Tempest Brewing Co

A progressive brewing company producing big flavour beers since 2010.
Our adventure began when our founders, Scotsman Gavin and New Zealander Annika, met working in a brewpub in British Columbia at the end of the 90’s. It was here they found their inspiration, with Gavin working as a chef and seeing the kind of beers being produced there that just didn’t exist back home in Scotland. As he says, it was his “wow, here we go” moment when he realised that he could be brewing beers that could be held to the same high standards as his food.
With that, their journey took them half way across the world to New Zealand where they built a kit in their garage, and learned everything from scratch. It was there in that garage that Gavin first brewed our flagship pale ale Long White Cloud, inspired by the fresh, bold hops of the region. With Gavin’s creative flair and sharp mind for flavour profiles, the beers were tasting great and that gave them the drive to go even further.