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This move to Kaikoura is definitely testing us! As if a major earthquake wasn't enough to throw at a new business, we recently had more crap to deal with (excuse the pun) when we discovered there was a problem with our sewage pipes. To be fair, it's still actually a result of the earthquake but the problem lay hidden for 6 months before surfacing (quite literally!) on ANZAC day this year. The break in the pipe was found to be 25m away from the building which is why it took so long to back up. Sadly, 25m away from the building is the 5th hole of our mini golf course :( We only have one drainage company in Kaikoura and as you can imagine they are pretty busy these days so this was not going to be a quick fix. So, we were back to using chemical toilets and collecting our shower water etc. until the work could be completed. Fortunately for us though we only had this inconvenience for 5 days before we jetted off to the UK for a month, our poor house-sitters however had to cope with it for 3 weeks! The work to repair the pipe resulted in us losing half of hole number 5 and the concrete pathway between 5 and 6 as well as a tree from the boundary (so that they could gain access without causing damage to the rest of the course). We knew this would be the case and to be honest the damage could've been a lot worse so we are lucky really. Now all we need is some good weather so we can re-lay the concrete, anyone got any dry weather they can send this way?? Since this photo was taken we have put down a temporary pathway until repairs can be completed, so the course is still playable, just not as pretty as it once was. 
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 First things first, Finney is back from the UK and the site is fully open as usual from 10am onwards
Kegkoura 2017 Well what a fun day bringing together both locals and tourists to celebrate craft beer in Kaikoura! Despite the miserable weather trying to ruin it and the heavy rain causing the closure of SH1 south of Kaikoura, the masses still turned up and a great day was had by all. The music was brilliant with our local jam band doing us proud alongside our imports from Christchurch Chloe Langley, Jason Lockhorst and Kane Hogan. We aimed at getting 200 people for our first event and just about made it with 170 coming along. A good portion of those were from Christchurch which was great to see so many visitors in town, we hope they supported other local businesses whilst they were here too. And kudos for their determination to get here as we know it was not easy with all sorts of hold ups on the Inland road, sterling effort everyone! So all up a successful event and we hope to continue it again next year. Thank you to everyone who made it possible from the food vendors & brewers through to the people who actually paid to come to it, we are so grateful. Fresh Hop season 2017 On to fresh hop season. It seems the first lot of hops sent out were a bit of a bust. The hops were picked warm and so when they shipped they hadn't cooled and it ended up spoiling them. We were lucky that we only wanted Nelson Sauvin which is the second lot to come out and we hope the problems are corrected for this shipment. We have not released a fresh hop beer before but I wanted to try something a little different so I have created a few small batches of Angry Sky (our Red IPA) and will dry hop the keg. That is right, the keg will have these super juicy, grassy, diesel smelling lovely hops so you can get the full aromatic hit. This means they need to get on tap straight away so look out for it at Volstead & Punky Brewster on the weekend of the 24th as you are not going to want to miss this! And in other news.. Things are progressing with the brewery site with the cold store being built as I type. This should be operational by the end of next week. Just the floor to sort after that and we can start moving the brew kit into place. Fun times ahead! Due to a family emergency overseas and some unfortunate circumstances the mini golf course and off licence will be closed on weekdays until further notice.
We will open as usual on Saturdays (10am-8pm) and now with reduced hours on Sundays (10am-4pm). With this weekend (4th-6th Feb.) being Waitangi weekend, we will stay open until 8pm Sunday and will also be open Monday from 10am - 4pm. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time. This will not affect the plans for Kegkoura beer festival on 11th March, so keep booking those tickets! Cheers, The Finneys |
The EmporiumThe Emporium opened in October 2016 and is a place for Lau & Finney to share fun stuff they like! Expect blogs about beer, mini golf & escape rooms Archives
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