Green Man Brewery is a

microbrewery Craft beer is a beer that has been made by craft breweries. They produce smaller amounts of beer, typically less than large breweries, and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as having an emphasis o ...

located in

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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. 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'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 lo ...

Brewery over the use of Monteith's trade marked name '

Radler Shandy is beer or cider mixed with a lemon or a lemon-lime flavored beverage. The citrus beverage, often called lemonade, may or may not be carbonated. The proportions of the two ingredients are adjusted to taste but are usually half lemonade ...

'. 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.

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Green Man Brewery
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Radler Controversy

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