin D, calcium and fish oil. “Older people who do little to prevent the progression of sarcopenia drift toward a state where they find activities of daily living, like rising from a chair of ascending stairs very difficult or maybe impossible.” In two groups of men aged 70 and older, those taking protein drinks put on lean body mass and were significantly stronger.
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