Steam Brewing Company

Infobox Brewery
name = Steam Brewing Company


caption =
location = Otahuhu, Auckland
owner =
opened = 1995
production =
active_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Blue Goose Lager|style=Pale lager brewbox_beer|name=Buxom Blonde|style=White beer brewbox_beer|name=Classic Draught|style=Blonde ale brewbox_beer|name=Dark Star|style=Porter brewbox_beer|name=Fuggles|style=Premium bitter brewbox_beer|name=Monk's Habit|style=Belgian ale
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Mayhem|style=IPA
other_beers = brewbox_beers|type=Past Seasonal brewbox_beer|name=Deep Obsession|style=Pale ale brewbox_beer|name=Obsession|style=Pale ale brewbox_beer|name=Three Chubby Pigs|style=Pale ale brewbox_beer|name=Chubby Angel|style=Amber ale brewbox_beer|name=Red Rooster|style=Amber ale brewbox_beer|name=Braveheart|style=Old ale brewbox_beer|name=Cloud 9|style=Ale

Steam Brewing Company is a microbrewery located in Otahuhu, Auckland. It was founded in October, 1995 as the brewery for the Cock & Bull brewpub in East Tamaki, and currently brews beers for the Cock & Bull chain of taverns, as well as the retail beer Epic Pale Ale and several contracted beers including] , TaaKawa Ale [cite web
url=http://www.waitunabrewing.com/Taakawa%20Information/info.html
title=TaaKawa Information
publisher=waitunabrewing.co.nz
accessdate=2006-12-13] and previously (till March 2005) the bottled beers for the Loaded Hog pub chain.cite news
url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3588285
title=Boutique brews going retail
last=Chapple
first=Irene
publisher=The New Zealand Herald
date=2004-09-01
accessdate=2006-12-07]

The original East Tamaki location was decommissioned in September 2004, and by 2005, Cock & Bull had opened a chain of 5 taverns. In August 2004, Steam Brewing Company purchased Auckland Breweries to meet increased production demands. The Auckland Breweries plant's bottling line allowed Steam Brewing Company to enter the retail beer market. In 2006, Steam Brewing Company began the process of rebranding itself as Epic Brewing Company. [cite web
url=http://epicbeer.com/blog/2006_07_01_archive.html
title= Auckland Today (article)
publisher=Official Epic blog
date=2006-07-15
accessdate=2006-12-07]

October 2007, Steam Brewing Company sold [cite web
url=http://realbeer.co.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1235
title= RealBeer.co.nz Forum (forum post)
publisher=RealBeer.co.nz Forum
date=2007-10-22
accessdate=2007-10-22] the Epic Brewing Company and Epic brand to Head Brewer / General Manager, Luke Nicholas. The Epic beers will continue being brewed at Steam Brewing Company.

Awards

Steam Brewing Company's beers have won numerous awards in New Zealand and Australia. Monk's Habit was judged best in class at the 2005 Australian International Beer Awards, [cite web
title= 2005 Australian International Beer Awards
url=http://www.beerawards.com/pdfs/2005results.pdf
format=PDF
publisher=The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Limited
accessdate=2006-12-07] and won the Supreme Champion award at the 1999 and 2001 New Zealand International Beer Awards. Epic Pale Ale was named Supreme Winner at the 2006 New Zealand International Beer Awards. [cite web
url=http://www.nz-beer-awards.co.nz/2006results.htm
title=NZ International Beer Awards 2006
publisher=NZ Beer Awards
accessdate=2006-12-07]

References

External links

* [http://steam.brewing.co.nz/ Steam Brewing Company]
* [http://epicbeer.com/ Epic Brewing Company]