tasting rooms

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“The Tasting Room”  are experiential food and beverage events with brewers, distillers and chefs from around New Zealand in closed-door 45-minute sessions. These sessions will take place in the S@SparkArena Lounge on the upper level of Spark Arena.

Remember to add your Tasting Room session onto your Festival ticket purchase. Or already have a festival ticket, simply head back in using the links on this page to purchase your desired Tasting Room ticket.

Featuring some of your favourite brands, these niche events extremely limited and are not to be missed. Here's what's on offer during the festival itself.

Find out how to artfully lift your Gin, through a mouth-watering master class on everything Gin and Tonic.

By working with the best bartenders and distillers we've created an amazing range of ultra-premium mixers which we can't wait to share with you. Drawing on real botanicals from around the world, both gin and tonic share a special lineage. Learn about the shared history of gin and tonics while sipping on some prime examples of these moreish treats.

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Take a tasty guided lesson with the dynamic duo, Hannah & Andrew Childs (the founders of A Lady Butcher & Behemoth Brewing), who together will create a snacking session you’ll relish. Learn about the differences between a lager and an IPA, while Hannah chats through the differences between prosciutto and salami. This promises to be a novel snacking adventure where beer is elevated to new heights and charcuterie is exposed as the art form it truly is.  Do beer and charcuterie really go together? You be the judge.

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Join us for a guide on some of our favourite aged spirits. From Tequila to Cognac this whirlwind tour will teach you new and exciting ways to mix your favourites. Come join us for some easy home re-creatable tipples.

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