About
Three Sisters Brewery has been brewing commercially since April 2017 after winning the first Taranaki SOBA Homebrew Competition in 2015 with 'Rain In The Face'. In 2020, Joe and Sarah started a PledgeMe campaign and got to move their operation into the beautiful, old "Taranaki Savings Bank" building on the main street of New Plymouth.. Old TSB to the new TSB... We thought it was very fitting...
In 2021, Three Sisters Brewery received the New Zealand Brewers Guild "Champion Micro Brewery" award, and with another successful PledgeMe campaign increased capacity by 12 times at the bank, expanding into the neighbouring premises.
More success followed, winning BGNZ Champion Small Brewery in 2022 and then back-to-back Champion International Small Brewery trophies in 2023 and 2024 at the Australian International Beer Awards, the largest of its kind Worldwide and perhaps the most prestigious accolade a brewery can win!!
In 2021, Three Sisters Brewery received the New Zealand Brewers Guild "Champion Micro Brewery" award, and with another successful PledgeMe campaign increased capacity by 12 times at the bank, expanding into the neighbouring premises.
More success followed, winning BGNZ Champion Small Brewery in 2022 and then back-to-back Champion International Small Brewery trophies in 2023 and 2024 at the Australian International Beer Awards, the largest of its kind Worldwide and perhaps the most prestigious accolade a brewery can win!!
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
[On tap at the brewery.] A bright straw coloured pour with a tight white head; yeasty aroma; grainy body with traces of yeast and banana. A fair interpretation of a Belgian blonde beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
Three Sisters Brewery
on 01 Nov 2025
at 09:21
9.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
440ml can. One of the top 25 beers in NZ in the 2025 NW comp. Pours a thick opaque orange with the "dirt" being vanilla seeds. Aroma is almost all tropical fruit smoothie with a hint of sour beer. Beer is as thick as I've tried, not quite like a fruit smoothie but close. Flavour is amazing assuming you like a tropical smoothie, the beer flavour is well down & it could almost be a smoothie with a shot of rum/vodka. More fruit than I have ever had in a beer. Top example of the style.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2025
at 05:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, many thanks Graham! My New Zealand region 14/16. Pale golden colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of malt, grain, grass. Taste is malty, grainy, biscuit, hay, meadow, grassy, lemon citrus, with tangy bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying flowery citric bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2025
at 18:24
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 5
440ml can. Pours a dark clear brown with a very small off white head. Aroma is mild brown malts & a bit of hops. Beer is light, just off dry with the amber malt base making it smooth and flavoursome with mild hop bitterness.
Fine bitter style beer but at $10 for a can of self described "ordinary bitter" at 3% it is simply poor value.
Fine bitter style beer but at $10 for a can of self described "ordinary bitter" at 3% it is simply poor value.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can at Pak 'n' Save, Auckland. Fairly clear golden yellow, large and not lasting white head. Lemongrass nose, spices, gentle and nice. Milder bitterness, herbal, grassy and spicy. Slightly yeasty. Medium aftertaste. Light. Proper.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
28/12/2024. Bottle courtesy of Gus, big thanks! Region #481. New Zealand region 15/16. Pours clear pale gold with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is peppery, citrus, lime, soapy, herbal. Quite sweet with moderate bitterness and a slight tart edge. It’s okay and certainly does what it sets out to do.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2024
at 06:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Liquorland Newmarket, Auckland. Pours near clear gold with white foam. Aroma: citrus, grapefruit, pine. Taste: light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter, follows the aroma, mild caramel, grassy finish. Medium body with fine carbonation. Nice drop.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2024
at 07:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Clear orangish amber with a good cm of white head. Aroma of citrus-sharpened tropical fruit, light bread. The balance is more towards hops than suggested by the aroma and bitterness is medium high. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2023
at 12:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, as Passion Smash, 6.9%. Opaque brown with a cm of white head. Aroma of guava, peach, some lime, passionfruit and pineapple. Fruity with the vague, sludgy palate that you often get with this sort of thing before a finish that's cleaner & modestly bitter with some herbal astringency.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2023
at 12:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. An unclear yellow beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, exotic fruits, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of exotic fruit, hops, malt, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2020
at 09:07