Green Man Brewery

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Green Man Brewery
Location Dunedin, New Zealand
Opened2006 [1]
Active beers
NameType
Best Bitter Bitter
Celt Doppelbock/Dark Mild
Dark Mild Dark Ale
Enrico's Cure Barley Wine
Keller Lager
Premium Pils Pilsner
Stout Stout
Strong Doppelbock
Wheat Beer Bavarian Wheat Beer
Whisky Bock Doppelbock

Green Man Brewery is a microbrewery located in Dunedin, New Zealand established in 2006. Green Man produces a range of beers and prides itself on its strict use of organic ingredients and batch brewing. Green Man also considers itself as a sustainable brewery, relying on an on site bottle recycling plant. [2]

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In 2008, their beers won two gold medals, one silver and a best-in-class at the BrewNZ Beer Awards. [3]

Radler Controversy

Green Man brewery was threatened with legal action by Monteith's Brewery over the use of Monteith's trade marked name 'Radler'. An application by the Society of Beer Advocates to have the brewery's Radler trademark revoked has been issued on the basis that the term Radler is an historic style of beer and can therefore not be owned. [4]

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References

  1. "The Green Man Story". Archived from the original on 7 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. "Fine-value stout, in returnable bottle to boot". 15 July 2009.
  3. "Brewers Guild of New Zealand Awards BrewNZ 2008 Results".
  4. "BEER REVIEWS: Radler trademark saga continues". Otago Daily Times . 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2011.