Taste Nelson

Taste Nelson is a festival that encapsulates everything that is fantastic about Nelson: food, wine, beer, seafood, fresh produce, culinary delights, arts, crafts and local performing talent.

And with the greatest concentration of breweries in NZ there was a great selection to choose from whilst letting the kids enjoy the rides.

It was a beautiful day and Sam and I were just off the plane back from Wellington after a big night at the rugby with Australia beating USA 67-5.

Taste Nelson is held in the historic Founders Heritage Park.

At Founders Heritage Park you can experience life as it was in Nelson in the 1880s to 1930s. Set in character streets with shops as they were it is a trek back in time.

We enjoyed some great NZ scallops, Maori bread, fish, hot dogs and of course beer.
Breweries that were at Taste Nelson were;

• McCashins/Stoke Brewery 
• Bays Brewery 
• Moutere Inn 
• The Mussel Inn 
• Lighthouse Brewery 
• Duncan Founders Brewery 

I sampled beers from all but the Lighthouse Brewery. 5 hours is just not enough time ;-) The did have a great way of serving directly from their brewery wagon though (see below).

Whilst most of the beers were pretty mainstream the Feijoa Cider from Mussel Inn was very enjoyable.

With a Ferris Wheel, mini Hot Rod rides, face painting, jumping castle the kids had a blast.