Green Man brewery
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Green Man Brewery is a microbrewery
located in Dunedin
, New Zealand
established in 2005.
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.
In 2008, their beers won two gold medals, one silver and a best-in-class at the BrewNZ Beer Awards.
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.
Microbrewery
A microbrewery or craft brewer is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer, and is associated by consumers with innovation and uniqueness....
located in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
established in 2005.
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.
In 2008, their beers won two gold medals, one silver and a best-in-class at the BrewNZ Beer Awards.
Radler Controversy
Green Man brewery was threatened with legal action by Monteith'sMonteith's
Monteith's Brewery Company was originally a family-owned brewing company until it was bought by DB Breweries. It continued to brew its beers on the West Coast of New Zealand until DB decided that the cost of keeping production there was no longer viable...
Brewery over the use of Monteith's trade marked name 'Radler
Radler
The Radler is a Biermischgetränk with a long history in German-speaking regions. Consisting of a 50%/50% or 60%/40% mixture of various types of beer and German-style soda pop or lemonade, the invention of the Radler has been widely attributed to the Munich gastronomer Franz Xaver Kugler in 1922...
'. 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.