The Beer Library
Checked 15 Oct 2026
The Beer Library is a bottle store at 76A Buchan Street, Sydenham, Christchurch. It opens 45 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 1 council report on file. It holds a current on-licence tavern on the council’s register.
Family owned bottle shop providing the best range of craft beer, natural wine, and fine spirits. Open Monday - Wednesday 11am-6pm, Thursday - Saturday 11am-7pm & Sunday 12pm-5pm
03 379 2337 · thebeerlibrary.co.nz · Google reviews ↓
Licensed to The Beer Library Limited, current to 29 Oct 2027
76A Buchan Street
Opening hours
| Monday, Wednesday | 11 am, 6 pm |
|---|---|
| Thursday, Saturday | 11 am, 7 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 45 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Getting there
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Within a short walk
The nearest other bottle stores
Also in Sydenham
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 76A Buchan Street, Christchurch 8023 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Bottle stores | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 379 2337 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | thebeerlibrary.co.nz · declines automated reads | OpenStreetMap |
| Social | OpenStreetMap | |
| NZBN | 9429041458389, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE BEER LIBRARY, LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 16 Oct 2014 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Liquor store | NZBN register |
| Services | No drive-through | OpenStreetMap |
| Payment | Apple Pay, Cash, Contactless, Credit cards, Debit cards, Google Pay | OpenStreetMap |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence tavern, current to 29 Oct 2027, held by The Beer Library Limited | Council licence register |
| Alcohol licence | Off-licence tavern, current to 29 Oct 2027, held by The Beer Library Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Family owned bottle shop providing the best range of craft beer, natural wine, and fine spirits. Open Monday - Wednesday 11am-6pm, Thursday - Saturday 11am-7pm & Sunday 12pm-5pm
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Industrial General | District Plan |
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Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th AnniversaryThe reports nearby
3,027 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,630 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 3,027 reports on file
Pest / Vermin
Damaged Street Light
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A bottle store in Sydenham, Christchurch.
76A Buchan Street, Sydenham, on Buchan Street. On the map →
Holds a current on-licence tavern on the council’s register, running to 29 Oct 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 379 2337 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website.
Monday, Wednesday: 11 am, 6 pm; Thursday, Saturday: 11 am, 7 pm; Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Decant Wines (10 m), Merchants Liquor Colombo Street (136 m), Liquorland Moorhouse (447 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Decant (4 m); the Colombo St near Byron St bus stop is 152 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a cycle lane passes within 145 m; nearest park: Buchan Playground (197 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/the-beer-library-sydenham.md.