Qualla: Speight's https://qualla.com/speight-s en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/p/z/c/5/speight-s-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Speight's https://qualla.com/speight-s Speight's: Introduction https://qualla.com/speight-s/ Photo credit Phil Whitehouse from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0. On April Fool's Day 1998, the Otago Daily Times reported that Speight's beer would flow free of charge from the public tap outside the brewery. It was a joke, but only barely -- the tap is real. The company installed it over a natural spring deep beneath the Rattray Street site, and it dispenses fresh water around the clock, free to anyone who brings a bottle. It is a gesture that captures something essential about Speight's: a brewery that has been embedded in its city for so long that the boundary between commercial enterprise and civic institution has blurred completely.

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/p/z/c/5/speight-s-wp/pzc5-speights-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Speight's: Three Men from Wellpark https://qualla.com/speight-s/ Photo credit Papphase, Public domain. James Speight, Charles Greenslade, and William Dawson established the brewery on Rattray Street in Central Dunedin in 1876. All three had left their positions at Wellpark Brewery in Scotland -- known today as Tennent Caledonian -- to try their luck in New Zealand. Dunedin was the...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/p/z/c/5/speight-s-wp/pzc5-speights-three-men-from-wellpark.mp3 0:06 2 full Speight's: Mergers, Missteps, and Survival https://qualla.com/speight-s/ Photo credit Mattinbgn (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0. In 1923, Speight's merged with nine other breweries to form New Zealand Breweries. William Dawson, the last surviving founder, died that same year -- the end of one era and the beginning of another. The merged company tried to streamline its brands in 1960, rebranding Speight's a...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/p/z/c/5/speight-s-wp/pzc5-speights-mergers-missteps-and-survival.mp3 0:06 3 full Speight's: The Building on the Corner https://qualla.com/speight-s/ Photo credit Ewan Munro from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Speight's brewery sits at the corner of Rattray and Maclaggan Streets, extending up the hill into City Rise. The oldest sections date to 1876, and the building has grown through several major renovations, most notably an expansion in 1938 designed by architect Harry Mandeno. ...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/p/z/c/5/speight-s-wp/pzc5-speights-the-building-on-the-corner.mp3 0:06 4 full Speight's: Pride of the South https://qualla.com/speight-s/ Photo credit Mattinbgn (talk · contribs), CC BY 3.0. Speight's marketing leans hard on its southern identity, and the 'Southern Man' advertising campaign has been one of New Zealand's most recognizable for decades. The slogan 'Pride of the South' is not just branding; it reflects a genuine regional attachment. Speight's sponsors th...

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