NEW BREWERY - Arrow Brewing Company

The men behind Arrowtown's first boutique microbrewery say they have found a ready market for their traditionally brewed beers.

Open a week, the Oak Bar is based in the Royal Oak complex, off Buckingham St, and Arrow Brewing Company Ltd co-directors Darryl Jones, Greg McMeeken, Alan Eyles and Glen Morrison and head brewer John Timpany said residents and visitors were responding well to their beers, all made with natural, predominantly South Island ingredients.

"The whole brewing philosophy is to keep it pure," Mr Jones said.

"We don't pasteurise or filter the beer like most breweries," Mr Timpany said, a professional brewer since 1993.

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