Sales of craft beer outside pubs, clubs and restaurants have soared 42% in a year in New Zealand.
It found the number of craft brewers has more than doubled to 111 from 52 in 2010 and about 25 of them export to more than 40 offshore markets.
Another 20 brewers could start exports within the next two years, says the report, which has been released the day before Wellington’s Beervana expo.
Asia, including China, will be a key export market because of its fast-growing middle classes developing a taste for craft beer.
