Beer prices will likely rise because of a shortage of CO2.
Currently there aren't any domestic carbon dioxide plants in operation, with the last remaining Kāpuni Point pausing operations before Christmas.
With dwindling supply and skyrocketing importing costs, breweries are having to reach into their back-up stock to keep their doors open.
Beer writer and editor of beer magazine The Pursuit of Hoppiness Michael Donaldson spoke to Jimmy Ellingham.
