Founders Brewery
Welcome to New Zealand's and Australasia's first certified organic brewery. Brewed on location at Founders Historic Park in Nelson, New Zealand, we make four styles of beer for the discerning drinker.
We source the highest quality, certified organic ingredients: hops grown in Tapawera near Nelson, pale malt grown and roasted in Canterbury and specialty malts imported from Germany.
John Duncan, a fifth generation Nelson brewer combines the brewing traditions of yesteryear with the newest technology of today to produce our four styles of organic beer.
Brewing is essentially a natural process, requiring only 4 ingredients: hops, malt, yeast and water. We brew according to the Bavarian purity law (Reinheitsgebot) which is one of the oldest food regulations in history. Our beer is free from genetic engineering and is vegan (no animal products or by products).
Currently we make three styles of lager, one ale and a seasonal sparkling apple cider.
Location: Nelson