New Zealand's premier beer festival, Beervana, gets underway today, despite the industry as a whole facing some particularly challenging times.
Large increases in excise tax, ingredient costs and ongoing struggles with CO2 gas supplies has made things tough for breweries in recent months, and in the past few weeks, two Auckland-based craft breweries - Epic and Brother's Beer - have gone into liquidation.
But that's not stopping about 50 breweries going all-out and showcasing their wares at Beervana.
Festival manager Ryan McArthur spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
