Dedicated to a special brew

Beer, beer, everywhere but not a drop to drink.

That's how British ex-pat Harvey Shepherd felt when he moved to New Zealand. So today he is finally opening a shop dedicated to all the specialty beers he loves.

The former software engineer said he arrived in New Zealand four and a half years ago and was disappointed at the amount of mainstream beers that "all tasted the same".

"Beer-making is actually a much more complex process than people think. The big breweries want to keep prices down, so they use the fastest brewing system they can with few ingredients.

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