LET CURIOSITY AND INNOVATION LEAD THE WAY
GROWN BY CANYON. BREWED FOR YOU.
We’re not just brewing beer - we’re growing it, too.
Back in 2021, we asked ourselves a simple question: what if we grew our own malt? It started as a bit of a wild idea, but quickly turned into a full-blown mission to close the loop on our beer.
Four years into our Grain to Glass project, we’re now harvesting 90 tonnes of Canyon-grown malt and building on this with each year. That means every pint of Canyon Gold Central Otago Lager is made with malt we planted, nurtured, and harvested ourselves right here in Central Otago.
NOTHING GOES TO WASTE
Once the brew's done, the grain keeps giving. Every batch of Canyon beer leaves behind a heap of spent grain, and we make sure none of it goes to waste.
A chunk heads straight to our kitchens: you’ll find it in breads made at The Boat Shed Bakery. The rest? It gets sent back to the farm to feed our livestock - pigs, sheep, and cows that roam the same land our barley grows on.
It’s a full-circle system that gives back to the land that grows it.
BEER WITH ROOTS
By growing our own grain, we’re not just brewing smarter, we’re brewing bolder. We’ve slashed transport emissions by cutting out long-haul freight and sourcing right from our backyard. We’ve trimmed costs by reducing our reliance on third-party malt suppliers. But more importantly, we’ve built something no other brewery in Aotearoa can claim: a fully traceable, self-sufficient supply chain we control from paddock to pint.
Every glass of Canyon Gold is a taste of the land we farm, the beer we craft, and the future we’re building. It’s local, it’s sustainable, and it’s just the beginning.
WASTE NOT, BREW MORE
At Canyon, we’re all about turning leftovers into legends. From cherry pulp and spent botanicals to our own grain and yeast, we’re constantly finding creative ways to give brewing by-products another lease on life.
Our Farmhand Saison and To Central With Love are great examples - beers brewed using repurposed ingredients that would’ve otherwise hit landfill, or forage ingredients right from our own backyard. Be Here Now, our collab with Sherwood, takes it a step further, supporting local carbon removal projects with every sip. Because for us, sustainability isn’t a trend. It’s just how we brew.