MAINS
Artichoke, fennel seed & pea risotto, with Pernod and ricotta $19.50
Cassels burger with smoked chilli mayo & fries $17.50
Veggie burger with pakora pattie, hummus, yoghurt, mint & fries (available vegan) $17.50
Pork schnitzel, herbed mustard potato salad, & greens $23.50
Pilsner battered fresh gurnard, salad greens, fries & tartare $26.50
Slow cooked oxtail & porcini mushrooms with pappardelle pasta & shaved pecorino $28.50
Catch of the day with braised fennel bulb, peas, creamed potato and clams $P.o.D.
Grilled rib eye with green peppercorn sauce, salad & roast rosemary spuds $32.50
All of our meat is freedom farmed
STARTERS: Garlic bread $6.50
Flatbread, hummus & olives $12.50
Soup of the Day $12.50
Brewers Platter - $35
Calamari with smoked chilli mayo $12.50
Mussels steamed in cider, thyme, garlic & cream $16.50
Heathcote pizza, tomato, mozarella & herbs $12.50
SIDES: Dressed salad $7.50, Fries and tomato sauce $7.50, Aioli $1.50, Smoked chilli mayo $1.50
$6 pints of Cassels Beer 4pm-6pm every Thursday - come on down!
The Brewery is a Pub, but not in the modern NZ sense. The big breweries have changed what was once a great place to take your family and friends and replaced a great institution with their idea of what the customer wants. 
I can remember my dad and uncle first getting keen on whole grain brewing in the early eighties. My dad used to mash and boil on the wood fired range at home in Sumner. Cleaning out the gear was always an onerous task but on sunny weekend afternoons we got to taste the goods and compare our beer with uncle Wintons.
Christchurch is finally moving away from container bars, but the latest offering may not be permanent. The CBD Bar, housed in a historic Madras St building, will open tonight. 
It was the pleasant smell of woodsmoke that hit me first. Then the steady hubbub of contented conversation. Dishes and silverware clanking, clinking. And The Brewery‘s co-owner Zak, welcoming guests with a friendly, ‘G’day.’
In its 11th year, the Awards continued to be strongly contested with 460 entries in 2012. This year saw increased support from local breweries, with 20% more NZ entries than last year and 2012 also saw the Guild introduce a Beer Writer of the Year Award, which is great to see. This award was taken home for the first time by Phil Cook.
The Woolston Tannery was built circa 1870 from brick by Gustav Lindstrom, great-great grandfather of one of the Cassels Sons. The Cassels and Sons Brewery building stands on the banks of the Heathcote River. Prior to the arrival of the European the Heathcote River was a source of food for Maori. They called the River Opawaho and took from it fish, eels and wading birds. 
Imagine this if you will... you're in a small town dancehall, sometime in 1930s Texas. It's hot, the beer and the bourbon are flowing, and it's packed to the rafters with people wanting to dance away the hard times. All that's needed is the music to get them moving. Thankfully, Dev'lish Mary and her Lame Horse Layabouts are here, tuning up their instruments for an evening's wild and raucous country dance music.
Crafted in the style of an English dark mild ale.
The Wigram Brewing Company wishes to advise that our Red Sparkling Ale Full Strength Beer has been crafted from Historical Hops which were discovered still growing on the banks of the Hokitika River. The original hops were grown by a pioneer Hokitika brewer, Mr William CJ Kortegast. His Crown Brewery was one of the very first West Coast Breweries.
Cassels & Sons Best Bitter 4.3%: Cask conditioned and served from a traditional handpump, this beer pours a bright amber hue with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet and fruity with lemon curd and grape combining with luscious cookie-like malt notes. In the mouth the beer is medium-bodied and drier than the nose suggests, with lemon zest and stonefruit sitting on top of the malt before the bitterness and drying effect of the hops wins out to leave an emphatic appetising finish. Tending more towards a pale ale than a bitter, this beer is a great match for most flavoursome English cheeses. Otherwise, try it with a classic Kiwi meat pie or a well loaded burger. 
How long before some wise guy decides that Woolston should be renamed faux-Pawa?
Cassels & Sons 1PA 5.5%:
Fresh from their success at The Brewery on an old Woolston tannery site, the family is spending $1 million fitting out a historic Madras St building and will open its first outlet there next month.
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