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Scientists name crustacean species after New Zealand brewer
Researchers have named a newly-discovered species of crustacean after the winning New Zealand brewer at the Crustacean Beer Competition.
The scientists have named the crustacean after New Zealand brewpub Fork and Brewer after it took home the win at the competition.
The newly dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer is a marine isopod found off the east coast of New Zealand. It was given its formal scientific name after Fork and Brewer brewed the best beer at the Crustacean Beer Competition at the 10th International Crustacean Congress last year.
Marine biologists at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand came up with the idea for the competition. Rachael Peart, one of the scientists, said: “People love beer, so we thought why not immortalise a local brewery by giving them the chance to be forever included in scientific literature?”
Marine Biologists co-organised the competition with Ryan McArthur, the manager of Beervana Festival. He called the opportunity to have a species named after your brewery “a prize that no other beer competition in the world could offer”. He said: “To be immortalised with a species of crustacean named after your brewery — hell yeah! This was the kind of beer story that only Wellington could tell, so I jumped onboard.”
Seven breweries entered the competition for which Fork and Brewer’s beer was named the winner. The Wellington business’s brew was inspired by low country boil-ups from the south-eastern states of the US. Potatoes and flaked corn were mashed in with the stout grain “to give a clean fermentable”, according to head brewer Brayden Rawlinson. At the end of the boil, prawns were added to infuse the beer, which Rawlinson said was reminiscent of an Oyster Stout. The brew was also infused with Creole seasoning steeped in Bourbon whiskey.
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