Fork and Brewer is a bar on Bond Street in Boulcott, Lower Hutt, holding a 4.5 Google rating, with 42 beers pouring, a kitchen turning out food to match, a 1000-litre brewery on the premises, and click-and-collect or home delivery available. A good brewpub lives or dies by freshness — taps that move quickly mean the hazies and pilsners taste as the brewer intended. At any long tap list the sensible move is to ask for a steer by style, and to make room for a small-batch release that never reaches the bottle shop. Matching beer to food is the other quiet pleasure of the breed: a malty red ale stands up to rich dishes, while a dry pilsner cuts through anything fried. Regulars learn to arrive early for limited pours before they run out. That mix of brewery, kitchen and neighbourhood bar makes Fork and Brewer a natural stop on Lower Hutt's Bond Street.