Speights Gold Medal Beer

Speight’s was born in 1876 when james speight, charles greenslade and william dawson established their own brewery in dunedin’s rattray st. Their first beer, speight’s ale took away two gold medals at the melbourne exhibition in 1880, and earned the beer the name it still holds today – speight’s gold medal ale.

Probably the least sweet of all new zealand beers, this characteristic allows the full flavour of the malt and hops to shine through. The biscuity taste from the barley is balanced with pacific jade and green bullet hops, adding an equal amount of bitterness to result in a pleasant finish with no harsh aftertaste.

Speight’s gold medal ale is a great accompaniment to any meat dish and is superb with gamey southern dishes like venison, duck and rabbit. Its malty slightly biscuity sweetness works well with hamburgers, bangers and steak while the balance of hop bitterness brings out the best in chicken drumsticks, paua fritters and seafood.