Steam Brewing Company

Steam Brewing Company started in October 1995 with a little English pub out front of the brewery in East Tamaki, Auckland. The pub was called Cock & Bull. Nearly 10 years later and with the opening of 5 pubs (by May 2005) the brewery was too small and a new brewery was needed. In July 2004, Steam Brewing Company purchased the Auckland Breweries plant. Which also included a packaging line giving Steam Brewing Company the opportunity to enter the packaged beer market.

Friday, January 14, 2005


Panoramic view of the day after at the Blues Brews & BBQ's - click to see close up

Thursday, January 13, 2005


Thank god that is over. Now we can have a quiet beer


Hooray!! (note hops flying into the air) that was a full on 8 hours of selling beer


Still serving late into the night


More people, more beer


Like moths to the light were the people drinking our beers


"Those hops are surely aromatic"


Late afternoon and everyone is getting in the zone


"I love beer" so much so I couldn't even make my way to the toilets. And this are my two special friends


"Can I have one of those award winning beers please"


Just waiting for the gates to open at 2pm


Hot Day! Cold Beer!


It looks like a lot of ice on our cold kegs but it melted pretty fast.

Saturday, January 08, 2005

A load more cock and bull by Cameron Williamson


Luke Nicholas with the Christmas 2004 Pilsner

Full Story - A load more cock and bull By Cameron Williamson.
(featured in the DomPost 8 January 2005)

Now he's directing the leap into large capacity brewing and bottling that Kieran says will take the company from being a local brewpub chain to a national contender. Last year, Steam Brewing bought Auckland Brewing Company, a contract brewer with the capacity to brew two million litres a year, and, crucially, the equipment to put beer in bottles.