about us

Keinzley Brewery is a licensed manufacturing brewery (distillery) in the heart of South Taranaki. We created and continue to produce original pohutukawa whiskey, a whiskey that is now known as a true New Zealand whiskey. Every ingredient we use is Aotearoa made and grown.

the process

We start with a wash that is made from the best locally produced yeasts and sugars, added to that is crispy fresh Taranaki spring water. The wash is fermented (brewed) until it is ready to be distilled.

The fermented wash is then run through stills to produce a clean and flavourless white spirit now ready to be crafted into the KB range of drinks.

the pohutukawa craft

The distillate (white spirit) is matured in pohutukawa and white oak. Everyday the maturing whiskey is tested for colour, clarity, aroma and flavour.

It is from this testing that we know when the whiskey is ready.

why pohutukawa whiskey

Scotland has scotch, Ireland has unmalted, Japan has whisky (without the "e"), USA has bourbon and sour mash, Canada has rye and NZ has a lot of beer.
Keinzley Brewery puts NZ on the international whiskey map with its pohutukawa whiskey.

the connoisseur's club

Connoissuer's Whiskey


Connoissuer's Whiskey is our longest aged edition of our Pohutukawa Whiskey. Every bottle released is has been aged longer than one year.

Bottles of this whiskey are realeased accodring to available stock.

Barrel Aged Whiskey


This popular bottle of barrel aged Pohutukawa Whiskey is bottled in these historically recognisable whiskey flagons.

This whiskey must be pre-ordered. Delivery time can be up to three months depending on available stock.

Connoisseur's Traditional Gin


This Gin is a very matured Gin made according to true Indian Gin recipes. As with the Connoiseur's Whiskey these bottles are also aged a year before being released.

This Gin must be pre-ordered. Delivery time can be up to three months depending on available stock.

Pohotukawa Whiskey Blend


This blended whiskey takes the best from our Pohutukawa Range and added to that is a dash of our popular Mist Whiskey that produces a very fine and smooth whiskey drinking experience.

This whiskey must be pre-ordered. Delivery time can be up to three months depending on available stock.

the kb catalog of drinks

whiskey range

Pohutukawa Whiskey Gift Bottle


Pohutukawa Whiskey - Limited Edition

Pohutukawa Whiskey 1 Litre

Lemon Malt Whiskey

Mist Whiskey

gin range


Caramel Gin

Strawberry Gin

Fruit Of The Day Gin - A random fruit flavour

Wasabi & Manuka Honey Gin

rum range


Gold Rum - aged 3 months

Jamaican Dark Rum

White Rum

Coconut Rum

kb collectables


#1 - 100ml Pohutukawa Whiskey
#2 - 100ml Standard Bourbon
#3 - 100 ml Standard Gin
#4 - 100 ml Gold Rum
And more....

Click here to go to the KB Collectables' page


liqueur range


Coconut Rum Liqueur

Coffee Liqueur


bourbon range


Standard Bourbon

Tropical Fruits Bourbon

Old Man Bourbon - aged 3 months

Coconut Rum


vodka range


Caramel Vodka


other drinks


ordering from us useful information

Here is some useful information you need to know before making an order.
As manufacturers we do not keep booze in stock, liquor stores do that for us. When you buy from us we make the booze from the time of your order. Typically our turn-around time is within two weeks of confirming your order.
You will notice some drinks have an ageing time next to them. If you order any of these you could be waiting for up to the time of the ageing period before the booze is dispatched depending upon when the batch was initially put on.
All orders are pay first (pre-pay) and when your order is ready we ship it to your door.
The advantage of buying from us is you are buying booze at wholesale prices.


labels, bottles and packaging

our labels

Our Connoisseur Club bottles use high quality latex easy-to-peel labels printed in the USA. Our supply to liquor store bottles have glossy labels printed in Netherland. And all other bottles are white paper labels with black print. The plain labels save us money and therefore enable us to pass those savings on to you.

our bottles

All of the booze listed above defaults to 1 litre bottles. However in some cases we do make 750 ml bottles.

All of our bottles are NZ Food Grade Standard approved bottles, they are safe to be reused again and again and are 100% recyclable.

our packaging (boxes)

We use plain brown cardboard boxes made from recycled paper produced here in NZ for our courier boxes. You can easily recognise your package by the clearly identifying "KB" on the return address sticker on the top of the package.

from our drinkers

“I would rather be someone's shot of kb than everyone's cup of tea.”

Michelle, Patea New Zealand

“Do it sweet, do it sour, do it with kb.”

Anne, Adelaide Australia





from lord & lady keinzley

"Welcome to KB and we hope you enjoy our booze as we do."



Contact KB

Address: 2 Gloag Street, Waverley, South Taranaki, 4510, New Zealand.

E-mail: grant@keinzleybrewery.nz

Phone: 022 072 3026


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Facebook: Keinzley Brewers Group page


Keinzley Brewery Business Registration

NZBN: 9429048674522